Site-Wide Activity
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Beengs and Purge, on the site Steep Stories 1 month, 1 week ago
As some of you might remember, a couple of years ago, I co-hosted of a tea-themed podcast.
On the above episode, we had a guest—James of TeaDB—to discuss puerh storage. I contributed nothing to the episode, sav […]
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Tea from Jersey. (Not THAT Jersey.), on the site Steep Stories 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Let’s talk about Jersey.
No, not that Jersey.
This Jersey.
The island of Jersey—better known locally and colloquially—as the Bailiwick of Jersey is one of the larger islands located in the Engli […]
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The Nilgiris in Winter, on the site Steep Stories 2 months, 3 weeks ago
I’ve written about the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu a couple of times, now. But there’s one period of time I haven’t yet quite covered.
Mainly because . . . it’s not really a growing season, in the traditi […]
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Chai, Chai Again, on the site Steep Stories 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Allow me to be the first to admit that I know very little about Masala Chai.
My expertise extents only as far as the etymological; as in, I know it’s a redundancy to call it “Chai Tea”. “Chai” literally […]
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Robert Godden wrote a new post, Once More Unto The Beetroot Water, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 3 months, 2 weeks ago
7.07 a.m.
I’m at Woolworths, picking up some items for breakfast. I usually skip through the tea aisle, which is tragically awful, but something catches my eye. It’s this.
Why?
Well, yesterday […]
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AJ changed their profile picture 4 months ago
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Memories of Mandal Gaon, on the site Steep Stories 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Mandal Gaon is a village in the state of West Bengal, India—in the Darjeeling region. Like many villages in the area, the inhabitants are mostly of Gurkha descent; a Nepalese ethnic group brought over to India b […]
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AJ wrote a new post, Books to Look Forward to in 2021, on the site Tea Stacks 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I look forward to new releases, even if the sad reality is I only manage to read a couple of Tea Books a year–and usually half a decade after they’ve been published. But that doesn’t mean I can’t share what I’m […]
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, My Ass-Backwards Journey with An Ji Bai Cha, on the site Steep Stories 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Over the course of years, I’ve had strange relationships with many teas. I’m kind of a steep-slut that way. But none have been as ass-backwards as my journey with An Ji Bai Cha.
To those who’ve never […]
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, A Year of Weird and Wonderful White Teas, on the site Steep Stories 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Toward the end of any year, content creators, influencers, media pundits (social or otherwise) are encouraged to create look-backs or listicles of the year-that-was. Throughout my long and industrious “career” as […]
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Robert Godden wrote a new post, Stat!, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 5 months, 1 week ago
It’s hard to buy someone like me a Christmas present. I find it hard to ask for things. I’d rather buy ten gifts for other people. (Specific people, not just randoms.)
But I made two suggestions this […]
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AJ wrote a new post, Book: A Thirst for Empire, on the site Tea Stacks 5 months, 2 weeks ago
This is a heavy book that I have had my eye on for a while. Most new books I’ll wait for in the library, depending on the price. This one was constantly on hold before the quarantine, and finally cleared up when I […]
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This one was already on my to buy list. Now I really have to buy and read it.
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peter posted an update 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Hi all, @supermoon10 had let me know this week that there was a problem with Tea Trade. I’ve sorted that out and you can resume drinking your cuppas as normal!
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Thanks.
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Yay!
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Robert Godden wrote a new post, Lockdown and the Opportunity, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 7 months ago
As has been observed many times, tea is a simple process. Put leaves in a pot or gaiwan, add water, wait, pour. While you can get better at it, and use better tea, it’s an essentially achievable process.
As I […]
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Who could disagree with such a logical approach?
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Robert Godden wrote a new post, Valiant Fusion, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 7 months, 3 weeks ago
In about 1992, we acquired a 1972 Valiant for Lady Devotea to drive.
We asked my Dad – who was a car dealer – to find us a small, second hand 4-cylinder car at a modest price as we didn’t have much money, and a […]
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A Valliant? I need to try this tea.
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Robert Godden wrote a new post, Everything Old Is New Again, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Mr Bob Egle died in June 1971.
Mr Jethro Batt became very ill in October 1971
Mr Fred Biggs died in November 1971.
The men all had a number of similarities. They had gastrointestinal symptoms similar to […]
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This is why toasts were invented but with a cup of tea, it is not that easy to do.
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I agree!
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Gifts of the Doke River, on the site Steep Stories 7 months, 3 weeks ago
In July, a very 2020 thing happened.
I shattered a gaiwan lid. Even “funnier”? This was the second such gaiwan lid I’d shattered this year. My luck with even the most basic teaware was middling at best. […]
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Our trip begins and ends with water.
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Xavier wrote a new post, Of tea and spirits, on the site Teaconomics 8 months ago
After a hiatus, I am back. After reading a (or should I say the since it is at the same time big and focusing on many different lesser known topics) biography about one of the most influential writers of the 20th […]
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Honestly, I think “Tea and Delicate Breasts”should be your next blog.
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I could tell you but then you would have to drink Japanese tea.
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Robert Godden wrote a new post, Biscuits as Medicine, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 8 months, 1 week ago
Kale, eh?
The super-darling super-food of the super-earnest, it has a super-reputation for super-godliness like some super-evangelist, think Jimmy Swaggart, just before it turned out had a super-saucy […]
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Do we eat them and drink or drink and eat them?
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BOTH!
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Green Tea from Bhutan, on the site Steep Stories 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Did you know they grow tea in Bhutan?
Well, until a few months ago, neither did I.
Long time readers of this blog (all three of you) will remember that my original mission statement was to track down […]
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It makes sense that tea is produced in Bhutan but I had never heard anything about it.
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