Apologies

Miss Neddy has injured her hand and begs your forgiveness. She will resume the blog as soon as her hand has somewhat healed.

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 09:17 PM on Thursday, September 25, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Notices And News


Midautumn Sweetness

Last night was the Chinese Midautumn Festival (although some places, such as Hong Kong, are celebrating it today). It is said that the moon on the fifteenth night of the…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:58 PM on Monday, September 15, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Apologies

Most humble apologies from Miss Neddy. She went away to a country which loves tea, and has but recently returned. She will resume blogging shortly. Many thanks for your…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 01:08 AM on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Notices And News


Bai Juyi

Bái Jūyì 白居易 (772—846) was a poet of the late Tang dynasty. He is considered one of the most accessible of the Tang Dynasty poets.

Juyi had a…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 09:53 PM on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Far-flung Consort

imageWang Zhaojun was indubitably an intelligent woman, and it was said that she was skilled in many arts, such as the…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 02:20 PM on Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


7 Bowls of Tea

“A message of thanks to Meng Jianyi for the gift of new tea” 《走筆謝孟諫議寄新茶》was written by Lú Tóng 盧仝 in the middle of the Tang Dynasty (around 1200 years ago).…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:08 PM on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Sable and Cicada

imageOf the four beauties, there is one who is arguably a fictional character. While she plays in important role in the…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:42 PM on Monday, July 28, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


Tea Joy

There is a tea shop in Singapore, at North Bridge Centre, opposite the National Library. Their name in English is “Tea Joy”, and their name in Chinese is Cháyuè 茶樂.…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:02 PM on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Her Cloudlike Clothes, Her Flowerlike Face

imageOne of my favourite teapots, the Yang Guifei pot is based on a poem by Li Bai, who…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:00 PM on Monday, July 21, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


Savour

Green tea has more recently become popular in the West because of its high anti-oxidant content (polyphenols), which is reputed to protect against a variety of ills, including heart disease…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:38 PM on Friday, July 18, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Green


Beauties

As I mentioned before, Lu Yu makes limited edition teapots, some of them themed. One of my favourites was the four Sacred Beasts set, which were very…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:31 PM on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


Tea Good or Bad

I realise that I sometimes sound like an elitist, talking about good and lousy tea. But to be honest, I drink almost any kind of tea in a pinch. I’m…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:24 PM on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Black Tea Related


Teabags

Tea ought not to be infused too long in hot water, and ought therefore to be removed after the appropriate amount of time has passed. For this reason, convenient infusers…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:15 PM on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Tea Related


All Over The World

I readily admit that I simply do not know that much about tea, especially its history and where it is grown. I knew it is grown in China, Japan and…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:53 PM on Monday, July 07, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea


More Science

For most varieties of tea (but not all), the ideal “pick” is the topmost two leaves and a bud (一芯二葉 yīxīn èryè), because this is the part of the tea…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:31 PM on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
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Chance Encounter

While meeting up with some friends a few evenings ago, we stumbled upon a small stall where an earnest, pleasant-looking man was showing off his tea. He had tiny little…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:36 PM on Monday, June 30, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong


EGCG

A wide number of health benefits have been claimed for tea, in particular, it is claimed that tea (particularly green tea) has beneficial effects on high blood pressure and on…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:08 PM on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Sainthood

To be worthy of the title of “saint”, a person must of course display qualities well beyond the average human. Although Lu Yu was not called the Tea Saint during…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:48 PM on Monday, June 23, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Intermission

Miss Neddy is suffering from a brief (hopefully) bout of illness, and will be back soon. Watch this space!

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:08 PM on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Notices And News


Resurrecting Tea

A friend came to me in some distress recently, as she had bought a batch of white tea some months before, deposited it in a cupboard and promptly forgot about…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:15 PM on Friday, June 06, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Other uses


Wenshan Baozhong

Wenshan baozhong (文山包種) is a Taiwanese oolong, and was developed more than 150 years ago by Wang Yicheng (王義程) in imitation of the famous teas of Mount Wuyi (武夷巖) in…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 12:36 AM on Thursday, June 05, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong


Pu’er Variety

Pu’er 普洱, being a unique tea entirely in its own category, also has its own body of knowledge and expertise quite distinct from other teas. There may be many common…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 12:28 AM on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Pu'er


Eye of the Beholder

dongfangThe latest batch of Dongfang Meiren (东方美人 Beauty of the East) from the teahouse is nothing to shout about, in terms…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:32 PM on Friday, May 30, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong


