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Burmese Pickled Tea Leaves
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Northern Burma is an area often overlooked in the search for tea. But this region is included in the area where the tea plant originated.
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Lush Lanka
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Sebastian traveled to Sri Lanka about three weeks after the tsunami hit. Here is an account of his trip.
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Taiwan's Tung Ting Oolong
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This 1999 trip to Taiwan should give you a taste of how much tea can be consumed in a day.
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Tea & Exploration
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For most of us, drinking tea is something we do for pleasure. Yes, it also helps us to wake up and stay alert but we also find pleasure in the preparation and drinking process. It can be a moment of calm or ritual or just a daily task.
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Teas from Yunnan
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This week we are enjoying some green teas from Yunnan Province in China. Yunnan is located in southwestern China, and borders Laos, Burma, and Vietnam. This is the region where the tea plant is thought to originate.
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Two Weeks in China
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Great themes make for great trips. To wit: tea. "It's a simple beverage," says our leader Sebastian Beckwith, "just water and leaves. But it contains worlds."
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Bhutan Wedding, First Flush in Darjeeling
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Two friends got married in Bhutan and then again in India. The timing coincided perfect with First Flush, the first picking of Darjeeling tea leaves.
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The Banjhi Leaf of Darjeeling
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Sebastian spent time in Darjeeling in 2002, just at the end of the First Flush season and the beginning of the little known Banjhi period. Here are his notes on the his trip.
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