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 & …

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White2tea 2016 Diving Duck – Weekend Review

White2tea has started rolling out their spring selections for the year, so I decided to stick with one of their teas for this week's Weekend Review. I'm going to refrain from ordering any new stuff for a few weeks due to the current shipping woes between China and the US, so please don't buy everything …

A tea briefer, part one

I’d like to work on building up educational content on this blog over time. There is a wealth of information about Chinese tea online, but it is spread across innumerable blogs, forum threads and YouTube channels. It’s good to have many different sources of information to give a sense of the full range of opinions …

White2tea 2016 Heart of the City – Weekend Review

It's time to start getting reviews going - for now my plan is to stick to doing at least one in-depth review per week. The ideal review for me combines a high level of detail along with broader discussion. This week, I drank White2tea's 2016 Heart of the City sheng puer. Their website describes this …

“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 …