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The Hobby of the Loner
A tea colored car.Actually it belongs to my exwho lives in Guangzhou.I still have puerh on the brain after all these years and my recent storm disaster is not enough to knock it out of me. Especially...
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Puerh Personalities
Recently I found myself reading along in the social blogger-sphere and somebody has the idea to consider the puerh hobby as a personality type. This is probably accurate and I am only glad to be part...
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2022 10th Anniversary and Liu Bao white2tea
No, I have not forgotten my blog. Still here with at least four blog posts in my head and a couple in actual draft. Here I have a few notes on teas held up because I just cannot find time lately to sit...
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Before the Fall
The last day of September is here already, and in my part of the world autumn is arriving. We went from turning off the air conditioning earlier this week and turning on the heating the following day....
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Brewing Blind
The end of the line on this blog is closer now. I am not quite there yet, but I can see the end of Old Cwyn and her tea insanity. Nature, and probably poor nuture combined, are having their way with me...
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2022 CSH Jiang Xin Sample Box
I just cannot say no to free tea. Nobody teaches a puerh tea lover this skill, and whatever about tea drinking is supposed to teach moderation, well this lesson has thus far escaped me. Really I am not...
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Pure Air Sanitorium, Bayfield
The back facade windows all faced Lake Superior.One of the projects I always intended to get to in my life is doing something with a set of photos I took in high school. For more than 50 years, I have...
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Burial Plans
By coincidence we are on the last day of 2022, but I have to get real. Plans have to be made for disposal of the tea collection. For a few years now I’ve been comforted by the plan I had of a tea...
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The Failed Endeavor of Charles Buell Anderson
Charles Buell AndersonPhoto findagrave.comThis is one of those stories I have to get down. I am divesting myself of the shit that happens that you cannot make up. In this rather bewildering story, I...
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Signs You Drank Too Damn Much Puerh for Far Too Long
1. Someone brews you a teabag, and you taste the bag.2. “What does it say on the box?” registers as, “what box?”3. Do you like mushrooms? Means not pizza.4. You would never brush your teeth before...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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