AJ
,@supermoon10
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AJ commented on the post, Book: Tea. T, Eden, on the site Tea Stacks 1 week, 3 days ago
Unfortunately, I couldn’t compare them face to face as I checked them out from different libraries… I did go over my notes, photos and memories of Tea Growing, though. I’ll have to go out and check both of them out some time to give a proper review.
Maybe I’ll wait until I come across a few more books on the subject.
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AJ wrote a new post, Book: Tea. T, Eden, on the site Tea Stacks 2 weeks, 1 day ago
I picked this up from the public library. Unfortunately the last person to have it decided to write in it with a black felt pen of all things. And I know it was recent because in the margins where they decided to […]
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AJ commented on the post, Teaser…, on the site Teaconomics 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Weird old article hunts like this is what I live for.
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AJ wrote a new post, Book: Chinese Tea Culture, on the site Tea Stacks 2 months, 2 weeks ago
I found this one poking around a used bookstore (in about… 2017? 2016? I’m behind). It’s a slim, unassuming volume, and I picked it up with a few others after flipping through it. I was struck by the Table […]
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AJ commented on the post, Book: Tea Art of China, on the site Tea Stacks 3 months ago
This one definitely doesn’t lay the information out in organized “bite sizes”. It doesn’t flow like a classic guide–in the way that most guides are sort of designed to be easily referencable.
It more flows like a story, focusing on the author’s favourite topics and areas of expertise.
It’s definitely a bit limited compared to traditional…[Read more]
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AJ wrote a new post, Book: Tea Art of China, on the site Tea Stacks 3 months, 1 week ago
This was a book I received back at 2017’s Vancouver Tea Festival. The author had a booth at the event, and I also attended her talk on the different tea-growing regions of China.
I never really spoke to her […]
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Apart from the last chapter, what are the differences with other “similar” tea guides or tea culture guides?
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This one definitely doesn’t lay the information out in organized “bite sizes”. It doesn’t flow like a classic guide–in the way that most guides are sort of designed to be easily referencable.
It more flows like a story, focusing on the author’s favourite topics and areas of expertise.
It’s definitely a bit limited compared to traditional “guides”, and you sort of have to dig to find the interesting bits of unique information that aren’t just repeated from other works.
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AJ commented on the post, Scented Orange Pekoe, on the site Tea Stacks 8 months, 1 week 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.
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AJ wrote a new post, Scented Orange Pekoe, on the site Tea Stacks 10 months, 2 weeks 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 […]
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A big black blending book? Now this is really interesting but perhaps I saw too many Indiana Jones.
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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.
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AJ replied to the topic Disappearing Drafts in the forum Tea Conversations 10 months, 2 weeks 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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AJ commented on the post, Vancouver Tea Festival 2018, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 3 months ago
As someone who doesn’t really drink, I don’t see the appeal either. I’m sure there are flavour combos that must work. Or alcohols that do well in hot beverages.
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AJ changed their profile picture 1 year, 3 months ago
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AJ wrote a new post, Vancouver Tea Festival 2018, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 3 months ago
The Vancouver Tea Festival came upon me again, and I almost forgot about it until I got a text out of the blue from a friend helping organize it. That could have been disappointing. Since graduating and working […]
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What I really found interesting when I hear about tea festivals in other countries is hearing about new products or trends.
However, tea and alcohol? This is a strange mix for me.
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As someone who doesn’t really drink, I don’t see the appeal either. I’m sure there are flavour combos that must work. Or alcohols that do well in hot beverages.
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AJ wrote a new post, DIY: Tea Boat, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 6 months ago
Unfortunately, draft and account problems persist, and I didn’t really have the willpower to completely retype this post in Word knowing that I would have to then reformat it once I pasted it into wordpress… S […]
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AJ's profile was updated 1 year, 8 months ago
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AJ wrote a new post, A Search for Information: Murchie's, on the site Tea Stacks 8 years, 5 months ago
It began (as it usually does) on Google; this isn’t the first time I’ve typed ‘ “John Murchie”+tea ‘ into the Google search-engine. I’ve done it a few times now, but my search usually ends with very little […]
Did you try comparing the different books you read on the tea topic?
Unfortunately, I couldn’t compare them face to face as I checked them out from different libraries… I did go over my notes, photos and memories of Tea Growing, though. I’ll have to go out and check both of them out some time to give a proper review.
Maybe I’ll wait until I come across a few more books on the subject.