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 | Jul 10, 2018 | Green Tea
In the above picture one can see some of the effects of tea fields which have been treated with man-made pesticides and fertilizers. Tea bushes that have been placed in rows are surrounded by largely lifeless ‘soil’. If you have an interest in high quality...
by markhamsindeband | May 8, 2018 | Spring Tea
During April, which many of you know, is the usual spring tea harvesting month here in the north of Taiwan, it rained just nine days, for a total of about two and a half inches. This, compared to double that for rainfall last year. Even then, due to a somewhat...
by markhamsindeband | May 4, 2017 | Green Tea
The following post is meant to answer a question often asked of ‘Leaf of the East’, as to just how it is different from other tea companies in the market today. I’ll begin with a couple of quotes, “The map is not the territory” –...
by markhamsindeband | Apr 25, 2017 | Green Tea
A friend wrote in to a post I’d written on Leaf of the East’s Facebook page where somewhat unfortunately I post most of my thoughts and experiences with respect to tea. The following copied and pasted question and answer are long enough to warrant posting...
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