Adversity

It is a trope repeated throughout East Asia that sages live on mountain tops, accessible only via an arduous climb. The arid conditions and simple living are said to cleanse…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 11:01 PM on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea


Spring Gaoshan

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Low grade 高山 Gaoshan can make me nauseous quite rapidly, as the effort to make lower grade leaves…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 12:30 AM on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Gao Shan


Ginseng and Orange

My father’s Croatian friend recently visited us with his wife, and brought some very interesting presents. One was a pair of traditional Croatian gold earrings for my mother; another was…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:15 PM on Friday, May 23, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Green


Death

There are moments when words just seem too trite, where nothing you say is right. What do you say to someone who has just lost a loved one? “Is there…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:33 PM on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


A Gift

[Miss Neddy says: es el queso has taken time from his blog What I Had For Dinner Tonight to do another entry for…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:17 PM on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Black


A Tea For Every Occasion

It is a common Chinese medical belief that tea “leeches” away certain medicines, so tea-drinking soon after taking medication is frowned upon. However, tea doesn’t always counteract medication. In fact,…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:38 PM on Friday, May 16, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Other uses


Friends

A recent wine tasting I attended in Bangkok reminded me that I have never been good at large parties and I especially hate weddings or social events where the majority…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:11 PM on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Too Much Of a Good Thing?

While talking to some friends yesterday, they divulged that they had friends who relied on “slimming teas” to retain their figure, drinking it every day. Slimming teas, if they are…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 04:56 PM on Saturday, May 10, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Black Other uses Tea Related


Iced Tea

Within the realm of traditional Chinese medicine, cold or iced tea is an abomination. It is said to harm the stomach (傷胃 shāngwèi) and to be injurious to the health.…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:31 PM on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Other uses


Precious

Tea for so long has been the beverage of the upper class and good quality tea was priced beyond the reach of most hoi polloi. The last few decades have…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:38 PM on Monday, May 05, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


More on Puer

Pu’er 暜洱 doesn’t always come in cakes. Loose Pu’er has become more popular, after reports have come out about the many health benefits of drinking the thick black tea, which…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:27 PM on Friday, May 02, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Black


Tasting

image imageWhen presented with a perfectly prepared cup of tea, this…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:38 PM on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Fragrance of Flowers

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Tie Kuan Yin is famous for its 官韵 (guān yùn); the phrase is a pun, as “官” in…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:12 PM on Monday, April 28, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong Tea Related


Bodhidharma

image Bodhidharma (also known in Chinese as 达摩 Dá Mó) is traditionally acknowledged to have brought 禅 Chán Buddhism (more commonly…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:21 PM on Friday, April 25, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


Catherine of Braganza

Tea was not widely available in England in the first half of the 17th century. In the diary of Samuel Pepys, there is an entry dated 25 Sep 1660, in…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:34 PM on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Last of the Lishan Tea

[Miss Neddy was unwell last week and has fallen behind on her updating. She humbly begs the forgiveness of her gentle reader(s)]

I recently made the last of…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:22 PM on Monday, April 21, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong


Empire

In the 18th century, the wealth of the British Empire was underpinned by a small number of commodities: among them, sugar and tea. The triangular trade saw British ships carrying…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:50 PM on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


A Trip To Chinatown

[Miss Neddy: Today another good friend of mine es el queso has kindly agreed to do an entry for me, about his trip to San Fransisco’s Chinatown. He also runs…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 09:27 PM on Monday, April 14, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Green Jasmine Tea Related


A Cup of Tie Kuan Yin

As the taste of Tie Kuan Yin is very distinctive, even overpowering, I don’t as yet have a dedicated zisha teapot for it. So, usually I would use a porcelain…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:57 PM on Friday, April 11, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong Tea Related


Small

This is my own Yixing teapot sitting on my computer keyboard [a Macbook].  This teapot pours just enough tea for two cups.

