Tag: Taiwan
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“Taiwan’s Wild Side” – Big Brass Butikis, Round 1
Big Brass Butikis, Round 1: “Taiwan’s Wild Side” I have a confession to make: I’m in love with Butiki Teas. They are one of five (maybe six?) companies that have my kind of business model. That being: What’s that? Is it weird? SWEET! I’ll buy ALL of it! It’s like they took a piece of…
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When You Wish Upon a Taiwanese White Tea
White Tea Week, Day 3: “When You Wish Upon a Taiwanese White Tea Back in the Fall, I saw a retweet from Greg “Norbu Tea” Glancy that just about put me into cardiac arrest. Japanese. White Tea. Oh. My. G-word. I saw mention of something like this existing on (of all places) Wikipedia a year…
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Into the Wild…Arbor
I’m still in the midst of a bit of an oolong kick. It “mostly” started because I was attempting to whittle down my backlog of unique teas. However, for some reason, the oolong-ing just…stuck. I do have my guesses. They make me feel really good. And not just “ZOMG-IMMA-CAFFEINE-MACHINE!!!” good – like, “Zen” good. A…
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I Can’t Believe It’s Almost Not Oolong
Norbu Tea has been one of my go-to hookups for weird teas for – well – almost as long as I’ve sipped. Greg Glancy seems to have a palate similar to mine, or at the very least an unrelenting geek-ish lean for teas with stories behind them. I finally had the pleasure to meet the…
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Russian Orthodox White Tea?
Roughly six months back, I got it in my head that I had to hunt down some Taiwanese white tea. At first, I wasn’t sure it existed, but I vaguely remembered seeing mentions of it on Upton Tea’s website. Being a sucker for white teas – especially those from odd growing regions – I felt…
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Throwing in the Towel after a Tea Fight
A couple of weeks back there, I attended a different sort of tea meet-up. The Portland Tea Enthusiasts’ Alliance and The Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants joined forces for a movie night. The movie in question? Tea Fight (or “Dou Cha”) – a Taiwanese/Japanese co-production centering almost entirely around tea, and the people who drank it. One…
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A Taste of Taiwan and a Teattle Trip
Let’s talk about networking…or rather how much I hate doing it. Around this time last year, I was among the many underemployed folks out there. My mother – a former career counselor – always stressed that making contacts helps in the process. I knew she was right; she’s almost always right. That didn’t stop me…