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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, A Focus on Fellowship, on the site Steep Stories 2 days, 9 hours ago

A week ago, an article made the rounds in the greater tea community sphere. At the time it came out, it rubbed me the wrong way. So much so, I originally meant to pen a rant pointing out where it went wrong, and […]
- Xavier replied 1 day, 12 hours ago
  
  Tea is about sharing and the fellowship.
  Drinking tea alone isn’t fun.
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, My Birthday at a Tea Festival, on the site Steep Stories 1 week, 3 days ago

Over a week ago, I attended Northwest Tea Festival. Again.

It also happened to fall on my birthday.

I decided at the end of summer that the best way to ring in my 43rd year on Earth was to make a […]
- Xavier replied 1 week, 2 days ago
  
  I really liked the meme before and after. However last time I attended one, I don’t remember in such a state.
  …
  Perhaps, this is the proof that I might have been infected.
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, There Once Were Two Teas from Huiming, on the site Steep Stories 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Sometimes, in my search for new teas to try, I get drawn in by mentions of particular producers.

This is Wei Zhong He. I first learned of him through my dealings with Kevin Gascoyne (Camellia Sinensis Tea […]
- Xavier replied 4 weeks, 1 day ago
  
  You are the Enterprise of tea, finding combos that no one (from my point of view) ever found and managing to present them while managing to make me want to give them a try.
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The Tea Balls of Manipur, on the site Steep Stories 1 month, 1 week ago

Earlier this year, a fellow tea blogger sent me information on an Indian tea growing region I’d never heard of.

A place filled with old(er) growth, semi-wild assamica forests, which bordered Assam to the E […]
- Xavier replied 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  You answered my question before you knew it, regarding how much tea you should use it.
  It is strange that a white tea produced such a dark liquor.
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Sheng Puerh-Style Teas from Vietnam, on the site Steep Stories 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Over a year-and-a-half ago, I wrote an article discussing the nature of sheng cha.

It didn’t go over well.

I used a Vietnamese sheng puerh-style tea from Son La province as a part of my thesis, and it a […]
- Xavier replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Such names. Too bad there were two genies. I would have imagined something like Ice Genie.
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Alternate Tea Etiquette, on the site Steep Stories 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Five days ago, a vendor friend posted this article on Facebook:

I didn’t read it, which is usually what not to do, but I’ve seen such tea topical articles before. The direction they were going in was n […]
- Xavier replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  The first of the tea club is that there are no rules (unless you ask @TheDevotea :P).
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The Flow of Tea and Time, on the site Steep Stories 2 months ago

I should probably get around to talking about World Tea Expo 2019, huh?

To be truthful, my delay in doing so wasn’t related to my usual brand of procrastination, but rather some trauma. Stuff I’ve had dif […]
- Xavier replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Thanks for the backwards report, I enjoyed reading it.
  
  And don’t forget home, sweet tea home! I am sure you will enjoy being Darjeeling, Ceylon… really soon.
iheartteas wrote a new post, NYC Tea Tour Day One, on the site iHeartTeas 2 months, 1 week ago

#NYCTeaTour: Day One

First of all, I can’t believe I finally made it to New York with all my tea friends I made through our passion of tea. Some of us met way back on Steepster others later on Instagram but on […]
- Xavier replied 2 months, 1 week ago
  
  An all-women tea tour in New-York? Sounds and looks really great.
Robert Godden wrote a new post, Every Day – Part 1, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 2 months, 2 weeks ago

At my “peak”, for want of a better word, I posted over 100 blog posts in one year. But lately that has tapered off a little.

I say ‘a little’, but this is my fourth post for 2019.

I know it’s been hard for […]
- lazyliteratus replied 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Totally adding “Overpopulated Scrotum” to my lexicon. And, quite frankly, if you had named the tea that oh, I can think of several people in the US that would have bought it just for name alone.
- Xavier replied 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  I would never have guessed it (and I tried to do so but only in my mind after reading your Facebook post).
  
  And even if you didn’t mention me, I was drinking tea after tea wondering if you had stopped writing (okay, I would have drunk tea after tea even without that but it sounds better when I say it that way, doesn’t it?).
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, A Rare Tea Tasting with Kevin Gascoyne, on the site Steep Stories 2 months, 2 weeks ago

As some of you have seen—via my social media—in June, I was at World Tea Expo.

For those who don’t follow me on those platforms . . . I don’t blame you. But that’s beside the point. In the middle of June, […]
- Xavier replied 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  ?Tea cult and tea meditation? You had quite an experience.
Xavier wrote a new post, Whisky in a cup of tea, on the site Teaconomics 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Did you know that Al Capone drank whisky in a cup of tea? It might be a hoax but I heard it on a rather serious radio and I found it cool enough to mention it here. A more “serious” reason than the “cool” factor […]
iheartteas wrote a new post, World Tea Expo 2019: Two Worlds Collide, on the site iHeartTeas 3 months, 1 week ago

World Tea Expo
Las Vegas 2019
Two Worlds Collide

It seems hard to believe that this is my sixth year at Expo, which would have been seventh had I not stayed behind after the birth of my son, no […]
- Xavier replied 3 months, 1 week ago
  
  mocktails? What is this?
  
  I like this report on two new trends : more hype bars with cocktails and people focusing more on origin and tastes.
  
  Thanks for this report.
Xavier wrote a new post, Don't feed the trolls, on the site Teaconomics 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Don’t feed the trolls is a known motto of the Internet but sometimes I have to feed my inner troll. First because they don’t always look like those of the Hobbit and two because mine is a travelling one that is […]
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, How My Brain Made Me Love Chinese Green Teas (Again), on the site Steep Stories 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Well, it’s spring again, and with it comes warmer weather. That’s how it is in the Pacific Northwest. I’m . . . not a fan. The reason? With warmer weather comes seasonal chronic migraines; a fun little diagn […]
- Xavier replied 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Quite intriguing names.
iheartteas wrote a new post, Dear Tea Diary, on the site iHeartTeas 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Dear Tea Diary,
6/3/2019
I think we should take a break. Or maybe break up? I just don’t think we are in the same place right now. I have loved you for as long as I can remember but now it just feels like we a […]
- Xavier replied 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  And how do you plan on doing it?
iheartteas wrote a new post, Tea Bloggers Roundtable at World Tea Expo 2019, on the site iHeartTeas 4 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s not too late. Buy your tickets, pack your bags, and head to “Hot” Vegas June 11-13th.
Along with all the speakers and presentations you will have the opportunity to see and taste first hand many of the fi […]
- Xavier replied 4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  I hope you will have a lot of people coming to watch so many talented bloggers.
Xavier wrote a new post, Back to the future, on the site Teaconomics 4 months, 3 weeks ago

As you might have noticed (for example here or here) I have an interest in prices of our nice little drink: tea.
I usually focus on old prices (sometimes among centuries) and I might still do that soon but […]
supermoon10 wrote a new post, Scented Orange Pekoe, on the site Tea Stacks 5 months 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 […]
- Xavier replied 5 months ago
  
  A big black blending book? Now this is really interesting but perhaps I saw too many Indiana Jones.
  - supermoon10 replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    Oh no, it’s just as cool and interesting as it sounds. It’s a huge, OLD ledger with so much history. They could pay me just to sit and flip through it.
    - Xavier replied 2 months, 2 weeks ago
      
      😀
Xavier replied to the topic Disappearing Drafts in the forum Tea Conversations 5 months ago

🙁
supermoon10 replied to the topic Disappearing Drafts in the forum Tea Conversations 5 months 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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