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  • got a tea table…and more late night oolong

    got a tea table…and more late night oolong September 28, 2013 with new a new tea table plumbed up water was tossed around again and again…fun So begin your own tea experiments and enter the wonderful world of taste, experience and learning…! buy now at the shop…!

  • …the morning after…

    …the morning after… September 28, 2013 the aftermath of late night Chinese tea tasting…overflowing pots with spent but still beautiful leaf.. many cups went through the 2 pots and gaiwan on the tea tray..glass pot-”white peony”, gaiwan- “gao yin ya” green, clay pot- autumn anxi benshan oolong (fresh pot and cup- Nepali special organic oolong) the…

  • that time of the day again…

    that time of the day again… September 28, 2013 a fine spring afternoon eased along with a few tasty cups of 2013 spring Te Ji Grade, Lianghe “Hui Long” greentea green tea in stock for more information on teas, preparation, prices etc contact stu- theteacatcher@gmail.com or head to the shop !

  • arya tara white tea silver needle time

    arya tara white tea silver needle time August 19, 2013 As some sun peeks through the grey…. time for Arya Tara White Tea Silver Tips, 3 steeps @ 75 deg. for 2 mins …. all 3 superb as the needles slowly opened and gently gave up their delicate joys… So begin your own tea experiments and…

  • New to The Tea Catcher Quiver

    New to The Tea Catcher Quiver June 7, 2013 “A man without tea in him is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.” Okakura Kakuzo, The Book of Tea (1906) Tasting cup and Gaiwan One of a new pair of Japanese Gaiwan; great for making Green, White and Oolong Teas. for more information on teas, preparation, prices…

  • cold weather tea warmth

    cold weather tea warmth June 14, 2013 tea party- A Group of Artists “Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us…

  • Teaism

    ‘Teaism’ japanese tea ceremony “When tea is more than a drink and the tea ceremony is understood and practiced to foster harmony in humanity, promote harmony with nature, discipline the mind, quiet the heart, and attain the purity of enlightenment, the art of tea becomes teaism. The term “chadao” has two words, the first being…

  • Afternoon Tea

    Afternoon Tea May 29, 2013 “…meanwhile let us have a cup of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing(sighing?) of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.” Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea,[wiki]1906 for…

  • Tea Labeling Nomenclature

    Tea Labeling Nomenclature April 24, 2013 SFTGFOP S-super SFTGFOP(1)—sometimes used to indicate the very finest F-finest Finest TGF OP—highest quality grade (Note: “Special” is occasionally substituted for “Finest”, with a number 1 at the end to indicate the very finest), often hand processed and produced at only the best plantations, roughly one quarter tips. T-tippy Tippy…

  • Tea Tasting

    Tea tasting April 24, 2013 A tasting through the seasons, spring to autumn harvests, with, from right to left, Organic Guranse Handrolled First Flush SFTGFOP, Darjeeling Jungapana Muscatel Wonder Tea Dj-139 and Kuwapani Autumn Flush lot #kp-45. The tasty new regime begins…why not start yours….? for more information on teas, preparation, prices etc contact stu-…