Notes, observations, and traces from time spent with tea.

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Gong Fu tea practice in Chaozhou

Gong Fu tea practice in Chaozhou

Gongfu Tea - In Chaozhou, tea rarely needs an occasion.   An Everyday Practice in Chaozhou   In Chaozhou, tea rarely needs an occasion. Along the old streets, outside small...

Gong Fu tea practice in Chaozhou

Gongfu Tea - In Chaozhou, tea rarely needs an occasion.   An Everyday Practice in Chaozhou   In Chaozhou, tea rarely needs an occasion. Along the old streets, outside small...

Reading Fenghuang Dancong

Reading Fenghuang Dancong

Reading Fenghuang Tea - What Shapes a Cup of Dancong oolong.   When people first approach Fenghuang Dancong, they often begin by identifying the fragrance type. Mi Lan Xiang (蜜兰香,...

Reading Fenghuang Dancong

Reading Fenghuang Tea - What Shapes a Cup of Dancong oolong.   When people first approach Fenghuang Dancong, they often begin by identifying the fragrance type. Mi Lan Xiang (蜜兰香,...

The Twenty-One Steps of Chaozhou Gongfu Tea

The Twenty-One Steps of Chaozhou Gongfu Tea

The Twenty-One Steps of Chaozhou Gongfu Tea - A structured outline of the Chaozhou gongfu tea sequence. Codes of a Living Brewing Tradition To someone encountering it for the first...

The Twenty-One Steps of Chaozhou Gongfu Tea

The Twenty-One Steps of Chaozhou Gongfu Tea - A structured outline of the Chaozhou gongfu tea sequence. Codes of a Living Brewing Tradition To someone encountering it for the first...

A little bit more about my tea mentor

A little bit more about my tea mentor

By chance, I came across an old street photograph taken in Guangzhou during the Republican era. As a native Cantonese, born and raised in Guangzhou, such images feel immediately recognizable. In...

A little bit more about my tea mentor

By chance, I came across an old street photograph taken in Guangzhou during the Republican era. As a native Cantonese, born and raised in Guangzhou, such images feel immediately recognizable. In...

Aged Tea Chronicles : 80's Anxi Oolong tea

Chroniques du thé vieilli : Thé Oolong d'Anxi d...

En 2005, j'ai effectué mon deuxième voyage à la montagne de thé de Longjuan, à Anxi, afin d'approfondir mes connaissances sur l'art de la fabrication du thé. Le troisième oncle...

Chroniques du thé vieilli : Thé Oolong d'Anxi d...

En 2005, j'ai effectué mon deuxième voyage à la montagne de thé de Longjuan, à Anxi, afin d'approfondir mes connaissances sur l'art de la fabrication du thé. Le troisième oncle...

Finding Da Hong Pao

À la recherche de Da Hong Pao

Un résumé de mes lectures sur le thé oolong Wuyi Da Hong Pao. Le Da Hong Pao règne en maître incontesté sur le thé de roche de Wuyi. Flânez dans...

À la recherche de Da Hong Pao

Un résumé de mes lectures sur le thé oolong Wuyi Da Hong Pao. Le Da Hong Pao règne en maître incontesté sur le thé de roche de Wuyi. Flânez dans...