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Darjeeling
Darjeeling tea is famous the world over for its delicate, yet complex flavor and enchanting, unmistakable aroma. Often referred to as the Champagne of tea, the name Darjeeling congers images of high...
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Kabusecha is a favorite in March
Kabusecha I am constantly asked if I have a favorite tea. This question always seems to catch me off guard because simply, the answer is no. My tea desires are in constant flux. It can depend on any...
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Taiwan Spring 2014 Travels…from the road part 1: Fresh Tea Aroma
You know it’s a good day on the job when you retire for the night, and your clothes are fragrant with the aroma of fresh tea. I’m sitting here with my cup of unfinished oolong tea. Harvested...
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Taiwan 2014 Travels From the Road…Waking in the Tea Garden
I’ll admit it…I kind of geek out to this stuff. So waking up in the morning, washing my face and brushing my teeth next to Tea ladies was a pretty big deal. A Lan observing early morning tea harvest...
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Where did you say this tea is from?
Introducing Stone Leaf Teahouse’s Tea Atlas If you have ever wondered where the tea you’re drinking comes from, you’re not alone. When you drink tea, you can taste the place in which it was grown....
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Fresh Spring Tea Travels in China: The Greens and the Whites
There’s a lot of tea in China, and we decided this year to focus on Green Tea from Zhejiang Province, and White Tea from Fujian. It’s been a busy Spring, and early season harvests are fading to an...
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Tea Travels Part I: Featured Tea Garden: Gopaldhara
This year’s travels were filled with many tea gardens and many tastings. One that stood out to us was a visit to Gopaldhara Tea Estate in the Mirik Valley of Darjeeling. I arrived after nightfall,...
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Taiwan Spring 2014 Travels…from the road part 1: Fresh Tea Aroma
You know it’s a good day on the job when you retire for the night, and your clothes are fragrant with the aroma of fresh tea. I’m sitting here with my cup of unfinished oolong tea. Harvested...
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Taiwan 2014 Travels From the Road…Waking in the Tea Garden
I’ll admit it…I kind of geek out to this stuff. So waking up in the morning, washing my face and brushing my teeth next to Tea ladies was a pretty big deal. A Lan observing early morning tea harvest...
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Fresh Spring Tea Travels in China: The Greens and the Whites
There’s a lot of tea in China, and we decided this year to focus on Green Tea from Zhejiang Province, and White Tea from Fujian. It’s been a busy Spring, and early season harvests are fading to an...
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Tea Travels Part I: Featured Tea Garden: Gopaldhara
This year’s travels were filled with many tea gardens and many tastings. One that stood out to us was a visit to Gopaldhara Tea Estate in the Mirik Valley of Darjeeling. I arrived after nightfall,...
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How Can I Make My Tea not Bitter?
Some people love bitterness, some distain it. While the tea plant naturally has components that add bitterness, no tea has to taste bitter. It all comes down to how you make your pot of tea. This...
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Tea Travels, Part II: Nepal Organic Tea Gardens
This trip was a Tea Garden Intensive. We visited 14 gardens in 12 days. We were hosted in such a pleasant manner, that often we felt we were a guest at the tea workers home (sometimes we actually...
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Tasting My Way Through Teaware
This past weekend, I attended my coworker Casey’s workshop on teaware. Casey is a fount of knowledge about the science and history behind tea, partly thanks to a book she loves, The True History of...
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Many of our Stone Leaf Tea regulars are familiar with our Taiwanese oolong, Gui Fei Cha (GWAY-fay-cha). The tea is named for Yang Gui Fei, the famous “Precious Concubine”, or Imperial Consort of Tang...
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How do you pronounce Pu’er?
Exploring the basics and some of the mysteries around fermented teas. The esteemed John Wetzel, creator and founder of Stone Leaf Teahouse, pronounces Pu’er 普洱 as something that sounds to me like...
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Winter’s Come and Gone, a Little Tea Leaf Told Me So.
Wherever you are, you are probably noticing Spring churning the cold clock of Winter forward. Perhaps leaves are sprouting or even are fully out on trees and bushes. Fields of dandelions have just...
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“Tea is a Tree?”
In every workshop I teach or tasting I host this question in one form or another always gets asked: “Are all the different kinds of tea made from one plant?!” My first answer is usually “Yes, isn’t...
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