AJ
,@supermoon10
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AJ changed their profile picture 5 months ago
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AJ wrote a new post, Books to Look Forward to in 2021, on the site Tea Stacks 5 months, 3 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 6 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 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Yay!
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AJ commented on the post, Book: The Stonewares of Yixing, on the site Tea Stacks 11 months 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 11 months, 1 week 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 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, 2 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, 2 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, 3 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 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 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, 2 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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AJ replied to the topic Disappearing Drafts in the forum Tea Conversations 2 years, 2 months 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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