Tag: white tea
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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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Rethinking Tea Categories
Editor’s Note: This is merely a thought exercise by the author. The opinions reflected in the below narrative do not reflect the opinions of the teaware on staff . . . or this editor, for that matter. Seriously, I just work here, guys. A thought occurred to me over the years. No one has come…
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I “Heart” Doke
I “heart” the Doke tea estate. No, I’m not ashamed to use the word “heart” instead of “love”. Especially today. Okay, I winced a tiny bit at the grammatical incorrectness of it (and the cutesiness of it) . . . but the sentiment still stands. And, given when this blog is going up, the cutesy…
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All Four Doke First Flush Teas In One Day
Begin Doke Diary transmission. I’ve already written about the Doke tea estate in Bihar, India on several occasions. Everyone who reads this blog already knows my leanings toward it. That being, it’s my absolute favorite Indian tea garden. Yes, in all of India. But out of the countless tea profiles, taster notes, and lapses in…
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A Kickstarted Kumaon White Tea Story
A little over a year ago I made the acquaintance of Raj Vable of Young Mountain Tea. We met up for lattes at Tea Bar PDX (where the above picture was taken), and he passed some samples on to me. Including an interesting Nilgiri black tea that I took a liking to. But that wasn’t…
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Darjeeling Fit for an Emperor
NaNoTeaMo, Day 16: “Darjeeling Tea Fit for an Emperor” The Singbulli tea estate has a very old history, like a lot of such Darjeeling gardens. It was established in 1924 by British planters, and then was taken over in 2003 by Jayshree Tea and Industries. The garden resides near the town of Mirik, and teas…
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Moonlight Tea Fight!
Back in May – as all two of you readers may already know – I attended my third World Tea Expo. The Finest Brew’s booth was easily a tea blogger favorite. The company was run by two Sri Lankan borthers, and they possessed some weird things I’d never seen before. They had no problem showing…
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The White Pu-Erh for the Right Time.
At the end of June, Portland, Ore. was dealt one of its most severe heatwaves in recent memory. And I got the flu during it. A mere week ago, we were dealt another STRONGER heatwave . . . and I got the flu again. That’s eerily coincidental. Luckily, I caught this one in time and…
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Scottish Grown Tea and Mystery Lasses
This all started with a forum topic. Tea Trade’s resident Smiling Frenchman – Xavier (of the Teaconomics blog) – had posted a discussion starter. It was aptly titled: “The First Scottish Tea is White and Smoky” That immediately held my attention. In the discussion, Xavier posted a link to an article about a new outfit…
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Three Words: Japanese. White. Tea.
This all started a year ago, and it’s all Greg’s fault. By “a year ago”, I literally mean a year ago! Like, last August. And by “Greg”, I mean the dude behind Norbu Tea. One fateful day, in August of 2013, I noticed he had retweeted something interesting. Alas, I’d seen the update too late.…