A tea oddity today. I’ve received a bag of awabancha from Japan. It’s a rare, rustic tea mostly hailing from the prefecture of Tokushima. Bancha refers to the coarse summer grade of tea made up of lar… more →
Polish Wine Guidewrote 1 year ago: A tea oddity today. I’ve received a bag of awabancha from Japan. It’s a rare, rustic tea mostly hail … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Wine and tea: apparently two different products that have nothing in common (other than being produc … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I’m moving. In about a month’s time I’ll be relocating from a spacious house in the suburbs to a 60 … more →
wrote 1 year ago: What’s the lifespan of tea? In its simplest form, tea should be consumed as quickly as possible. Gre … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Had another tea meeting here in Poland (see write-up of the previous one). This time we met at the a … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Spending the week in London for the Burgundy en primeur tastings reported on in the last three posts … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The 2009 Certified Organic green puer tea from the Mengku tea factory is one of the several dozen 20 … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I almost never drink tea from Vietnam. Although it’s the seventh world producer of tea by volume (pr … more →
wrote 2 years ago: It’s a long time since I reviewed a puer tea. The forecast for Poland is some snow and frost startin … more →
wrote 3 years ago: We’re slowly seeing some 2010 teas being released: shincha from Japan, first flush Darjeeling, Chine … more →
wrote 3 years ago: © Yunnan Sourcing. I have a large stash of 2009 puer to review, having stocked up heavily on the vin … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Time for more puer today. Here’s the 2006 Dabaihao cake from the 12 Gentlemen company, available thr … more →
wrote 3 years ago: © Nadacha. Overbuying tea is commonest of vices. Tea is cheap (mostly), vendors carry a large range … more →
wrote 3 years ago: ‘Blind’ tasting lies at the centre of wine assessment. Nowadays, whenever you taste a wine to give a … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Autumn is slowly arriving here to the Polish lowlands. We’re having a delightful Indian summer with … more →
wrote 3 years ago: It’s always rewarding to have some response to one’s blogging efforts. Even more so when this respon … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Cheap and cheerful This plain-looking cake of green puer can be had from Yunnan Sourcing for the mis … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Value for money It’s funny how the so-called credit crunch can influence even such sophisticated are … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Tea as memory Amidst the merry celebrations of last Thursday, there was no way to forget the other J … more →