Faerie Tales

As disappointed and resentful I was with tea, I didn't smash all my teapots and teaware in 2014 . It would have been a bit of waste. Th...

It's very hard for me to find something nice to speak about this deceased woman. Others still treat her as a learned and opinionated tr...

The further I travel along in this journey, the greater I've come to resent it. It's been three years. It's not so much the ...

The only shop where I was remotely curious about in Hội An is Reaching Out Teahouse . Not that this is a trip to seek out tea. Even in Đ...

Books Actually carries it. Go buy! The book had been sitting around for two Christmas untouched. It wasn't really a book I wante...

Was thrilled to see ceramic bamboo tea cups pop up on Haystakt . The teacups are conceptualized by ceramic collective  Weekend Worker ...

It's spring, and I'm going batty over the new teas from every tea-producing region. While I understand people's love for Hangzh...

From left:  Wuyi oolong Rou Gui (武夷肉桂), Wuyi oolong Lao Shou Xing (武夷老寿星), and a 2011 Mengku, Yunnan raw pu'er (生普洱，勐库云南). The ...

The gifts keep coming in all forms! Meals, coffees, bakes, drinks, handmade beauties, et cetera. The friends are making February a fantastic...

The girlfriend's dad suddenly brought out a huge box of tea and said it was for me. Dangggg. It came in one of those Chinese packaging...

My palate leans towards heavier teas. Love red teas for the aroma and complexity, especially the Yunnan Dian Hong (滇红). 'Red', as ...

One of my fav gaiwans in black. There, I even like tea ware in mainly monotones. Preferably black and white. Final tea workshops of t...

Porcelain, part of Lin's Ceramics Studio's (陶作坊) 'Ju Ware' series. Yeah, I write with my right hand. Sketch, sometime...

The gallery of Jioufen Teahouse . Went into the right stores, saw gorgeous tea ware and accompanying items, but I didn't have the ...

Stretch! It's been having to fly Jetstar to Taipei on these work trips. It has to be, for solidarity, and in protest of SQ's c...

Aside from daily tea lessons, I also made time to attend a couple of classes on pottery and ceramics too. Mainly to understand the proper...

First cup tea I went for upon coming home for the weekend, was to brew the savory-sweet gyokuro at a superbly low temperature. Too many C...

One major point of this trip is to also consolidate tea knowledge and acquire new ideas. A girlfriend in Hong Kong is very learned about tea...

It's been a while since I read such a gorgeous book. This is a kinda like a food guide, and novel lumped together. I like how the st...

The awesome Nana Chan finally gave up being a lawyer and went ahead to indulge in her passion for tea, and opened  Teakha  (茶。家) at Tai P...