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  • Dark Tea from Thailand

    Well over a year ago, Tony “World of Tea” Gebely posted a photo of a dark tea on Instagram. It was an aged moacha (i.e. the rough stuff used to make puerh cakes) . . . but it was from – of all places – Thailand. For obvious reasons, it grabbed my attention.

  • Russian Dark Tea

    Russians love tea. Like . . . really love tea. Even the British and Irish look at the Russian love affair with tea and say, “Would you kindly tone it down?” I learned of this secondhand when I was doing research a couple of years ago on tea grown in Russia. Not exactly sure how…

  • A Forward Foreword to a Fermented Puerh

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 29: “A Forward Foreword to a Fermented Puerh I have a confession to make, but I’m going to do it in the most roundabout way possible. Don’t worry, I’ll get to a point (eventually), and I’ll somehow try to segue into tea. But I warn you, it won’t be pretty. And neither is…

  • A Different Dark Tea on Black Friday

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 27: “A Different Dark Tea on Black Friday” As I’m writing this, it’s the night of Black Friday. To most tea people with a pun gland, though, it’s Black Tea Friday. So, in honor of that, will I be talking about another unique black tea? Forget it, I’m going to talk about dark…

  • Three Words: Puerh Tea Paste

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 24: “Three Words: Puerh Tea Paste” Cha Gao is weird. No . . . weirder. The concept behind it is weird. The backstory is weird. The whole damn experience is just . . . weird. And this is coming from a guy that thrives on all teas weird. But I’m getting ahead of…

  • The Making of Misty “Peat” Puerh, Part 2

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 19: “The Making of Misty Peat Puerh, Part 2” For Part 1, go HERE. I last left off stating that I declared this experiment a success. The puerh leaves took up the bourbon scenting quite well. Almost too well. When I got home that evening from my brother’s house, I even had my…

  • The Making of Misty “Peat” Puerh, Part 1

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 18: “The Making of Misty ‘Peat’ Puerh, Part 1” In the Fall of 2014, I did a write-up about Misty Peak Teas, and a tea session I had with its head cheerleader, Nicholas Lozito, in his backyard. I had a lot of tea that day, and some of the thoughts swirling in my…

  • 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…

  • Mortimer and the Malawi Dark Tea

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 13: “Mortimer and the Malawi Dark Tea” Everybody, meet Mortimer . . . He’s a tea pet – specifically, a tea slug. On a visit to Phoenix Tea yesterday, co-owner “Cinnabar Gongfu” talked me into adopting him. She said he had “little anime eyes”, and the next thing I knew, I was reaching…

  • An Autumn Puerh Pairing

    NaNoTeaMo, Day 3: “An Autumn Puerh Pairing” We are now Falls deep into Autumn, and every tea drinker is cuddling up to their favorite color-changing brew. Everyone has their favorite autumnal cuppa. For many, it’s masala chai. For others, it’s something equally burly or floral. It varies from person to person, but everyone has a…