Tag: Nan Nuo
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Time Traveling by Way of Tea Tasting
A couple of months back, I did an Instagram Live tasting with this chap. So Han Fan, purveyor of West China Tea. I’ve “known” So Han for nearly six years. I put that in quotes because . . . we’ve never actually met in person. Our mutual tea-related hijinks only criss-crossed online. He first caught…
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Pa Sa Puerh and More Tea Pet Hijinx
NanoTeaMo, Day 14: “Pa Sa Puerh and More Tea Pet Hijinx” As of tonight, I am two-thirds the way through my NaNoTeaMo goal of doing one tea blog a day for a month. Much to the joy of a few of you, and annoyance to the rest. This has mainly been about establishing some sense…
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Nan Nuo Revisited – Still My Favorite Mountain
Of all the tea blogs I’ve written, none have possessed the traction that my Nan Nuo Mountain coverage displayed. And I don’t mean in terms of viewership. (Let’s face it, what viewership?) But rather the enormity of vendors that specialize in single origin teas who’ve contacted me in its wake; I think the count is…
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Nan Nuo – My Favorite Mountain
Anyone that’s developed some sort of taste for tea starts to identify flavors with places. As palates develop, so do preferences for terroir – i.e. the characteristics tea plants take on based upon their geography. Where do Assams get their malt, or Darjeelings their muscatel notes? Why do Hawaiian teas tend to have fruit-sweet/tropical sensations…
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Defending a Discerning Palate
A few nights back, I had a dream where I was asked by a vendor in Darjeeling to review some of their products. The box that came in the mail was huge; there were at least fifty 100g bags in it, along with other various Indian-ish tea apparati. The first bag I took out was…