Looking  to build a pair of small stools that will augment our tea room, I set about trying to scale them to the room, design a style that pleases, stores easily and provides comfort to the sitter.  I will incorporate  a Japanese influence to a...

The tea I started to prepare on Sunday .. migrated to the office .. and now its Tuesday. The dry brick, when opened, looked  to be fairly homogeneous,  no obvious layering of different leaf types / sizes.  The wet leaves support this, they are...

xiexie ni Julia. 謝謝你朱莉婭,  Mr Yin brought more tea from Taiwan to the office in Chang Ping,  Julia sent a couple of packages of Taiwan High Mountain Oolong, as I am here in my US office. Life of an International shipment .. Chang Ping,...

Every once in a while I get my knickers in a twist. (panties in a wad, colonial translation) Fraud is afoot : Yesterday my Russian friend proudly announces “ When I live in Russia this tea was my favorite, not in the Tea Bag ,but in Russia we...

My colleague Jeff’s (the leader of the Mt. Baldy summit team) wife is Taiwanese, and they have friends visiting from Taiwan.  This morning Jeff came in with a wonderful present of: Taiwan “High Mountain Oolong.”   高 山 烏龍 茶 We...