Tag: Tea For Me Please
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Attack of the Adorable Tea Vloggers
One of the biggest challenges to tea blogger productivity . . . is the Internet. Yes, all of it. While social media is the biggest time-suck—keeping me away from what little writery discipline I possess—YouTube is a close second. My addiction to that streaming site is as old as my tea habit. However, there weren’t…
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A Tiny Bit of Canadian Oolong in a Tiny Gaiwan
In 2003, husband and wife team—Victor Vesely and Margit Nelleman—purchased an old cattle and horse farm near the small town of Westholme. It was located in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Their first inspiration was to create an “Artfarm”, where they could grow herbs and produce, as well as sell…
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Green Coffee and Me
NaNoTeaMo, Day 7: “Green Coffee and Me” This post is going to be a bit heretical, but please bear with me. Yes, this is still a tea blog. And, yes, this entry will still have something to do with tea. Even if the focus is on . . . Green coffee.
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Bug Bites, Tea Huts, and Sipping Wisdom
Early on in my tea writing “career”, there was one name that always popped up – Lindsey Goodwin. She was one of the tea writers on the scene, managed her own consultation website, and was the resident caffeine guru for About.com. And at one point in time, she was also a Portlander. As one might…
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Greek Mountain and Growing Pains
Two things have been very consistent the last couple of weeks. I’ve written a lot about weird herbs lately, and I’ve been spending a lot of time at my parents’ house. I was starting to wonder if both were somehow – cosmically – connected. Proof showed itself on Saturday. My sibling/roommate failed to tell me…
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Playing with Purple Tea before a Tandem Taiwanese Tasting
So, the events herein are from a couple of weeks ago, but the work week from Hades prevented its etching onto this holiest blog-tomes. But…here it is now. Late. As expected. As always. Big Brass Butiki-s, Round 2: “Playing with Purple Tea before a Tandem Taiwanese Tasting” (How’s that for a long-arse title?) March’s Tandem…
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A Teaity Chat Adventure
Let’s put things in perspective. Last Tuesday, there was a Teaity-hosted Twitter chat, and it was amazing! I, however, wasn’t amazing in it. In fact, one could even say – albeit crudely/colloquially – that I was out of my f**king mind. Reasons being: Too much caffeine…and family. I started off the day – a work…
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A “Potential” Story
The last two weeks were a busy time. Yes, tea was included in the list of activities, but it wasn’t the central occurrence. Instead, the most common element in everything that happened can be summed up in one word: “Potential”. I’ll try to explain… A Teaneer Tandem Tasting At the start of January, I “attended”…
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Moonlight Tandemonium!
It all seems to come back to World Tea Expo, doesn’t it? Well, here’s another one. But let’s start from the beginning before the beginning – i.e. pre-Expo. Several months ago, the follicly-blessed Jo Johnson talked about a tea from a company called Wild Tea Qi. I’d never heard of them, or their wares, but…
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Golden Fleece Feast Fest, A Taste of Eugene, and Tea from Neighbors
I might sound like a broken record here, but the last couple of weeks or so have been insane. Moments of import at casa de chaos are innumerable and frustrating…and totally not worth reflecting upon. Instead, I want to pay homage to the good things – the tea trifecta, if you will – that have…