Tag: Nepali Tea Traders
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Christmas on FIRE!!!
I’ll make this quick, I swear. Well, quicker than usual. I know you all have Christmas/holiday shopping to do, or something equally as holiday-y. But I have a cute li’l holiday blurb to get off my chest . . . so deal with it. At World Tea Expo in June, I tried THIS at the…
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The Whites of Nepal’s Eyes
White Tea Week, Day 2: “The Whites of Nepal’s Eyes” Back in June, again at World Tea Expo, I had the pleasure of meeting the proprietors of the new company, Nepali Tea Traders. I first sought them out when I noticed they had Nepalese oolongs and a Nepalese pu-erh among their wares. I found both…
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Himalayan Gold and The Final “Frontier”
It isn’t much of a secret that I’ve been without Internet for the better part of a week. I think I made that point relatively clear in several subtle ways via the social media sphere. Eloquently, even. Okay, okay…I was a whiny little bitch. I’ll start from the beginning. After the big move from the…
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“What Happens at Expo…” – A Vegas Tea Party, Day 2
For Day 1, go HERE. I’ll be honest, I was scared s**tless. Never in my life had I participated in something so…well…grand. The Las Vegas Convention Center was huge, and just peeking through the doors almost made me soil myself. It was like a Comic Con but for tea. I was so stunned by the…
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Wrestling a Wild Yeti
The yeti – or Abominable Snowman – is a possibly mythical, ape-like beast native to Nepal and Tibet. The name “Yeti” derives from a Tibetan compound word that loosely translates to “manbear from the rocky place”…or something like that. “Abominable Snowman” was coined by a British lieutenant-colonel on a Mount Everest expedition. They located some…