Tag: Tealet
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Niu-Gu, FaceTubes, and Matcha Wrestling
A month ago, during a tea-‘n-matcha-fueled dinner pairing, a university educator asked me this: “What do you do?” “I’m just a tea blogger,” I replied. She sort of tilted her head, confusedly—like a Saint Bernard. Then asked, “Why?” The follow-up question caught me off-guard. I was both hurt and offended by it. Not because she…
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The White Forest Oolong Finish Line
NaNoTeaMo, Day 30: “The White Forest Oolong Finish Line” Holy heck . . . I made it. This is it, Day 30. The final post in my self-inflicted NaNoTeaMo challenge. No one put me up to it; I wasn’t trying to prove anything. The only reason I did it was to see if I had…
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A Teenjure and Tealet Tea Tale
NaNoTeaMo, Day 11: “A Teenjure and Tealet Tea Tale” I have an unwritten rule for Facebook: “If I’ve never talked to you before, chances are I won’t accept your friend request.” Through my other tea-centric social media accounts, I come in contact with a lot of industry professionals from around the world. Most have no…
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A Business Trip with Benefits
A Business Trip with Benefits – World Tea Expo 2015, Day 1 Arriving at the Long Beach Convention Center, and seeing that sign, was like coming home again. This was to be my third World Tea Expo in a row. The first year was a three-day whirlwind of awesomeness. The second was like a quickie,…
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A Tealet Potluck
Back in August…What? Yes, I’m still on August. There’s a backlog of blogs to get through. Quit yer whinin’, I have to do these in order! Ahem… Back in August a local tea event came to my attention. Local tea events never come to my attention. It may come as a surprise (or not), but…
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A Bourbon-Scented, Tea Seeding Saga
Back in June, one of the many wonderful things I came back with from World Tea Expo…was tea plant seeds. The Camellia Forest Nursery in North Carolina had donated some to the Tealet booth as gifts for passersby. Of course, I was one of those who jumped at the chance. Who wouldn’t want to grow…
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An Excellent Different Beach House Tea Party
The Road Trip Sextet, Part 4 – “An Excellent Different Beach House Tea Party” For Part 1, go HERE. For Part 2, go HERE. For Part 3, go HERE. I think I mentioned in the prior entry I only allowed myself one day at World Tea Expo this year. It wasn’t for lack of things…
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The “Tease” of World Tea Expo
The Road Trip Sextet, Part 3 – “The ‘Tease’ of World Tea Expo” For Part 1, go HERE. For Part 2, go HERE. You know it’s been awhile since you’ve blogged when your mother says as much in a Facebook message. Earlier this week, my Mum sent me such a message: “So, is June 9th…
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Talks with a Tea Fairy
Over a year ago, I came in contact with a particular gal through another gal. (And I just like using the word “gal”; I don’t care if it sounds old-fashioned.) Tea MC Tiff – who I’ve mentioned on a couple of occasions – made a trip to Kyoto, Japan and visited the Obubu Tea Plantation.…