In this month, for every order of the 1oz Si Cha oolong we will include a small 10g sample of Tai-Tung Fo Shou
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Just to add to the general awareness of tea, and not to be outdone, USA Today had an article; Tea is Steeped in Health Beneifts. This was published October 7th, so I am not sure how long the link will stay active.
Hope you get a chance to look at it before they remove it.
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Photo by wjpbennett.
I recently watched an episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations in which Tony visited China. It was a great episode with one glaring and (in my opinion) huge exception: no tea! How can you have a show focused on food in China without mentioning or even showing tea? I love you Tony, but [...]
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It seems that more and more writers and publications have discovered tea! There were two interesting articles in national publications during the last week or so.
The Wall Street Journal on October 2nd featured and article about the Hot trend in Tea in China; Puerh. They covered the rising popularity among collectors who collect [...]
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Green tea 2 by Ayelie.
I like shopping locally to support the community I live in, but when it comes to buying tea, I don’t have many local options. There is one coffee and tea chain retailer that I’ve bought tea from, but they just don’t have much of a variety or good-quality teas. A friend [...]
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Tea Competition from the Chinese Tea Culture Online Museum.
There are so many great tea blogs out there, often written by knowledgeable tea enthusiasts (and in some cases, professionals). Here are links to recent, interesting posts by other bloggers:
MarshalN wrote in his Tea Addict’s Journal about tea pots:
It’s an interesting thing going to a store that [...]
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A couple weeks ago, a friend of mine who imports tea handed me a bit of chocolate to taste. It was dark chocolate with green tea. Milk chocolate tends to overwhelm my tastebuds with sweetness, but dark chocolate has a more complex, interesting flavor. And this particular chocolate wasn’t made with green tea just to [...]
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Picking tea leaves by xrodgers
This summer, China celebrated the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return from Britain. National Geographic honored the event with a series called “Tea Culture in South China.” If you missed it, as I unfortunately did, you’re in luck! It can be found in five episodes (just under 10 minutes each) on [...]
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A plain ol’ tea bag.
I can be a bit of a tea snob sometimes. Looking at a tea bag, I usually can’t help but wonder, what’s really in there? When sniffing a cup of tea made from a tea bag, I might even have a hint of a frown.
As bad as that might sound, [...]
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Demmer’s White Satin Bio
Back in August, on the T Ching site, Aaron of Art of Tea magazine wondered “whether you would rather learn the Chinese terms for all things tea related, via roman pinyin of course, or develop some kind of standardized English translation.” Pinyin, by the way, is the transliteration of Chinese using Latin [...]
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