Wednesday, June 29, 2011

2010 Yunnan Sourcing Bang Ma

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This is yet another fine sample gifted by Hobbes in his rather large care package that arrived a few weeks ago. It comes from a trip Sc...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Korean Tea Classics Book Club- Dong Cha Song- Hymn In Praise of Korean Tea- 7

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"Who knows the full abundance of tea's true color and fragrance? Once contaminated, it looses its true quality" from Dong Ch...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Harmonizing Water and Tea: Part 9- Water Additives- Silver Beads, Mineral Salts, Rocks, & Bamboo Charcoal

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You rarely hear talk of people these days using water additives to help harmonize water and tea. However hundreds of years ago it was reco...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Appreciation & Wear of Kim Kyoung Soo's Grey & White Style: The Water Cooling Bowl

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Water first enters the field of the tea table and is poured into the water cooling bowl (Kor: Na Num Sa Bal) from the hot water kettle (Kor:...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

Feminine Or Masculine- A Tasting of 2005 Changtai Bulang "Mr. Old Chen's Tea"

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This tea that was cleverly named after the head of Changtai Factory in an attempt to market the brand as a high end puerh factory to Hon...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Kim Kyoung Soo's Grey & White Pots and Cups: Part 3- Pictographs, Characters, Symbolism, and Feng Shui

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You will notice that standing out from the mundane grey colour is that of a white symbol placed on the side of each piece. Each of Kim Kyoun...
Friday, June 17, 2011

Korean Tea Classics Book Club- Dong Cha Song- Hymn In Praise of Korean Tea- 6

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"Although the great Tang dynasty enjoyed every kind of delicate food, the only plant recorded in the Qinyuan Garden was Purple Beauty....
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