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Break in Shipping

We’ve decided to extend our trip in China… probably for another month or two. This should let me get some treatment from a Chinese doctor for a problem with the...

Tea Party in Wuyishan

We’ve just returned to Yunnan from a week in Wuyishan with Master Huang, learning about his yancha and wandering around the mountains. This year there was also a tea party...

Puerh tea in 2014 – News from the mountains

Ancient Puerh Tea Garden in Mengsong We’ve been in Yunnan for the past couple of weeks & been travelling to a few different mountains, drinking some teas, chatting to folk...

Spring is here

It’s that season again… I’m packing up my bags and about to set off for Yunnan again. I’ve spent the past few weeks drinking through the teas we’ve pressed over...

A Journey With Liu Bao – A talk by Master Lim P...

I’ve had this video for a while, of a talk that Lim Ping Xiang gave in Kunming last spring in a small teahouse in Kunming. One of the regulars in...

Handmade Wuyi Yancha – Master Huang in Chinese ...

I thought I’d share this documentary showing Master Huang and his sons making Wuyi Yancha. His eldest son (Shen Hui) gives much of the commentary, but Master Huang can be...