The Many Lives of a Gaiwan Lid
If you’ve ever brewed tea with a gaiwan, you know it’s a simple piece of teaware: just a bowl, a saucer, and a lid. Simple, yes, but it does take some practice to master and here’s t…
Tea Blog
Welcome to the J-Tea Blog
I've been sourcing tea in Taiwan since 2004. This is where I write about it.
Not reviews. Not rankings. Stories — about the farmers I work with, the regions I keep going back to, and what twenty years of paying attention to one thing actually teaches you. If you want to understand why a Li Shan oolong tastes different from an Alishan, or what makes a raw puer worth aging, or how I ended up living in Taiwan in the first place — it's in here somewhere.
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