Stocking Tea
Posted by Miss Neddy at 06:42 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Black
In the West, there is the custom of drinking champagne out of ladies’ shoes (although it may be common on TV and in movies than real life); in Hong Kong, people drink tea that has been sieved through “silk stockings” (sī wà 丝袜). Unlike the Western custom though, the “stockings”…
Close Enough
Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:09 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong
My time in Thailand is coming to an end and I am running down my stocks of tea, but I have miscalculated how much tea I need and my stocks have run out three weeks too early.
I made a trip down to the local supermarket and picked up the…
Tilting Pot and Tea Dam Cup
Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:13 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots
A sharky friend of mine passed me a link to this delightful cup, known as a Tea Dam Cup. I love the different colours and how tea bags (although possibly not finer leaves or tea powder) can be left to drain on the side. Whenever I…
Zhao Zhou
Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:09 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related
The Tang Dynasty Zen master, Zhaozhou Congshen 趙州從諗 (778 to 897 AD), was himself disciple of the Zen master Nanquan Puyuan 南泉普願 for twenty years. He espoused a school of Buddhism that taught that enlightenment can be attained through the careful attention to everyday activities 「平常是道」.
The following conversation…
Set In Stone
Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:39 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots
The recent Chinese New Year festivities brought several merchants from China with interesting wares to sell, such as jade sculptures, distinctive snacks, traditional embroidery and of course, tea sets. Several years ago I bought a stone tea-set. The stone is drilled into and slowly carved and polished into a teapot…
Algerian Coffee Stores
Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:20 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related
One of the best places to get tea in London is surprisingly, not a
teashop, but a coffeeshop: The Algerian Coffee Stores. The name is
strangely misleading: There is only one store and not a chain of
stores. Indeed, the store is arguably not even large enough…
Late Night Tea
Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:49 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Black Green White
After attending a concert the other night at the Esplanade, my friend and I tried to avoid the post-concert rush by sitting down for tea somewhere. We came across the Cookie Museum, but were told that there were no more tables available at the rather small shop.…
Presents!
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Categories: Tea Pu'er
My dear friend es el queso found some lovely green tuocha, and sent a pack to me. I have yet to try them, as I would like to brew them properly in the teahouse. Here are a couple of pictures of the tuocha, wrapped in rice paper and sealed in…
