Perspectives

  • Nov132021
    EU Exclusionism?

    EU Exclusionism?

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    I have grown up in a free-trading city where there is still no tax on retail sales or importation of…

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  • Feb042021
    Keemun black tea with strawberry as condiment

    Lunar New Year Sweet Tea

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    Soon it will be the Year of the Bull in the Lunisolar Calendar. Believe it or not, this very old…

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  • Oct262020
    Leo taking picture of tea leaves using a Canon Powershot G5

    One camera, 22 years in tea

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    Not long ago I needed to prepare the training for a batch of new staff intake. As I went through…

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  • Nov172019
    Ms Huang holding weeds she just pulled from amongst this row of tea bushes

    For the Sake of My Own Health, and My Children’s

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    When I tasted his Oriental Beauty and said it was good, Chen Guo Ching beamed with excitement. He said for the next harvest he could customise the degree of oxidation…

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  • May302019
    Why don't we carry blossom teas?

    Why not flowers?

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    No artsy designs When I was teaching the visual arts in the 1980’s in a prestigious girls’ college in Hong…

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  • Apr192018
    A bowl of ramen

    Between Ramen and Oolong

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    he day before yesterday my wife and I were in a situation when we had to do lunch in a…

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  • Jan072017
    Tea is good company all the time for all ages.

    Smell of Matured Tea

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    Different variety for different preference Some tealeaves smell floral, some sweet, some like baked goods, some musky, some earthy, some…

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  • Jul112016
    Olivia at the hotel window

    Snow White, orange peel, pu’er tea

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    Life of a fairy tale To decode stories produced or endorsed by official Chinese bodies, one needs to compare them…

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