Let’s be honest, most people notice a significant increase in urination when they start consuming green tea. It’s a question and a giggle that I get from people all the time. So much so that I thought it would be worth looking into. Here’s what I found in simple terms. … Continue reading
We’re going back into the archives to revisit these classic posts by James Norwood Pratt. This post includes “Assam”, “Darjeeling Teas”, and “Darjeeling – Part 2”. We have added a link to the end of each one to take you to the next if you would like to read them … Continue reading
Continued from Tea Blogging Retrospective; Four Busy Years – Part 1 I was lucky to visit a lot of places in that time, some especially related to interesting tea culture: China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, and Russia. Family vacations never centered on tea producer visits, but I did visit … Continue reading
With the wealth of valuable knowledge we’ve accumulated over the years, we feel that some previous posts are worth sharing again. Thus, Fridays are “Blast From the Past” – where we choose a T Ching post from this month but a previous year that we feel is worth another read … Continue reading
I just took about three weeks off blogging (Tea in the Ancient World), maybe the longest break in the past 4 years, over which time I wrote 451 posts. It’s a good time to explain what I’ve learned and to question why I posted that much. Originally, writing about tea … Continue reading
Continued from Following the Harvest, First Installment – Highlights of the Tea Tour of Japan 2019 – Part 2 In Okabe, we visited legendary Gyokuro tea maker Tohei Maejima where we learned the effects of shading on the leaves. He welcomed us to his home where we had the opportunity … Continue reading