Hullo in this month of October. The monthly Tea Gong Session Oct will be held next Sunday the 19th at 1:00. The featured tea is a ripe commemorative cake from 2005. More info here. Next month will see the arrival of many tasty treasures. The one below isn’t the most anticipated nor is it the…
Ignore that creaking echo. That’s just sound-effects for this cask of 2010
Finally, the long-awaited shipment of pu’er tea has come in. Aside from the doing battle with the pain of elbow, bowels and nose, I’ve been busily sampling the wares. Arrivals Many of the teas have already been listed on Universotea. Now, there’s also a way to make on-line purchases. Let me direct your attention to…
Winter Tea Extravaganzaa: Raw, ripe, bitter, sweet, smoke and spice Tea Menu Raw Ripe > 2010 Folktale > Osmanthus mini >2013 Yabao > 2012 Black Water Pool “Bird’s Nest” >2012 Jingmai Bamboo > 2013 Beijing Opera 2012 BambooPuerJingMaiPresentingBamboo Jing Mai ~Surprise tea syrup~ Food Da Pan Ji (Big Chicken Platter)– A savory dish of spiced…
This year’s card is in keeping with the fancy orb theme of last year. You’ll find it attached along with best wishes for the New Year. Sincerely, Yang-chu
This year’s card is in keeping with the fancy orb theme of last year. You’ll find it attached along with best wishes for the New Year. Sincerely, Yang-chu
Salutations in the New Year of 2015! Remarkably, everyone is looking a year younger, while the pu’er has gotten a year tastier. You might like to know of our Winter Tea Extravaganzaa to be held on the 24th of this month, Jan, starting at 3:00 pm. Included will be a dish I’m calling Chinese Turkistani…
Despite a number of last-minute cancellations the Winter Tea Extravaganzaa was dandy. The 1938 performed with its usual acumen, while the Bamboo Jing-mai seemed to have taken a turn for the worse. The obvious star imho was the 2007 Wuliang Shen Yun by Yapu Ancient Tree Tea Co, which I may feature in a future…
The 2011 Wafting Banzhang is a surprisingly smoky ripe pu’er that conjures scenes from around the campfire with the ole harmonica. We’ll be having it for the February convening of Bamboo and Loquat, the pu’er enthusiast Meet-up that is now in its second year. This occasion will also serve double for marking of the Chinese…
Let’s start out as we customarily do with some news on the pu’er tea front. The Bamboo & Loquat Meetup convened last night to imbibe in some of the recent aquisitions and stored treasures. The Wafting Banzhang, the featured offering, was well received as well as the spicy Korean noodles soup. Next month’s featured pu’er…