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The Best of It: St. Louis Summer Edition
(Okay, not everything on this list is summer-specific. But it is a list of five things I’ve been enjoying in general during the summer season.)
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The Earl Grey Year Part 11: Kusmi Tea
I’ve decided to shake up the structure a bit for this post. In the abundant set of samples that royal_teacups sent me, she included four from Kusmi Tea. When I was looking through my spreadsheet to consider which tastings to write about for this entry, I noticed how nice and stacked the four of them…
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The Best of It: Mid-June Edition
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The Earl Grey Year Part 10: Halfway Point
Last week, I tasted my 50th tea of this project! (Meaning that this weekend I’ll probably hit my tasting minimum for the month of June.) This week, I’m reviewing two traditional blends and two special variations. I’ve had a big learning experience since my last post. I was exchanging some messages with The Tea Girl,…
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The Best of It: Maybelle Edition
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An Update on the Culinary Saijiki
Earlier this year, I announced an end to the Culinary Saijiki blog and podcast in order to focus on developing the book manuscript. The first five months of a year were a struggle in that regard. The structure I’d tried wasn’t working, and at the end of May, I scrapped the whole endeavor and started…
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The Best of It: Mid-May Edition
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The Earl Grey Year Part 9: Four More Florals
During this challenge, I’ve tasted a few incredible blends. Most of what I’ve tasted are teas that are enjoyable but not mind-blowing. Even if I didn’t love a particular tea, I wouldn’t be opposed to sampling it again, or enjoying a cup if someone offered it to me. I’ve been lucky that there are few…
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The Best of It: End of April Edition
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The Earl Grey Year Part 8: Cremes and Variations Part 2
As this project progresses, I find myself running up against the challenge of how to classify some of these teas that I am tasting. Perhaps ultimately, classification doesn’t matter all that much to you as the reader, but as to me the investigator, having a system to organize these different teas is useful as I…