Tag: O5 Tea
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Ukrainian Ivan Chai . . . from Canada
Back in June, I was tagged in an Instagram post by O5 Tea. It featured a very familiar plant. Pedro, one of the tea outfit’s co-owners referenced my first Ivan Chai article to go along with something they just produced for their brick-‘n-mortar shop and website. I remember having a conversation with Pedro right after…
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Who Pooped in the Microwave?!
Last week ended in a way no one could ever have suspected. I won’t say what I do for a job, but one of the tasks is checking microwaves. And someone had pooped in one. No, there was no log present, or a diaper…just dark matter, a rancid smell, and a feeling of “I-failed-at-life-choices”. Worse…
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A Korean Tea Coin and a Firepit
A Korean Tea Coin and a Firepit A “steep story” by Geoffrey F. Norman Dokk-cha (or “Tteok-cha, as I like to call it) is a type of pressed tea from Korea. If you’ve been following along in my latest exploits, you will recall I made mention of it in my Canadian-Burlington tea-picking adventure. Pedro…
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Picking American Tea with Canadians
I kept putting off a trip to the Sakuma Bros. farm for many reasons. All of those excuses revolved around money, time and/or time for money. However, as a good li’l tea geek, I’d been doing myself a disservice by not going. After all, it was the only operating tea grower/seller in the Pacific Northwest.…
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High-Fives to O5 and a World Tea Expo Update
Late last week, I received a package in the mail. A tea delivery – my favorite kind. This was the last of my frivolous tea purchases for a while. The reason? I was in hunker-down mode for financial reasons. Before that declaration, I had made one last buy of some rare and unique offerings from…