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Last Tea Session of the Year

Peaceful tea sessions: Last tea session of the year, New Year's Eve. Skipping a big holiday cook event for some simple grilled rainbow trout and grilled pork belly. I drank three teas, but this one is...

An Ode to Chinese Tea Tables, Part I

I've had some complaints about where we'll even store the new tea table I got, so instead I'm going to post pics of all my Chinese gongfu tea ceremony tables I've collected (I have another on the way...

Golden Flowers Tea for a Cold

A bad cold has made me useless this weekend, but I brewed some good fu zhuan tea this morning that worked better than more cough syrup. "Golden flowers" (jin hua) fu tea is one of my favorite Chin...

Tasting Note: Cheongsam Tea Liqueur

I was delighted to find this tea liqueur from China. From the smokiness, seems like lapsang may have been the predominant tea used, and it makes a fantastic smoky cocktail. They have a website here,...