Some Tea With Me

Category: Travel

  • Horaido Gyokuro

    Horaido Gyokuro

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    October this year is a challenging month for me. There’s a lot going on! A lot of it is happy: several of my friends are getting married. The most difficult part, though, is that in a week I will need to travel a long distance to move my mother to be closer to her family.…

  • Japanese white tea from 7Tea+

    Japanese white tea from 7Tea+

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    When I was visiting 7Tea+ in Kyoto I asked for a recommendation to try a unique Japanese tea. Their tiny tea bar is so cute! Great selection and they clearly know a lot about tea from all over the world. Much to my surprise, the woman who was helping me suggested a 2022 white tea…

  • Tea in Hokkaido

    Tea in Hokkaido

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    To old subscribers: hello and welcome back! It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything here but it’s not like I haven’t been drinking a lot of tea. I decided to reinvigorate this blog a bit. To begin I’d like to talk about a wonderful experience I had in Japan this summer. This year…

  • A short tea adventure in Vancouver

    A short tea adventure in Vancouver

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    Last week I had the opportunity to visit Vancouver for a couple of days and so naturally I had to know: what’s the tea scene like? Short answer? It’s amazing. I need to go back. I got some fantastic recommendations over Instagram from the Vancouver Tea Society, and did a little planning. It was a…

  • Ales visits Burlington

    Ales visits Burlington

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    Ales Jurina, one of the two founders of Dobrá Čajovna (“Good Tearoom”) in Czech visited Burlington this week. Of all the people that have taught me about the way of tea, I think that Ales has affected me the most. He is a kind soul and a true tea devotee. Along with his partner and…

  • Sing a Song of Song Tea

    Sing a Song of Song Tea

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    There were a few wonderful moments in China and Taiwan where I was able to sit for an hour or more, sipping tea with people who were complete strangers when we entered their shop, chatting about the qualities of tea and about the world as gaiwan after gaiwan was poured. A wonderfully forthright lady in…

  • Getting Tea Drunk at Tea Drunk

    Getting Tea Drunk at Tea Drunk

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    Last weekend I was in New York City to see a show and one of the things I always do in New York City is visit all my favorite vegan restaurants and cafes. This trip had an additional draw, though, being able to visit Tea Drunk, a gongfu teahouse that brings me right back to…

  • Painter’s Roast Oolong

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    Of all the many, many (read: too many) teas I brought back from Taiwan, the most eloquent was a small unlabeled pouch of rolled oolong carefully hand-roasted by a man in Lùgǔ (鹿谷鄉). As I’ve just sipped the last of that fine vintage, I thought I might tell you the story of where I found it.…

  • Gui Fei at Stone Leaf Tea House

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    Yesterday was a beautiful lazy Saturday, and my wife had the brilliant suggestion to spend our afternoon drinking tea someplace we don’t get to nearly often enough: Stone Leaf Tea House in Middlebury. As we sat and tasted some fine Gui Fei oolong I realized I have never written about this wonderful tea destination, despite…

  • The Tea House in Sarasota

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    While visiting family for Christmas outside of Sarasota, Florida, I naturally brought my own tea along. Even so, at one point I really needed to get out of the house. I searched the Internet for tea in the area, not really expecting to find much; maybe there was a coffee shop with a good loose…