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lazyliteratus wrote a new post, A Spring Cleaning of Summer Stories in the Fall, on the site Steep Stories 2 weeks, 5 days ago

At the time of this writing, it’s been over a month since my last article . . . missive . . . er . . . whatever. Also, at the time of this writing, it’s Thanksgiving day. Due to a bout of illness that decided to […]
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The Tea Vlogger in “American Vandal”, on the site Steep Stories 1 month, 2 weeks ago

On September 20th of this year, I received an intriguing text from a fellow tea-brother:

I’d never heard American Vandal, nor was I aware that it had two seasons. My Netflix-fu was neophyte status at best. […]
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The Real Tea, on the site Steep Stories 2 months, 1 week ago

In the late-aughts (meaning: 2000-2009), my tea journey paralleled another hobby.

YouTube.

Since I worked the graveyard shift for most of the first decade of this century, I devoured a lot of content on […]
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The Smoked Darjeelings of Niroula’s Tea Farm, on the site Steep Stories 3 months, 1 week ago

In November of 2012, I accidentally “created” a smoked Darjeeling.

I say “accidentally” and put arbitrary air-quotes over “created” because . . . that’s only kinda what happened. One fateful day, I put a […]
lazyliteratus commented on the post, The Ruckus over Ruan Zhi, on the site Steep Stories 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Thanks Valerii. I incorporated the new data into the write-up.
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, The Ruckus over Ruan Zhi, on the site Steep Stories 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ruan Zhi—or “soft stem”— is a particular cultivated variety (or cultivar) of tea plant originally hailing from China, before making its way to Taiwan, and then migrating further along to Thailand and Myanmar […]
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Going to Gopaldhara by way of Boulder, Colorado, on the site Steep Stories 4 months ago

Gopaldhara is a tea estate in the Mirik Valley in the Darjeeling district of the Indian state West Bengal. Like many such tea estates in the region, it began its life in the late 19th century. Plotted and planted […]
lazyliteratus commented on the post, Sheng Puerh from a Secret Wild Tea Garden, on the site Steep Stories 4 months, 2 weeks ago

More depth in later infusions, but generally same notes.
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Sheng Puerh from a Secret Wild Tea Garden, on the site Steep Stories 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Glen and Lamu of Crimson Lotus Tea are one of my favorite husband-‘n-wife puerh hunter duos.

Up until 2016, I only knew of them, and the good reputation they’d garnered over five years as trustworthy sellers of […]
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, A Tie Guan Yin Flight from Taiwan, on the site Steep Stories 5 months ago

Tie Guan Yin is one of the most interesting takes on oolong ever developed. Despite its ancient-sounding name—invoking the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Guan Yin— the “Iron Goddess of Mercy” only dates back to the […]
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, A Taste of the Tea Studio, on the site Steep Stories 5 months, 1 week ago

Sometime in early spring, my tea-centric social media feed blew up with images of this:

My first thought was, Wow, that is one SWEET mansion!

A modern-looking building, decked out with many windows […]
lazyliteratus posted a new activity comment 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hey @peter, domain redirects seem to be working fine. “http” works fine for steep stories links, but not “https”, but that doesn’t bother me. All seems good so far.

Thanks for your diligent work as always.
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Tangents at World Tea Expo 2018, on the site Steep Stories 5 months, 2 weeks ago

This year, I went to World Tea Expo in Las Vegas with a mission.

To hustle.

Not exactly to peddle my wares, or convey the influence of “my brand”, but rather to approach it the way an actual tra […]
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, Two Teas from Arunachal Pradesh, on the site Steep Stories 6 months, 1 week ago

Of all the states in India, Arunachal Pradesh is one of the most mysterious and mystical.

I’m not exaggerating. A cursory research glance turned up nothing concrete in regards to an agreed-upon “history” […]
lazyliteratus commented on the post, Milking The Tea Clock, on the site Lord Devotea's Tea Spouts 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Im in the camp of brewing the tea for longer and shorter volume of water before adding to the milk.

But milking a Castleton Moonlight first flush?! Heavens no! Second flush, maybe.
lazyliteratus wrote a new post, You Say You Don’t “Do” Tea Blends, Huh?, on the site Steep Stories 7 months ago

“I don’t really do tea blends.”

It’s a phrase that I never thought I’d find myself uttering, but one day—a couple of years ago—I did just that. A blending outfit wondered if I would be willing to cover s […]
lazyliteratus commented on the post, Reading Tea Blogs as History, on the site Steep Stories 8 months ago

Thank you.
lazyliteratus commented on the post, Reading Tea Blogs as History, on the site Steep Stories 8 months ago

Well, I didn’t do a post on the archeology of tea trade websites. That could be all yours.
lazyliteratus commented on the post, Reading Tea Blogs as History, on the site Steep Stories 8 months ago

Likewise.
lazyliteratus commented on the post, The Travails of Moving Tea, on the site Steep Stories 8 months ago

My thought(s), too!
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