Strainer

Give the Tea a Rest; Use a Powder Sachet Instead

I am a contrarian. All of this unpopular opining of mine may look like critical thinking, heroic truth-seeking.  But don’t be fooled; it’s just knee-jerk doggerel.  My...

Absinthe Makes the Pu Er Grow Fonder

Alcohol makes you mellow and unconstrained. And then it makes you boisterous and shouty. Caffeine banishes fatigue from the limbs and the brow, then...

Red Code to a Bull; I’m All out of Green I’m So Lost without You

So I’m a red risk all of a sudden. It’s a shock for someone who’s conjured only green codes from so many apps this past...

Queen of Oolong; The Royal Tea She Maybe Never Even Tried

HRH E II R, Queen Elizabeth the Second. Her name has appeared in these pages twice before now.  And why would a Chinese tea column...

Foaming at the Mouth; Message in a Bottle

The Stroop Test is a psychological test designed to demonstrate how closely human attention is attracted to the written word. For adult readers, textual information...