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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Beengs and Purge, on the site Steep Stories 2 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 3 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 3 months, 4 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 4 months, 3 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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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Memories of Mandal Gaon, on the site Steep Stories 5 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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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, My Ass-Backwards Journey with An Ji Bai Cha, on the site Steep Stories 5 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 5 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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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Gifts of the Doke River, on the site Steep Stories 8 months, 4 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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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Green Tea from Bhutan, on the site Steep Stories 9 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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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Ivan Chai through Time, on the site Steep Stories 10 months, 2 weeks ago
If there is one prediction I never would have made for this blog in 2020, it’s that I would spend at least five articles talking about one plant. Okay . . . true, there are four hundred articles here that talk a […]
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And does it have the kick-off effect caffeine has on most people?
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Back-to-Back Matcha Bowls, on the site Steep Stories 10 months, 4 weeks ago
I recently noticed I don’t cover a lot of matcha on this here blog. There are some completely innocuous reasons for that: (1) everyone is already covering matcha just fine, and (2) when I do cover matcha, I tend t […]
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“But I later learned that was actually a good thing.”
Where did you learn that?
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Ukrainian Ivan Chai . . . from Canada, on the site Steep Stories 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Back in June, I was tagged in an Instagram post by O5 Tea. It featured a very familiar plant.
Pedro, one of the tea outfit’s co-owners referenced my first Ivan Chai article to go along with something they j […]
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You really go where no one has gone before.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Bordering on Sheng Puerh, on the site Steep Stories 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Let’s talk about border sheng.
As long-time readers already know, I’m a bit of an old hat (and advocate) of sheng cha produced outside of Yunnan province, China. I’ve devoted the last decade or so to tryin […]
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Interesting thoughts.
I need to think about it.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Meet Herb, on the site Steep Stories 1 year ago
Meet Herb.
Herb is a tea pet. What’s a tea pet, you might be asking? Well, it’s a long story, and—honestly—one I haven’t taken much interest in. Until now.
There is no clear origin story about how […]
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Ah. Ostfriesen. I went there and drank tea.
And I like Herb drinking in your cup.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Time Traveling by Way of Tea Tasting, on the site Steep Stories 1 year ago
A couple of months back, I did an Instagram Live tasting with this chap.
So Han Fan, purveyor of West China Tea.
I’ve “known” So Han for nearly six years. I put that in quotes because . . . we’ve never a […]
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Sounds quite interesting.
And “only on a more “castle dungeon”-y level.” was really a great description.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Ivan Chai from Tver Oblast, on the site Steep Stories 1 year, 1 month ago
One of the nerdy pursuits we in the tea community like to pay attention to is origin. Single origin teas are the bread-‘n-butter of tea geekery. However, outside of good ol’ Camellia sinensis, herbal infusions are […]
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Question from someone with no experience: does strong fermentation mean darker brew?
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, "And Who Is My Neighbor?", on the site Steep Stories 1 year, 1 month ago
Trigger Warning: The following article discusses religion and race. So, consider yourself doubly warned.
In my Bible readings, there is one aspect I keep coming back to. In the Gospels, Jesus conveyed his […]
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Good luck on your quest.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The "Aera" of Nepalese White Tea, on the site Steep Stories 1 year, 1 month ago
One of the (few) benefits of this whole quarantine/lockdown thing we’ve endured so far in 2020 has been the chance to get to know new people. Granted, not in real outdoor life, but in an online capacity. During […]
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And to you for sharing your experiences with us.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, An Ivan Chai Diary, on the site Steep Stories 1 year, 2 months ago
At the beginning of May (of 2020), I received a box from Moychay . . .
A blogger friend saw the write-up I did on Ivan Chai a couple of months prior, and recommended I get in contact with this Russian-based […]
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And how does it compare to tea?
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lazyliteratus commented on the post, Tea in Star Wars, on the site Steep Stories 1 year, 2 months ago
Dang it, how did I miss that blog?! I’ll have to look.
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