Tag: shou
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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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A Series of Single Origin Tea Sonnets
In the Spring of 2017, I met this eccentric chap.
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Puerh . . . After a Fashion
Shou (or cooked/ripe) puerh is difficult to market. Hell, puerh in general is difficult to spin. How do you convince people that something that’s fermented is something they want? Fermented leaves, no less; in cake form. The conundrum gets even hairier once you try to explain to people what the “cooking” process even is. Example:…
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Cooked “Puerh” from Laos
LaosTea—a wholesaler of heicha from Laos—had a booth at World Tea Expo again this last summer. And I didn’t visit it once. In my mind, I kept saying, Eh, I’ve already tried everything they have to offer. What I should’ve been thinking was, I really need to solidify some of my vendor networking contacts! Hindsight…
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When Life Gives You Shit, Drink Rummy Pu
I have no words for how shitty this weekend was. Okay, not true. I have 1,551 words. Geez, that’s a lot.
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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…