AJ
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AJ wrote a new post, Book: A Brief History of Tea, on the site Tea Stacks 1 week, 3 days ago
This is an oldy but a goody, first published in 2003, and an easy, affordable buy at most bookstores back in the day (I think I paid $5 for this off of the clearance pile at Chapter’s).
Moxham has written a few […]
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AJ changed their profile picture 7 months ago
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AJ wrote a new post, Books to Look Forward to in 2021, on the site Tea Stacks 7 months, 2 weeks ago
I look forward to new releases, even if the sad reality is I only manage to read a couple of Tea Books a year–and usually half a decade after they’ve been published. But that doesn’t mean I can’t share what I’m […]
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AJ wrote a new post, Book: A Thirst for Empire, on the site Tea Stacks 8 months, 2 weeks ago
This is a heavy book that I have had my eye on for a while. Most new books I’ll wait for in the library, depending on the price. This one was constantly on hold before the quarantine, and finally cleared up when I […]
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This one was already on my to buy list. Now I really have to buy and read it.
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AJ posted a new activity comment 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Yay!
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AJ commented on the post, Book: The Stonewares of Yixing, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year ago
Yes. Only on Yixing teapots. But some on their export and influences on Europe and Japan.
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AJ wrote a new post, Book: The Stonewares of Yixing, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 1 month ago
I love this book. It’s presented in an oversized coffee table-style layout, with plates of colour and grey-scale photos from museums. But it also contains a textbook level of information, going into detail about […]
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It focuses only on Chinese teapots, doesn’t it?
Nothing on Japanese or European?-
Yes. Only on Yixing teapots. But some on their export and influences on Europe and Japan.
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AJ commented on the post, Tea in Quarantine, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 2 months ago
Much belated, but here’s part two:
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AJ commented on the post, Tea in Quarantine, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 4 months ago
Oops, I just realized I posted a dead link. Here it is in action:
With no tea, but you get the gist. Once it’s properly cleaned up maybe I’ll do another video.
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AJ wrote a new post, Tea in Quarantine, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 4 months ago
In 1939 the British government expected airstrikes from Germany. So they devised a slogan to keep up civilian moral: Keep Calm and Carry On. There were signs and posters designed for the slogan to be hung in […]
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An old tea blender? How does it work?
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Oops, I just realized I posted a dead link. Here it is in action:
With no tea, but you get the gist. Once it’s properly cleaned up maybe I’ll do another video.
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Yes please do so.
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Much belated, but here’s part two:
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Thanks.
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I want an antique tea blender. I am also an antique tea blender.
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AJ posted an update 1 year, 5 months ago
Hhhuh. Teatra.de’s posting a bit odd and out of order.
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What is odd?
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AJ commented on the post, Book: Tea. T, Eden, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 6 months 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, VTF 2020, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 6 months ago
The best thing about this entire self-quarantine is that all checkout times from the library have been greatly extended and I rarely leave my apartment anyways, so I’m hoarding these books.
So the Festival […]
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AJ wrote a new post, Book: Tea. T, Eden, on the site Tea Stacks 1 year, 6 months 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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Did you try comparing the different books you read on the tea topic?
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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 commented on the post, Teaser…, on the site Teaconomics 1 year, 6 months 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 1 year, 8 months 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 1 year, 9 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 1 year, 9 months 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 2 years, 2 months 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 2 years, 4 months 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 century 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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