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Down a kettle rabbit hole
For the past 9 months, I’ve been testing kettles in my regular tea drinking. The differences from one to another have been pretty significant, so along the way I decided to start documenting it. It’s been a fun project. It started about 18 months ago, when I got a clay kettle, after many years of… Continue reading
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Water matters
Recently I was having tea with a friend and she started talking about the different ways she pours water. We were having a pretty strong shengpu from Lao Man’e, a region within Bulang known for particularly bitter teas. As we waited for the clay kettle to boil, she explained how there’s two ways she might… Continue reading
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