Taiwan Tea Odyssey

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  • An aged oolong tea party

    This past week I attended another private tea tasting with Liu Laoshi, or Teacher Liu, about whom I wrote a few months ago. Last time, we drank some truly wonderful old pu’er. This time, the focus was aged oolong. And the group was a bit larger— a total of eight people. Most of what we… Continue reading

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  • A private tea party

    Recently I was invited to a private tea tasting, with a pretty specific focus: very old teas. I wasn’t told much else, except that there’d be 8 of them, and it’d cost 3000 NTD ($93 USD). A few weeks earlier I’d stumbled upon a similar gathering hosted by the same man— Liu Laoshi, or teacher… Continue reading

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