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GONG FU
by Aaron Armstrong
I'm having tea anyhow, and I want to bottle some of these moments for others. I hope you find this to be an intimate and comforting portable space. Visit oldteaseller.com for downloads and more info.
Episodes
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The Angel's Share
This is a borrowed concept from the world of aging spirits, but very applicable to tea. In making tea gong-fu style the Angel’s share is the tea that is consistently poured over the yixing pot. Today I was also sharing
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The Ska Polka of Tea
This little tuocha was brought to you by the year 1990. No brand affiliation. I can taste the dirty, green plaid and the wallet chains. Tastes like youth, but 30(!) years later. It tastes great, and even better shared. The
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Drunk, Deeply
Today we’re sharing a kyusu of sencha made by the Ihara family and discovered at the little JA agricultural co-operative storefront in the Shimizu Ward of Shizuoka City, Japan. I recently lost a pot that I bought at this shop
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The Last Taste of Last Spring
As tea is starting to be harvested and processed in Japan for 2020, we get to enjoy the last bit of fine tea in my collection from last year. Served in the spring cups and spring saucers that have just
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It's Alive
This is the time of year, at least here in Pacific Northwest America, that the climate begins to warm and well-kept puer tea begins to wake up. The winter temperatures are low, as is the relative humidity. As Spring presses
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Dancong Peaches, No Cream
A beautiful tea in a beautiful pot. This session was an ode to spring on many levels: An antique yixing pot that is the living incarnation of the spring of 1952; A 2019 spring dancong tea that is the embodiment
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Old, Stale TGY
This tea was a little treat waiting for me in a treasured tea container that I hadn’t seen in a while. I think the sounds of this container come through quite nicely, though briefly. The cup sound is also a
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Spring on Pear Mountain
Taiwanese teas are good. And sometimes they are great. I have what I thought was an example of good Li Shan, but in the course of this tea it turned out to be great. I love surprises.Today we’re using the
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Knowing the Way of Tea
One of my favorite books is an old instructional book on how to prepare tea for the Japanese Tea Ceremony. It is called (roughly translated), Knowing the Way of Tea or お茶の道しるべ. Today I prepared some matcha with that book
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Rock on Tie Luo Han
No, there’s no musical soundtrack today. The soundtrack is a Tie Luo Han (鉄羅漢) oolong from 2018. Tie Luo Han is one of the famous open leaf oolongs from the Wuyi tea growing region in China. See if you can
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I'm having tea anyhow, and I want to bottle some of these moments for others. I hope you find this to be an intimate and comforting portable space. Visit oldteaseller.com for downloads and more info.
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Aaron Armstrong
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I'm having tea anyhow, and I want to bottle some of these moments for others. I hope you find this to be an intimate and comforting portable space. Visit oldteaseller.com for downloads and more info.
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