The latest batch of Dongfang Meiren (东方美人 Beauty of the East) from the teahouse is nothing to shout about, in terms…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:32 PM on Friday, May 30, 2008 | Comments (2) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong
Fragrance of Flowers
Tie Kuan Yin is famous for its 官韵 (guān yùn); the phrase is a pun, as “官” in…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:12 PM on Monday, April 28, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong 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 the Lishan…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:22 PM on Monday, April 21, 2008 | Comments (8) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong
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…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:57 PM on Friday, April 11, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Wulong Tea Related
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…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 11:57 PM on Monday, March 10, 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…
Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:41 AM on Monday, January 28, 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…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:32 AM on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea White Wulong
Dong Ding Tea (冻顶 )
Dong Ding is both the name of a tea, and the name of a mountain in the Nantou region of Taiwan, in Lugu (Deer Valley) (鹿谷). This is where the…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:45 AM on Monday, December 31, 2007 | Comments (1) | Permalink
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Wulong tea
My favourite kind of tea, it encompasses a broad range of flavours, colours, textures and names. Taiwan is famous for its wulongs, such as the Dongding (冻顶) , Alishan （阿里山）,…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:53 AM on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 | Comments (2) | Permalink
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