When I started this weblog in April, I really had no clue which direction it would go. I have to say I’m excited about the changes. I started out talking about grocery store brands, hoping I might get lucky enough to experience gongfu cha somewhere, somehow.
Since then, I’ve had wonderful tea [...]
We had our household holiday celebration last night, since my husband and I are heading over the mountains this weekend to spend time with my parents. One of my presents was a beautiful, red (zhuni) yixing teapot! It’s my very first clay pot, and I’m having fun deciding which tea I’m going to [...]
My latest ritual comes from having a series of lunchtime appointments about half a mile from work. I’ve been stopping at Cafe On The Ave on my return trip. They serve Caffe Vita, which is a popular local coffee roaster. It took me a long time to find any good information on [...]
If you thought the bubble-gum description of the last tea review was weird, then I’ll warn you that it’s probably only going to get worse from here out. I recently pulled out my gongfu set and sat down with my housemate to try The Teacup’s Pu’erh Xiao Tou-cha, and we had some very interesting [...]
