Tag: J-Tea International
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AKA Spike My Ceylons with Jessica Jones
NaNoTeaMo, Day 22: “AKA Spike My Ceylons with Jessica Jones” Before reading the ramblings below, it’ll probably help you to visualize it being read by Humphrey Bogart. To set the proper mood. If that’s too difficult, or way to serious a voice . . . then picture Garrison Keillor as Guy Noir reading this aloud.…
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The Road to Eugene Is Paved in Tea
The Road to Eugene Is Paved in Tea – Teashop Adventure Week June was a shitty month. Between two deaths in the family, a work-related back injury, and a two-week bout of influenza to cap things off, I think it’s safe to say it was the shittiest month I’ve had in nearly a decade. There…
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Booze Teas for Boob Teapots
Booze Tea for Boob Teapots – The Tea-Totaler Trilogy, Part 2 Around the year, 490 BCE, in the ancient Chinese kingdom of Yue, there was once a beautiful woman who was offered as tribute to an invading king. The woman was so marveled for her beauty, it was said that fish would forget how to…
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Gongfooling Around with Charcoal and Bourbon
Imagine my [NOT] surprise when I saw this on J-TEA’s Facebook one day a couple of months back. A brand-spankin’ new Buffalo Trace bourbon barrel from Kentucky. Okay, perhaps a little background is in order. Back in December, I wrote about a new bourbon barrel-aged pu-erh put out by Eugene-based tea company – J-Tea International.…