There is a man in Taiwan I think about often. His name is Li Lao Shi — Teacher Li. He is in his seventies now. He is an acupuncturist, a fortune teller, and a feng shui master, all packed into o…

Back when I was a noob, straight off the farm — fresh to Taiwan and clueless about where to find good tea — I wandered into a very well-marketed shop called Ten Ren. After chatting with th…

We don’t always notice the moment when something begins to change us. Sometimes awakening arrives quietly—through a book, a cup, a conversation—and only later do we realize that a do…

A New Way of Sharing Tea On a recent trip to San Francisco, I imagined a new way I’d love to share tea. The idea is simple: set up in a high-traffic tourist area, treat it like a tea festival, a…

Curious about puer tea and what makes it different from other teas? In this post, I share highlights from a recent puer-focused tasting at the tea house. We brewed five raw puers and a rock oolong, ex…