Some Tea With Me

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  • A Calm Fragrance in Autumn

    A Calm Fragrance in Autumn

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    A lazy trail of incense drifting over the pot, the tea steeps in silence, peacefully abiding. This month’s Global Tea Hut offering is a relatively unique creation, a Honey Scent Oolong (Mì Xiāng, 蜜香, also titled “Calm Fragrance”, Yǐ Xiāng Rù Dìng 以香入定). This leaf was crafted from the Four Seasons cultivar (Sì jì chūn,…

  • 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…