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From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Inner Alchemy: Bespoke Tea Services

September 28, 2009

Artisanal Teas I came across Dawna Ehman’s beautiful display of artisanal tea blends at the Gastown Farmer’s Market recently. There is a beauty and rooted understanding of the refinement that is tea culture in her work. Her exquisite teas are all hand-blended with verve and panache – she takes the risk of blending high-end teas [...]

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Grannie’s Silver Tea Serves Again!

September 28, 2009

Hi Ho, Silver! This family silver tea service was a staple at the teas my grannie held with the Canmore women of the St. Michael’s Anglican church group. It had been a 25th wedding anniversary gift from my grandfather, back in the 1920s or 30s. When my mum passed away, I was given the family [...]

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Is Singing Stone Technology Too Good To Be True?

September 7, 2009

I’ve seen a few sites from China about muyustone, and the products look the same or similar – tea cups, tea glasses, teapots and other objects that make use of this particular jade.  It interests me and I’m wondering if anyone in Vancouver or Richmond carries these products. The sites I’ve looked at are: http://www.muyustone.net/en/ [...]

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Matcha and Gyokuro Processing

September 7, 2009

Make yourself a nice cup tea, sit back and stay a while. This short video shows the growing and processing of both Gyokuro and Matcha tea. That’s the Japanese tea grown for light green leaves, in specially covered areas to provide the shaded growing conditions. As the Kevan at O-Cha said, once you see this, [...]

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