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2016 Treachery of Storytelling vol 2, 2026, Mr B.
"Are you on drugs?" the probation officer asked Mr. B. Yes, it's the Treachery time of year again, and we start out with our hero already under law enforcement supervision."That P.O. has full-sleeve...
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Puer Me
Lately I detect a downer note in the puer chatter, well more than one. Everybody western is whining about something, the tea they have, the tea they don't have. What they paid too much for, whatever...
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Plastics Errs and Oops
You have seen this before.Right, so let us see the tea writer starting off the new year on a wrong foot. I killed a tea. Not much tea, but still, some, and cannot be replaced. Like all the mistakes I...
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Reply to Lew Perin (@babelcarp)
Dear Lew,Thanks for the email. I know this is Thanksgiving weekend, but not sure what year. The blasts from the past are blaring fast. Somehow I just remembered I have a tea blog. No joke, I been off...
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Same Smelly Wet Pile, Different Year ( 2016 Treachery of Storytelling 2)
History repeats itself, and to find any progress I have to look darn close. I could subtitle the whole thing Mr. B, the Tree and oh yeah, the Tea. Storytelling is still Treacherous. I am completely...
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How Dry I Am
Here is a truth to let sink in. Your entire puerh tea collection is 10 days to 3 weeks away from being entirely fermented and done. This is all the time it takes to break down the cell walls of our tea...
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A New Old Shou
Bonston BP-12 Automatic BrewerTailspin over the tariff rollercoaster to decide whether I really need anything. The true answer is always a hard no, but I normally get past my inner no without issue....
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We Are Screwed
Where is all the panic? Massive tariffs loom before us in buying tea direct from China. You'd think puerh heads in the US might take out a 3rd mortgage to buy up whatever last of the Lao Ban Zhang or...
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Shelf Stash Update #2
Example of shelf stashing.This year my stash goal is to deal with the little bits and bobs of tea I have stored on my tea shelves, in every sort of container imaginable, including inside teapots and...
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Stop It
Nothing is worse than a well-endowed whinge. We are even more repulsed when such a whinge is a boring repeat of a topic covered ad nauseum on blogs and forums. The following has been said 10 million...
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2022 CSH Emperor 霸王青饼
My thanks to Chen Sheng Hao for sending over their latest sampler pack, the 2022 Yi Pen box. 2022 Yi Pen Chen Sheng samplerAlso, my apologies for the long delay in getting something posted about this...
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November 3, 2023Dear [Provincial]What a wonderful lunch we had on Sunday, I appreciate very much the time I spent with you and the others at the table. I hope such an event will not be the last;...
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Late 80s Tian Jian, 2022 W2T Laochatou and 2024 Stash Goal
Welcome to 2024, and the Year of the Dragon! I hope for an auspicious year for you of tea enjoyment, tea shopping, if you are doing any, and cooperative storage. The new year naturally turns our...
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Pu-erh Nation
original map by chinatouristmaps.comA loose leaf tea fan eventually discovers puerh tea, this is inevitable. People who last past that first gongfu invariably start an online search to learn more about...
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Randomness
Lately I don't really have a tea drinking strategy. I start with a ragged impulse coming from my core of tea neediness, a craving of whatever puerh caffeine buzz I can get, stumbling to shelves, crocks...
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Okay okay
I am still here in the asylum of tea madness and increasingly disorganized. Some of you are emailing, thank you for checking in. Overall, things are okay with me, though I am suffering more and more...
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Pandemic Puerh
My primary relationship in life is my puerh tea collection, and the rest of the time I maintain an appropriate facade of caring about anything or anyone else. My dear tea and I endured the pandemic,...
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Broken Cup Teahouse Yancha
Back in October 2022, I caught a tweet by Max Falkowitz saying a friend of his opened a new tea pop-up called Broken Cup Teahouse, please offer some support. I’m happy to try a new vendor once, so I...
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