by markhamsindeband | Mar 20, 2019 | #tea, #zen, Spring Tea, WuLong
Tea that ‘sparks joy’, to borrow a phrase from Marie Kondo, is about as concise a metric one can use to determine if the tea they’re drinking is really right for them. Personally speaking, the kind of tea which after a few cups assuages physical and emotional pain,...
by markhamsindeband | May 15, 2017 | #tea
If you have an interest in tea culture and high-quality tea, the questions of where and how your tea is made are probably important to you. Taken as a whole, of course your tea’s supply chain can tell you much about its quality. The history and culture of where...
by markhamsindeband | May 1, 2016 | #tea
At times, making tea feels like trying to transfer hot water from one bathtub to another with your hands, making the transfer without spilling a drop and in time to allow someone to get into the second bath while the water is at least still warm. Yet this is the...
by markhamsindeband | Apr 28, 2016 | #tea
Up in the morning at 4:30 a.m. Up on the mountain in the cold rain and wind. Working in silence, self-reflection comes and goes, a reflection of intent and character. Sifting through the tea after it comes in from the gardens, again after it’s rested and...
by markhamsindeband | Jan 19, 2016 | #tea
Weather, time, earth, and skill of the tea maker are the four major factors which determine a tea’s character. To endure the time and weather with an end in high quality tea one must, like the QingXin Cultivar suggests, by way of it’s translation into...
by markhamsindeband | Apr 9, 2015 | #tea
“Which cultivar is this?” is a question I often ask when freshly picked leaves come in from the gardens. The idea of looking at cultivars as a determining factor for flavor profiles in tea of any color is something that came up again on a visit to one of Taipei’s...
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