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 09:51 PM on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots



Good Cups

I’m afraid I still have not hunted down my elusive memory card reader as yet, so I will have to find time this week to go buy a new one.…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:38 PM on Monday, April 07, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Buying Tea In England

Miss Neddy has misplaced her memory card reader and so is unable to upload the new photos she has taken. She hopes to distract you with an excellent entry by…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 11:09 PM on Friday, April 04, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Examples of Small Tea Sets

Here are some pictures of compact tea sets which are suitable for small apartments, rooms or even the office. Many of them were designed to be given as gifts, and…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:03 PM on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


Tea Tools

When making kungfu tea, aside from the tea-making and drinking equipment (known in Chinese as 茶器 chá qì), there are tools to help handle the tea leaves and hot tea…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:07 PM on Monday, March 31, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Little Birds

I recently bought a new camera, so I thought I would show off two of my favourite teapots. Both are from Lu Yu, the branch of the tea company Tenren…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:02 PM on Friday, March 28, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


Elements of the Japanese tea ceremony

The full Japanese tea ceremony or chanoyu 茶之湯 (also written 茶の油) takes hours to perform and is seldom seen by foreigners, both because of the length of the ceremony and…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 09:51 PM on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Sieves

Not everyone has the time and patience to use Yixing clay teapots and drink from dainty little cups the size of thimbles. It is a problem steeping loose tea leaves…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:42 PM on Monday, March 24, 2008 | Comments (4) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


Kungfu Part 2

Today’s entry is a continuation of the previous one on Kungfu tea:

Wūlóng rùgōng 烏龍入宮:
“The black dragon enters the palace.” The literal translation of oolong…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:25 PM on Friday, March 21, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Kungfu Part 1

The Chinese word gōngfū 功夫 (more familiar in its Wade-Giles spelling of “kungfu") has two related meanings. The first is “skill” (most commonly in the Chinese martial arts), but the…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 10:23 PM on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


The Perfect Cuppa?

Short entry today.

The Royal Society of Chemistry has recently uploaded a news release on how to make the perfect…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:31 PM on Monday, March 17, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea


A Cup of Kindness

Lu Yü was brought up in a monastery, and made to study the Buddhist scriptures. This showed in his personality, which was described in the Qing dynasty work “Complete Essays…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:23 PM on Friday, March 14, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


茶鏽 Rust

A well-used teacup will, after some time, acquire a brown stain on its interior. This stain is often unwanted (especially on white porcelain) and may be removed by a dint…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 09:30 PM on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | Comments (6) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


Bak Kut Teh

A popular dish in Singapore is Bak Kut Teh (肉骨茶), literally “Bone Meat Tea”. No worries, the tea is not made from meat and bones. Meaty pork bones are combined…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:57 PM on Monday, March 10, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong Tea Related


Change In Blogging Schedule

Due to her work, Miss Neddy will be re-scheduling her blog entries. The entries will still be updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but in the evenings (GMT+8, Singapore time), rather…

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Categories: Notices And News


Fishing For Tea

In Singapore, there is a kind of lingo that locals use to order beverages from the more traditional types of coffee shops and drink stalls. A cup of Milo (a…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:55 AM on Friday, March 07, 2008 | Comments (3) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Lychee Tea

There are four women of ancient China who were reknowned for their beauty. No true likenesses have been preserved and their beauty is recorded only in metaphor. Xī Shī 西施…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 09:18 AM on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Flavoured


Caveat Combibor (Drinker Beware!)

The tea ceremony scam is prevalent in Shanghai and Beijing, but very likely some of the other big cities in China will have hustlers running the same kind of game.…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:30 AM on Monday, March 03, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Tea Competitions

Tea competitions or dou cha (斗茶) began in China during the Tang dynasty, but gained great popularity in the Song dynasty onwards. From the commoner in the streets, passing their…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:40 AM on Friday, February 29, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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The Four Essentials

With regard to the appreciation of Chinese tea, four things are necessary: jìng xiǎo shǎo màn 靜小少慢。


靜 Jing “Quiet”

The setting should…
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Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:30 AM on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Tea and Buddhism

From Tibet to Japan, tea is inextricably associated with Buddhism. As monks were not allowed to eat during their meditation, tea was found to be a excellent beverage for staying…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:19 AM on Monday, February 25, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
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Tea eggs 茶葉蛋

A simple but delicious recipe is hard boiled eggs cooked in tea. None of the quantities are exact and you may vary the recipe as you wish.

