How to spend a $600 stimulus check

Happy new year! I hope you have all been staying safe out there. Maybe staying in has allowed you more time to drink tea. In the US, the government has decided to send out one-time $600 stimulus checks to certain citizens to cover the economic strain of the past 8 months since the last (and …

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Tea & radical imagination

I haven’t kept up with my recent posting output and I didn’t get a Weekend Review out, but right now it feels a little ridiculous to spend time writing about tea at all. I hope you all are staying safe. I want to make it clear that this blog supports the abolition of police & …

“Chinese tea ceremony”

Gongfucha is often described as a "tea ceremony". The most elaborate setups include aroma cups just for sniffing and warm every piece of teaware with hot water prior to the two or three rinses of the tea. After washing, rinsing, swishing and sniffing, it might be time to taste the tea. This process can be …

Puer theories

Depending on who you listen to, you may end up with all sorts of different theories about puer. There are the elite ‘old tea’ guard who refuse to drink sheng younger than 15 years or who meticulously track certain vintages of Chinese factory productions. For these folks, the theory of puer tends to lean toward …

How did I end up here?

I came into my tea habit gradually. I started drinking coffee relatively young partly due to my dad’s pot-a-day consumption (over the years I realized he brewed his coffee quite weak in order to allow for 6-8 cups a day. His consumption has slowed down a bit in recent years which is probably for the …