When I went into work yesterday and this was sitting on my desk:
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I love my work experience trainee. She is just an amazing young woman – insanely intelligent – learns quick – nice, friendly – works hard. She is studying at the university here on a student visa from China. Her mother sent her some tea, she would rather drink coffee – so I ended up with a care package. We won’t be able to keep her as an employee – she will continue her studies, improve her English and probably go on to cure cancer, or CEO a fortune 500 company. I just think she’s awesome.
But I digress…..
Tonight I’m drinking the tea labelled “black”. I thought this was just going to be some generic Chinese black until I opened the package. This looks beautiful, it has some really nice golden tips to it. Hmmmm maybe I should treat this with a little more respect. I put away my mug and pulled out a proper tea pot and steeped it as modified gong fu. About 30 seconds first steep. That wasn’t quite enough, it was a little flat. I added another package to the pot and did about a minute. This is awesome. It’s not starchy/yamish like I would expect from a Yunnan black or a Dian Hong. This is more like a Bailin – it deep and dark, with just a little bit of chocolate notes, there are some fruity notes but really is just a great black tea. I’m really happy with this – her mom has great taste in tea.
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This makes me happy. This is totally a Chinese mom thing: pack your child up to a foreign land with tea to drink and tea to give as tea gifts. I have been blessed to have been given such tea gifts and it is just lovely, especially when you know enough to appreciate what you are getting.
This makes me happy. This is totally a Chinese mom thing: pack your child up to a foreign land with tea to drink and tea to give as tea gifts. I have been blessed to have been given such tea gifts and it is just lovely, especially when you know enough to appreciate what you are getting.