Hard…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 09:00 AM on Friday, February 22, 2008 | Comments (3) | Permalink
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Japanese Teas

Japanese teas are now more popular and well-known internationally than they were ten or twenty years ago. People who frequent sushi restaurants are probably familiar with sencha (煎茶), which has…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:37 AM on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Green


Rules of Thumb

There is an old English rule of thumb for making tea in a teapot, “One for you, one for me, and one for the pot”. It is true that when…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:30 AM on Monday, February 18, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


King of Tea

The Taiwanese tea company, Tenren, maintain a line of teas called Cháwáng 茶王 or “King tea”.  These are ginseng-flavoured teas and the word “King” is used to mark them…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 09:16 AM on Friday, February 15, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Da Hong Pao


Treatise on Tea

The Song Dynasty emperor Huizong (徽宗) is a historical figure viewed with rather mixed feelings. He was unmistakably a bad emperor, implementing disastrous foreign policies, putting his trust in corrupt…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:30 AM on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


More On Indian Tea

Tea originated in China and reached Japan between the 6th and 8th centuries, spreading to Tibet and the rest of Indochina soon afterwards. When the Chinese Embassy of Zhènghé 鄭和…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:30 AM on Monday, February 11, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink
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Saint Of Tea

The Book of Tea (Lu Yü’s 茶经 Cha Jing, or literally Tea Sutra, not Kakuzo Okakura’s excellent book of the same name) begins “茶者, 南方之嘉木也, 一尺, 二尺, 乃至数十尺。” Roughly translated…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:15 PM on Friday, February 08, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Top 10

In his 1995 novel, High Fidelity, Nick Hornby write about a record store owner, Rob Fleming, who spends his life making up lists of “Top 5"s: the top 5 episodes…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:30 AM on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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More on Pots

We spoke of how teapots were useful for different kinds of teas in an earlier entry. Today’s entry is more on how to assess if a teapot is a good…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 09:13 AM on Monday, February 04, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots


All Those Letters

As my esteemed friend explained in the previous entry, “CTC” teas are leaves that have been crushed, torn and curled by machines. But a look at your packet of English…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 12:26 AM on Friday, February 01, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Indian Tea

In 1833, the British East India Company lost its monopoly of the tea trade. As tea made up the bulk of the Company’s revenues, this incited panic in London.

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:54 AM on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Ephemera

Good tea has vintages in the same way that French wine does.  The flavour of the tea varies every year according to the rainfall and sunshine.  While the tea from…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:41 AM on Monday, January 28, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong Tea Related


Cream

Since the British East India company established the first tea plantations in Assam in the 19th century, Indian tea (Camellia assamica) has gradually supplanted Chinese tea (Camellia sinesis) as the…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 04:47 PM on Friday, January 25, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Flowery Monikers

There are many teas endowed with the names of flowers. Some are named so because that flower lends its fragrance to the tea leaves, such as Jasmine tea (香片 Xiāngpiàn…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:32 AM on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea White Wulong


Jasmine Tea

The most famous floral scented tea is probably jasmine tea.  The Chinese name for jasmine tea is xiāng piàn 香片 “slivers of perfume”.  Tea leaves are placed beneath a silk…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:30 AM on Monday, January 21, 2008 | Comments (4) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Green Jasmine


Chinese Methods of Brewing Tea

The Japanese tea ceremony is famous for its formality and strong emphasis on symbolism and aesthetics. From the tea set to the surrounding ornamentation to the movements of the tea…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:44 AM on Friday, January 18, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Ginseng and Tea

Ginseng tea can refer to infusions made from sliced or powdered ginseng, or to tea leaves that are flavoured with ginseng (usually in powder form). Ginseng is popular in China…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:53 AM on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Flavoured


Timing

Lu Yü 陸羽 introduces the medicinal uses of tea in the first chapter of the Tea Classic《茶經》:「茶之為用,味至寒,為飲最宜」 ‘As to the usage of the tea leaf, its flavour is exceedingly cooling…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:30 AM on Monday, January 14, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Green White Tea Related


Imperial Anecdotes

In Hong Kong and Southern Chinese teahouses and restaurants, you may frequently find people tapping their fingers, bent at the first joint, on the table when they are served tea.…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:40 PM on Friday, January 11, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Water

Whisky drinkers will often add a small amount of water to their whisky because it brings out the flavours of the drink, and dedicated afficionados will tell you that only…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:46 AM on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related


Tea and Health

Tea is widely acknowledged to be a beverage that is good for the health. It is a pick-me-up for many people in the mornings, a soothing cuppa after a stressful…

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Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:30 AM on Monday, January 07, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
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Green Tea and English Palates

Although green tea is highly valued in both China and Japan (the two great tea-drinking nations of the world) it is black tea that made its way to Europe and…

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Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:30 AM on Friday, January 04, 2008 | Comments (3) | Permalink
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