Ranking Your Oolongs

Oolong is one of those teas that came about by accident. A veritable quirk in the ever-changing world of tea. As one story goes, a tea gardener in China was interrupted while processing his fresh-picked leaves. Normally, he would have dried the leaves either by roasting, oven drying, or steaming (the story doesn’t specify). This …

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Time to Time Your Tea

The tea’s in the pot and the water is heated to just the right temperature — that means it’s time to time your tea. Goldilocks went around the home of the Three Bears, declaring, “This porridge is too hot. This porridge is too cold. This bed is too hard. This bed is too soft.” Without …

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