Cyber Monday Giveaway from The Tea Spot
Just a quick plug following on from my previous post about specials on over the Black Friday – Cyber Monday period: The Tea Spot are giving away a tin of Snowflakes White Tea with every order made today. Snowflakes is a single-estate white tea.
Keemun, not Keemum
So it’s keemun tea, not keemum tea.
Thank you to Dan for pointing this out to me. After Dan’s comment, I checked a couple of my books about tea and discovered that yes, I was completely wrong. And I felt a bit silly, until I ran a Google search for keemum tea and found 411,000 results ? a figure that outnumbers the 378,000 currently being returned for keemun tea.
Seems I’m not the only one who’s a little confused.
So to all you who have stumbled across this on a quest to rectify your ignorance, I assure you: It’s keemun, not keemum.
Holiday Tea Specials
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving isn’t something we celebrate here in Australia, though a few weeks ago an American friend of ours invited us around for an early Thanksgiving, turkey and all.
But I’ve had plenty of reminders of Thanksgiving over the past week. That’s what happens when you subscribe to a lot of newsletters. As a result I’ve become aware of a few sales running over the next few days. If you’re looking at buying tea (or tea gifts) anytime soon, now is a great time to do so. Here’s why:
Silver Yin Zhen Pearls by Teavana
One of the things I’ve learned from Michael Harney’s Guide to Tea
So this morning I decided to forego my usual cup of black tea and substitute it for a white: Teavana?s Silver Yin Zhen Pearls.
15 Gift Ideas for Tea Lovers
It’s the silly season, as they say. That time of year where you burn cash like it’s firewood. As my token gesture of seasonal anticipation, I have put together a list of gift ideas for tea lovers. Send this to your family and friends to give them some ideas on what to get you, or use this as a starting point if you’re buying a gift for someone who loves tea.
Keemun Double-Header: Keemun by Narien Teas and Teas Etc
Long-time readers of this blog will be well aware of my fondness for black teas. While I concede that black tea doesn’t ? for the most part ? have the depth or range you can find in other types of tea, I remain an avowed fan of our fully oxidized friend. This morning, with heavy eyes from too little sleep, I decided to turn my attention to one of the most well-regarded of all black teas: keemun.
Proper Pu-erh Storage for Best Results
A good Pu-erh tea for brewing and consumption requires a quality base tea, careful pre-processing and well-designed post-processing. Pre-processing refers to the preparatory steps to produce the ?raw materials? (green mao cha) and post-processing refers to the storage condition under which Pu-erh teas are aged to enhance proper fermentation. In other words, it is not necessarily true that the older the Pu-erh tea, the better. A superior Pu-erh tea for brewing requires that one start with a good quality ?raw tea? that is carefully and properly pre-processed, and then aged under optimum storage conditions.