Tuesday, April 7, 2009

A Shelf Full of Rustic Beauties: Tang Gwans (Tetsubins) by Kim Jeong Hoon

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This shelf of tang gwans in a local Daegu shop sure catch ones wandery eyes. Each holds excessive rugged character beyond its years. Each co...
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Monday, April 6, 2009

2001 Yiwu Jin Yeh Hao from Nada Cha

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One hates to pick favorites but this sample from Nada is one of the best teas ever brewed up in ones old little yixing pot. It shouldn...
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Saturday, April 4, 2009

2009 Darjeeling First Day, First Flush, Hand Sorted Goomtee Estate White Tea: A Grape (Great) Tea

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This tea was a gift by kind Mr. Rowatt, the manager of Goomtee Tea Estate just outside Kurseong. It was the same tea that one had sampled ...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Nurturing Health With 1988 Puerh

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One whizzed through Darjeeling in a matter of days, there seemed to be a limitless number of wonderful estates to tour. You could really spe...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Touring Darjeeling: The Darjeeling Planters Club

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After visiting Giddapahar tea estate it was late in the afternoon. We grabbed a bite to eat at a restaurant that overlooked the tea fields i...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Touring Darjeeling: Proper Darjeeling Orange Pekoe Tea At Giddapahar Tea Estate

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After Goomtee we made our way back to Kurseong and, along the way, we stopped at Giddapahar tea estate to take a look at their gardens an...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Touring Darjeeling: Tasting The First Darjeeling Teas Of 2009 In The Goomtee Tea Estate

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One was picked up from the train station by Rajiv Lochan, of Lochan Tea . After morning tea and breakfast with his family, we were off to th...
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