Bulang Mountain Raw Puerh – Tea Lux
A terribly designed package doesn’t reflect on the quality of tea. Beautifully crafted tea packages, though, typically hide poorly crafted tea inside. I don’t think much about a package before…
Concubine Tea
Oriental Beauty oolong, or Bai Hao oolong has gained quite a following recently. The concept arose out of Hsinchu, a northwestern county in Taiwan. Forgive me reader, as I do…
Traditional Chai
Note: Simplified Recipe List Located at End of Article. I’m a foot taller than my aunt yet she still tries to pick me up when I visit. We all laugh…
Wise Old Tea: 1950s – 1990s Raw Liu Bao
A disclosure upon you, dear Reader, this is a love letter. I must confess I don’t believe in gallant, young half-truths of falling in love at first sight. So it is…
On the Importance of Teachers
When I first began making tea, I bought a travel gaiwan and practiced everyday. I would sit and exhaust the tea but I stood up unsatisfied every time. Eventually, my…
Stone Tea
Out of rock grows an ardent tree. Smooth stones are wet with dew. Rivers rush upwards inside me And my words become few.
Wise Old Tea: A 1960s Aged Oolong
A chill in the air deafened the heat in NY the last three days. Thank goodness. My room was getting pretty muggy at night. It’s the signaling of the changing…