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Musings on Starbucks acquisition of Teavana
The first thing I did when I woke this morning was to reach for my phone and within a few clicks- metaphorically speaking, who doesn’t use a touchscreen-I was at Twitter. No kidding? Starbucks acquired...
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Yet another Tea Blog
What? Yet another tea blog? I have this tea blog, blog on our company site now I just started yet another tea blog. What’s with all these blogs? Well, thematically it differs. On our corporate blog it...
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Random Musings
Now that I have blogs with more specific themes, this blog is becoming an avenue for me to pen some random musings down- you know more like most blogs. In recent months, I am quite quiet on all tea...
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Why there is so much misinformation about tea and what you can do about it
As a beverage, tea probably has no equal in terms of depth and scope of knowledge. In fact many would argue that tea is not just a beverage but a way of life. One of my favorite Chinese quotes on …...
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Drinking Tea Outside
One of the things my friends don’t understand about me is why I usually don’t order tea when I’m outside. Even if I’m meeting to talk about tea. If we’re meeting for dinner, even if I’m in a Chinese...
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Not Following My Own Advice
Us know-it-all types often dispense advice liberally. I wrote more than 200 hundred articles on my company tea blog giving all sorts of information related to brewing tea, tea appreciation and the...
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Selling Online in a Taobao World
In case you didn’t know, I run an online tea shop and a mighty fine one if I may say so myself :p. It is a career that pays like a hobby but this post is not meant to be ranty. … Continue reading →
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Holding my Tongue
Figuratively speaking of course. Though more accurately it would be restraining my fingers. Technology means everyone with access to the internet can broadcast their thoughts to literally thousands of...
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If I could only have 3 teas for the rest of my life
Now this thought isn’t all THAT terrifying to me. Some people want to drink all the teas in the world, as for me, I want to drink all I can from each tea. If I don’t sell tea, I think … Continue reading →
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Dealing with the Singapore Haze
Last week, things have been hazy here in Singapore, literally. For a country that has been given the moniker of “Garden City”, haze (at those levels we should call it smog) is not something we are...
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On Being a Chinese Tea Drinker
Sometimes I ask folks if I am who they envisage a typical Chinese tea drinker to be. Not that I am some insecure narcissist who craves validation but I often find some of the statements hilarious:...
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What’s so Special about your Tea?
As some of you may know by now, I own and operate an online tea shop and ever so frequently we get in front of people at expos, events and such. One frequently asked question that I never managed to...
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Reading Between the Lines
I probably shouldn’t say this but very often I shake my head in bewilderment when I read some of the vendor’s descriptions of teas, not ours of course. Overtime you learn to be immune to bizarre...
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You can’t make this up
In order not to keep abreast of the tea world in the English speaking world, I skim the forums from time to time, at least the biggest and most established one. Long stopped commenting and...
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Search Phrases that Led People to Us
On our wordpress dashboard, we can see how people come to us. Sometimes it’s via referrals- though this blog has now become pretty lacking in useful information of late, can’t see why anyone would link...
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Is there a wrong way to brew tea?
In the matters of personal preference, there is no right or wrong, isn’t it? The only thing that is absolutely wrong is telling someone they are wrong. Hence, when it comes to brewing tea, nothing is...
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Travelling with Tea
Most of the time, I don’t have this problem since those travels are to tea places. I would literally spend virtually the entire day drinking tea and I use a taster mug to perform covert tea comparisons...
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Today in Tea News
Most people stop blogging because i) lack of time ii) lack of inspiration iii) lack of interest Can’t help you with the first and third one but sometimes local news provides ample fodder. Take today’s...
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Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon- The Tea House Booboo
I just watched Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon. Quite entertaining for what it is- Tsui Hark’s stylish action sequence, a charismatic as always Feng Shaofeng, Angelababy who is always...
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Why I can’t be a reviewer- Part I
Or more specifically a tea reviewer. Well, besides the fact that I sell Chinese tea and perceived independence is lacking. After all, it would be pretty fun to share my drinking journey with the world...
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