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lazyliteratus wrote a new post on the site Steep Stories 3 years, 7 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 3 years, 8 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 3 years, 9 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 3 years, 9 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 3 years, 9 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 1 month 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 2 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 2 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 3 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 3 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 4 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 4 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 5 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 5 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 5 months 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 on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 6 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 4 years, 6 months ago
Dang it, how did I miss that blog?! I’ll have to look.
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lazyliteratus commented on the post, Tea in Star Wars, on the site 4 years, 6 months ago
Nope, I haven’t written a book, yet.
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lazyliteratus wrote a new post on the site Steep Stories 4 years, 6 months ago
Episode 1
The Rise of the SteamThe 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 […]
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You are opening new roads for me. Tea and Star Wars 😀
I wrote something about tea in sci-fi but I never looked into Star Wars, how wrong of me.
Thanks.
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Dang it, how did I miss that blog?! I’ll have to look.
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Because there was no Star Wars in it?
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Nope, I haven’t written a book, yet.
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