Journal
Journal
A short note on water
The tea matters less than people expect once the water is wrong.
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Reading a pu-erh cake’s wrapper
Raw and ripe pu-erh are made by almost opposite processes, and the wrapper is usually the only place that gets…
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What “high mountain” actually buys you in a Taiwanese oolong
Taiwan's gao shan designation has a real elevation minimum, and a real agronomic reason to care about it.
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The kill-green step is the whole difference between green and black tea
Green tea and black tea can start from the exact same bush. One decision early in processing is what separates…
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Why “first flush” isn’t a marketing word
The Darjeeling flush system is an agricultural calendar first and a sales pitch a distant second.