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Tag: white tea

  • White Buds Pu-erh

    White Tea Week, Day 7: “White Buds Pu-Erh” Okay, technically, this is cheating. It’s not really a white tea. Hear me out. Just yesterday, I covered aged white tea. The process for that is relatively simple. Find a cool, dry place to store it, keep it covered airtight…and forget about it for five years. Awesomeness…

  • White Tea Cakes – Old versus New

    White Tea Week, Day 6: “White Tea Cakes – Old versus New” Well…this was a first. Being contacted by companies is not a new experience for me. For some reason, tea vendors look at my quixotic li’l corner of the Internet and say, “Hey, we’d be a nice fit here.” I, then, twizzle my nonexistent…

  • I Dream of Doke for a Day

    White Tea Week, Day 4: “I Dream of Doke for a Day” The Doke tea estate is a small garden situated in the northeastern state of Bihar, India. In 1998, Rajiv Lochan – of Lochan Tea – got the best of all retirement presents. His own tea garden to do with as he wished. Best.…

  • 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…

  • The Whites of Nepal’s Eyes

    White Tea Week, Day 2: “The Whites of Nepal’s Eyes” Back in June, again at World Tea Expo, I had the pleasure of meeting the proprietors of the new company, Nepali Tea Traders. I first sought them out when I noticed they had Nepalese oolongs and a Nepalese pu-erh among their wares. I found both…

  • Bi Luo the Belt

    White Tea Week, Day 1: “Bi Luo the Belt” In late 2012, I was given a unique opportunity. Canton Tea Co. wanted me to guest blog for them, relating my personal experiences with Dan Cong oolongs. I did finally get around to said blog…oh…three months after they asked. Instead of using it for “just” a…

  • 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…

  • Tea, Tact and the Art of Blending Badly

    This was originally going to be an entry on some crappy blends I concocted over the last month or so, but the focus has changed in light of some recent events. I won’t go into detail as to what those are, nor will I post links that illustrate the example. However, I will give a…

  • Writing Epiphanies and Japanese Pu-erh

    I had an epiphany last week…and I abhor it. While in the middle of filing some tax papers at a temp agency gig, I was attempting to outline my CheatoWriMo project. Motivation was proving hard to muster. The idea of compiling and collating old blogs and stories seemed boring. An odd realization to come by…

  • Tea Pairing with Job Hunting

    The idea for this entry was suggested by my mother, as great ideas often are. It never occurred to me to pair tea with job hunting until she posed the idea after reading my tea-fueled rant. This reflection has – in no way – any science to back it up, just anecdotal “evidence”. Trial and…