Monday, December 21, 2009

Snowball Tea Jar By Shin Hyun Churl

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This soft, hazy white, wood fired tea jar sits staunchly like a newly formed snowman. Its shape harmonizes nicely with its colour. Its textu...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

2008 Lao Mountain Fair Trade Organic Phongsali 'Lao Mao Cha' ('Puerh Green Tea')

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Picked this one up last year during ones journey in the Northern Laos Province of Phongsali . The producer, Lao Mountain , sells two types...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

The Carbon Footprint of Tea: How Green is Green Tea?

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In Asia drinking tea is often seen as a way to harmonize with nature. Drinking green tea in the spring and chrysanthemum in the fall is a wa...
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Friday, December 11, 2009

A Winter Pot By Master Sel Young Jin

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Sel Young Jin's works harmonize with winter. This rustic pot exudes the feeling of early winter/ late fall- winter's first snowfal...
Saturday, December 5, 2009

2009 Handong Green Tea- Picked In The Spring, Oxidized Through the Summer, Roasted In the Fall

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This tea was shipped with others from Korea a few months ago. It gives no hints as to what kind of tea it is other than the generic 'Ha...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

2009 Jookro Hwagae Valley Yellow Tea

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Jookro is one of the oldest commercial tea companies in Korea and has been producing great wild, hand picked, Hwagae Valley tea since 1962....
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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Yixing Zen: The Story of That Yixing Pot

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Ten thousand Dharmas return to one. What does one return to? A couple of years ago, a Korean teamaster had brought back three pots that were...
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