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Matthew Stedman

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Double 11 Turkish Delight; Tea for Life at its Best

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Of course it’s not reasonable to expect commemoration or contemplation. The “Great War” was concluded more than a century ago. How can I expect “the eleventh day of the eleventh month” to resonate somewhere so far away from where the...
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That Cheap Pastrami Effect, a.k.a. My Beef with Biluochun

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I’ve spent more money than necessary, wasted too many grumpy gulps than necessary on a tea which usually fails to reward. I’ve thought altogether too much about it. And, as well as trying to understand my problem, there’s another reason...
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Curry Tea; Don’t Put it in Your Pipe and Smoke it

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“Thank you for your tea.” “I just tried it.” “It has a very good taste and smell.” As a proper tea nut, this is the kind of WeChat message I’m used to sending and receiving.  But this was odd. I hadn’t given any...
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Meat is Murder? I’m Going to Need a Toothpick with that

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The English language wouldn’t be as careless as this. Sure, 汤 (tang) is “soup” but this character also gets used for fruit juices, as in 酸梅汤 (suan mei tang); sour plum juice.  There’s also 茶 (cha); tea, which means “processed-Camellia-Sinensis-leaves” and...
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Pu’er of the Dog; Plumbing for the Hangover

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You’re not completely sure how you got home last night. You’re worried what you might have said to those friends you were with. You just cannot find that cash which you keep in your wallet for emergencies. Strainer cannot help...
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The Bubbleology of Tea; Keep your Eye Out for Crabs

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Our eldest daughter destroyed a whole kettle. I won’t be totally surprised if this daughter does, too. It is always a busy device in any kitchen of ours. But it’s surely the first year of a new human life which...
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Drinking the Yellow Peril

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It’s not yellow. Let’s get that out of the way first. The leaves are as green as Act One in Sonic. And the drink; well, green tea makes a pale yellow drink anyway, so there’s no room for differentiation there. It...
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Next Time, Baby; I’ll Be Bullet Proof

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He’s been described as “half the man he used to be”; the UK politician who has dramatically lost weight. Asked on the radio about his outward transformation, Tom Watson explained that he had been addicted to sugar but weaned...
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About Me

Matthew Stedman has spent years living and working in China. He has sold Chinese tea in the UK, and loves discussing the miraculous leaf with new (and suspicious) audiences. He however never feels happier than when researching the product here in beautiful South China. Email him via matthew@thenanjinger.com Matthew Stedman在中国生活工作了多年。多年在 中英两国从事茶叶贸易的他，喜欢和新读者讨论神 奇的东方树叶(虽然有时他的读者保持怀疑态度)。 没什么比在美丽的江南走访品尝各种茶叶更让他开 心的事了。
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