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All In This Tea Still Making The Rounds, written 2 days ago, All In This Tea has been mentioned in these pages before, but as the filmmakers noted in a recent email update, it's still making its way around the United States, playing in various venues. If you can't make it to any of these showings, y...

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My Favorite Oolong, written 2 days ago, I almost never buy the same tea twice, aside from one or two exceptions, staples. Even with the best tea, I simply file away its awesomeness for later and move on. This is particularly true with oolong. But I can't stop drinking the Signature Roasted TGY from ...

Chigarok Hwang Cha from Hankook Tea, written 6 hours ago, Class: Hwang Cha [Partially oxidized... Oolong equivalent?]Origin: South KoreaYear: 2008 (I'm pretty sure, anyway)Vendor: Hankook Tea Company (Product page)Price: $25.99 (50g w/ tin)More Korean tea, woooo! This time, it's a Korean "Hwang...

Greenwood Furnace, written 3 weeks ago, I camped at Greenwood Furnace State Park over the weekend.

2003 LiMing Factory Early Spring MengHai Arbor Beeng, written 2 hours ago, LiMing FactoryThe LiMing Tea Factory is the largest state-owned pu-erh operation in Yunnan. Early in 1955, a group of 13 Army soldiers demobilized to Xishuangbanna and subsequently built the state owned factory LiMing. In 196...

Cha Xi d'automne au Taipei Story House, written 23 hours ago, Dimanche, Teaparker et Cha Ren Ya Xin ont fait organisé une dégustation de puerh cru sauvage au Taipei Story House. Pour Teaparker, l'automne est la meilleure saison pour boire du puerh cru jeune. Le temps frais et sec donne envie de go...

Tea Blend: Indigo Dreams, written 1 day ago, Inspiration is a mystery. It leaves a path of indirect clues, dimly lit by perception and interpretation. Universal only in that Inspiration touches everyone's life - but how and why and what is inspiring to each of us is the key to Universe within.Lofty,...

Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide, 7th Edition. My Idol..., written 1 day ago, Besides tea, wine is a good part of my life also. Having the greatest honor to design Parker's latest edition is a dream come true! I've been a humble follower of Mr. Parker's for over a decade now.... Hope one day we will have...

The Simao Tea Region: A Page from the Yunnan Tea Encyclopedia, written 2 weeks ago, by DANNY SAMARKAND[[EDITOR'S NOTE: Many readers are curious about the peculiar nature of pu'er tea -- particularly the area where it is produced in Yunnan province. I have asked Danny Samarkand to translate a page or...

"Hitchhiker's Guide" series to ride again, written 2 weeks ago,

(not really) Live Report from Taiwan - Part II, written 1 week ago, The original plan was to finish the Part II of the Live report from Taiwan immediately after visiting Nantou plantations. But I guess I spent too much time trying to say goodbye to all the great foods there … I am back in Houston ...

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Tea By the Sea - Speech at Asia America Symphony Association, written 4 days ago, It's was a privilege to be a guest speaker for the Asia America Symphony Association, here at a local PV residence generously provided by one of the members. The association promotes young musicians in Southern Califor...

Mystery Xiaguan Tuocha, written 3 weeks ago, Jade Cicada of the Pu-erh LiveJournal Community found this Xiaguan tuocha hiding in a vendor's cart, selling for $8 a piece. She supposed it was shu, but later found that something was different about it. To help identify, and reassure her opinion that it...

Are you cutting back?, written 1 hour ago, I'm just curious about this. Everybody knows that we're in the middle of a financial meltdown, with the credit markets in chaos and LIBOR rates that are through the roof, banks (or in the case of Iceland, countries) that are nearly insolvent and fear grippi...

Revolution 3D, written 1 week ago, Hey all,Today I am reviewing a new beverage from Revolution Teas calledRevolution 3D. It is a canned tea beverage, with an interesting ideabehind it.The beverage combines the benefits of a vitamin drink, and theantioxidant power of fruit juice with the natural refr...

Autumn in no colour, written 3 days ago, Desaturating digital photographs gives quite bland results, the only way to capture autumn without the colour seems to be via film. Lousy scans, can't wait to make some prints!

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