Cwyn's Death By Tea

I don't like the word collecting.

"Are you on drugs?"

Lately I detect a downer note in the puer chatter, well more than one.

You have seen this before.

Dear Lew, Thanks for the email.

History repeats itself, and to find any progress I have to look darn close.

Here is a truth to let sink in.

Bonston BP-12 Automatic Brewer Tailspin over the tariff rollercoaster to decide whether I really need anything.

8th May 2025 9 May 2025

Where is all the panic?

Example of shelf stashing.

Nothing is worse than a well-endowed whinge.

My thanks to Chen Sheng Hao for sending over their latest sampler pack, the 2022 Yi Pen box. 2022 Yi Pen Chen Sheng sampler Also, my apologies for the long delay in getting something posted about this box.

November 3, 2023 Dear [Provincial] What a wonderful lunch we had on Sunday, I appreciate very much the time I spent with you and the others at the table.

Welcome to 2024, and the Year of the Dragon!

original map by chinatouristmaps.com A loose leaf tea fan eventually discovers puerh tea, this is inevitable.

Lately I don't really have a tea drinking strategy.

I am still here in the asylum of tea madness and increasingly disorganized.

My primary relationship in life is my puerh tea collection, and the rest of the time I maintain an appropriate facade of caring about anything or anyone else.

Back in October 2022, I caught a tweet by Max Falkowitz saying a friend of his opened a new tea pop-up called Broken Cup Teahouse, please offer some support.

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Charles Buell Anderson Photo findagrave.com This is one of those stories I have to get down.

By coincidence we are on the last day of 2022, but I have to get real.

The back facade windows all faced Lake Superior.

I just cannot say no to free tea.