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supermoon10 wrote a new post, Scented Orange Pekoe, on the site Tea Stacks 3 days, 12 hours ago
Working at Murchie’s has been fun both on a tea-blending side, but also in that it allows me to scratch my Tea History itch.
For those not well-acquainted with Murchie’s, it’s been around a good decade and i […]
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Xavier replied to the topic Disappearing Drafts in the forum Tea Conversations 5 days, 4 hours ago
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supermoon10 replied to the topic Disappearing Drafts in the forum Tea Conversations 5 days, 13 hours ago
Same boat. I’ve had the problem for well over a year now. There was an attempt to see if they were related to my other account problems (being unable to edit my profile or change my Display Name, and my bio no longer inserting on my blog), but no luck. Just sort of… stuck in limbo.
It’s been a bit of a drag for posting, since reformatting from…[Read more]
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the First Flushes, on the site Steep Stories 2 weeks, 4 days ago
I don’t consider it spring until I’ve had a first flush Darjeeling in my mouth. This year, though, it took me a little longer to get to my “stash” of first flush Darjeelings. Most years, the family Lochan sends m […]
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Oh! The times they are changing?
I should get my hands on a first flush to check these changes for myself.
Thanks for the tip.
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Xavier wrote a new post, A chain that doesn’t block anything, on the site Teaconomics 3 weeks, 1 day ago
I heard on radio last week that big names in the food industry were going for something that up to now for me was something more linked to cryptocurrency (yes I know it sounds horrible but I am sure you have heard […]
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, In Search of the Tea Tree God, on the site Steep Stories 1 month ago
Several months ago, I had a conversation with a fellow tea nerd about the origin of the tea tree. Y’know, small talk. During the dialogue, he uttered the following assertion that made my imagination boil over l […]
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Some foods for the thought and a great job.
After reading your post, I almost wanted to read once more some works by Umberto Ecco.
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Xavier replied to the topic Disappearing Drafts in the forum Tea Conversations 1 month, 3 weeks ago
No.
I never write directly here. I first write my post on LibreOffice in order to have a backup file. -
Robert Godden started the topic Disappearing Drafts in the forum Tea Conversations 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lately I have been creating drafts for blog posts and then having them disappear.
I don’t know why, but it’s super annoying.
The pictures uploaded for the drafts are still in my media collection.
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Xavier wrote a new post, Curiosity killed the cat or didn’t, on the site Teaconomics 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I am always looking for old books or old references to tea, both because I like history/books and because I like tea. I must confess that I am lucky to have a habit that allows to mix both (it would be nearly […]
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Great work. Glad the cat is unharmed.
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Always.
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Robert Godden wrote a new post, (High) Rising Phoenix, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 2 months ago
A visit to Pheonix Tea was on the cards again, but this time, not the wonderful Phoenix Tea of Burien, Washington State, USA, but Phoenix Tea of Hong Kong.
Google Maps suggested walking in a strange loop out of […]
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It seems like it was an interesting moment. Honestly? I would have loved seeing and hearing you speak Chinese (mine is even closer to 0 than yours).
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The White Teas of Araksa, on the site Steep Stories 2 months ago
The Araksa Tea Plantation is, by its own website’s declaration, one of the oldest in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. That’s not to say that it’s the oldest garden, or the oldest processor of teas. But by moder […]
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That’s a really good question: does the time of plucking have such influence on the way a tea taste?
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Robert Godden wrote a new post, Milk Tea, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 2 months, 1 week ago
As someone who doesn’t take milk in my tea normally, I’m nevertheless drawn to the various forms of milk tea as a moth is to flame.
So, just to recap the last 300 blog posts, I’ve drunk thousands of cups of tea […]
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Even you can change and adapt yourself. Beware, next time you will go for …
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I’m actually not much of a fan of milk tea or bubble tea, but Hong Kong-style is the only way I like either. So . .. that’s something.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The Black and White of Benifuki, on the site Steep Stories 2 months, 1 week ago
Benifuki is an interesting Japanese tea tree cultivar. For one, it’s a cross between a cultivar heralding from the assamica variety, and another cultivar of the sinensis variety. A cross-breeding of this sort w […]
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You know a guy in the tea world? Only one? 😛
Great job.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, A Rohini White Tea Rumble, on the site Steep Stories 2 months, 1 week ago
Sometimes, all it takes is a photograph to get me excited.
This was posted back in November of 2017 by one Shiv Saria. The tea in question was a Darjeeling white tea hailing from the Rohini tea estate. In […]
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Is there a map (better an online one) or a list of estates in Darjeeling (or a list) but one that shows around time which one are operating or not?
This is something I asked myself after going through your post.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Tea at Sea, on the site Steep Stories 2 months, 2 weeks ago
I have a good reason for not updating this here blog in awhile, honest. For the last week or so, I was on vacation. As indicated by this dorky tourist capture.
No regrets.
Short summary: I was on a […]
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Ensenada/Catalina run is pretty fun, I’ve done that one but with Princess (my guess yours wasn’t Princess as their food is fancy pants creampuff swans, tiramisu, and scones with clotted cream).
But yeah, I bring my own tea. All the times I’ve gone the staff are happy to bring me hot water or I hit the buffet and fill a big thermos.
I’d love to do a cruise with a bunch of tea people one day, a bit hard when friends live on other ends of the country and everything has to be in pairs. Also, I only want to cruise Princess because of my loyalty level (free internet!) and all I care about is the fancy pants food.
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I am happy that you had a holidays break.
As for tea, we won’t tell His Highness of down there in the Southern Hemisphere. I swear it. 😉
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Xavier wrote a new post, I had a dream, on the site Teaconomics 2 months, 3 weeks ago
I read a few weeks ago about a museum that a famous French designer (Yves Saint Laurent) had two museums exhibiting his work, his inspirations and some of his notebooks with drawings of dresses he made or […]
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This spurred me to do a quick search for tea museums, of which there are SEVERAL . . . but I like the idea of a museum that is more honed-in on its message. I’d see a Xavier inspired tea museum any day.
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Me too 😀
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Robert Godden wrote a new post, Maybe. Maybe Not., on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 2 months, 4 weeks ago
If you are a regular reader, or a casual reader, or you’ve read .001% of my stuff, you’ll know that I’m a tad anti-teab*g.
Well, perhaps more than a tad, given that I have previously advocated setting fire to […]
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You went boldly where no Devotea ever went 😉
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iheartteas wrote a new post, Tea for Two…Four, on the site iHeartTeas 3 months ago
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and as a wife and mother of two and half (dog) it isn’t your typical candlelit dinner celebration with romance afoot anymore. After twenty-two years of marriage Valentine’s Day an […]
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I like your concept and how you handled it (next time, do it without the deer).
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Tea at the Temple Gates, on the site Steep Stories 3 months, 1 week ago
On the odd occasion, I leave the house to hunt for tea. It’s a rare occurrence—much like a hermitic groundhog hailing the arrival of spring—but it’s been known to happen. Sometimes that urge falls upon me at nigh […]
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Quite mysterious and interesting.
It seems you are living in an avant-garde tea scene.
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iheartteas‘s profile was updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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A big black blending book? Now this is really interesting but perhaps I saw too many Indiana Jones.