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 […]

Episode 1
The Rise of the Steam

The kettle boils! A tea geek, locked in his room during quarantine, casually watched an episode of some Star Wars cartoon, and—lo!—a tea pot appeared into view. At first, he […]

I’ve often expressed my ambivalence to the tea category that is puerh. Sometimes, though, a story about it demands my attention. And most of those times, the story isn’t even mine. Even stranger still? A few of […]

This is Dan.

Dan’s a pretty solid dude, and a darn good friend. Dan is also married to my matcha dealer.

Dan’s a lucky sonuva- . . .

I’m getting off-topic already, aren’t I?

Let’s start ove […]

Strange times we’re living in, huh?

For those catching this article from somewhere in the future (hopefully a brighter one), this is being written during the COVID-19 lockdown/quarantine. I promised […]

As I’ve said many times, it often takes a mere photograph to grab my attention, and to remind me of something I’ve neglected. For instace, this one.

This was posted in August by blogger compatriot (and all […]

If there’s one kind of oolong that has the most fantastical origin story, it’s Dan Cong. A name that translates as “single bush or tree”. The story of this tea has its roots in the last days of the Souther […]