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  • Jun222016
    The golden red liquor of Lincang Centenarians

    Red is the New Black

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    Red or Black? The infusion is red, orange or brown, but why are they called black? In the Far East,…

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  • May292016
    Wounded Soldier waiting for help, Burma Campaign

    Dianhong — Tea Born of a War

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    Tea teams were sent to Yunnan to explore setting up of a black tea production base for export to replace those in occupied Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang. The resistance needed as much revenue as they could get in order to operate…

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  • Jan082015

    Danhu Old Bush Song & other Beautiful Phoenixes

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    Wolf hair brush on fine silk scroll Zhaoji ( Huizong, Emperor of Song between 1101~1125 A.D. ) was not a…

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  • Nov142011

    Yixing teapots: Standard traditional forms

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    The crude ancient documentation of traditional forms is a strong reminder that Yixing teapot is still very much an art…

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