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drank 2014 Yi Shan White Tea and Camellia Flower Cake by Yunnan Sourcing
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I bought myself a little “I survived holiday shopping at the mall” present last year – it was a slab of Septarian (dragon stone). It’s beautiful, I just love it. Soooooo I’ve been looking around for an equally amazing stone to buy for myself this year and hadn’t really found anything. Lots of beautiful pieces out there, but nothing that I just had to have. And then I found it….. and brought it home. So gorgeous……

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc3XKb7hB5I/?taken-by=dex3657

I of course had to pull out the most beautiful tea to go with my beautiful stone, and they don’t get much prettier than this one. I’ve been breaking the chunks off the back of the cake because I don’t want to spoil it.
I absolutely adore moonlight tea, and while this may not be my favorite, it’s pretty good. Much better than some I’ve tried. It actually seems better tonight than it has on other occasions. Sweet, apricoty, a little hay. Just a nice light tea to drink – and it’s even an awesome dark gold color. I’m pretty happy with this tonight.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc3cuIOhUal/?taken-by=dex3657
(that photo doesn’t look as good on my computer as it does on my phone…. sad face)
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Evol Ving Ness
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Oooooh, that petrified wood is fab! Can you show us last year’s dragon stone too, please?

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Beautiful!

Dexter, I am so delighted that you are back. :)

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Seriously beautiful. Totally wow. Thanks for the links.

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And great—now I will be stalking and lusting after stone.

Dexter
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And then mountains of random stones that I polished…. like this… https://www.instagram.com/p/BORMBD6DA_8/?hl=en&taken-by=dex3657

Evol Ving Ness
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So beautiful this red jasper!

And the camouflage stone is pretty cool too though not my favourite. How do you polish your stones?

And stone garden! How lovely they all are!

I love your world, Dexter.

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Evol Ving Ness
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Oooooh, that petrified wood is fab! Can you show us last year’s dragon stone too, please?

Evol Ving Ness
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Beautiful!

Dexter, I am so delighted that you are back. :)

Evol Ving Ness
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Seriously beautiful. Totally wow. Thanks for the links.

Evol Ving Ness
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And great—now I will be stalking and lusting after stone.

Dexter
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And then mountains of random stones that I polished…. like this… https://www.instagram.com/p/BORMBD6DA_8/?hl=en&taken-by=dex3657

Evol Ving Ness
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So beautiful this red jasper!

And the camouflage stone is pretty cool too though not my favourite. How do you polish your stones?

And stone garden! How lovely they all are!

I love your world, Dexter.

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C.S. Lewis – “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

I needed to update my profile. I joined Steepster 03Mar13. I am just amazed at how much my tastes have changed since then.
When I discovered loose leaf tea about a year and half ago, I didn’t know anything other than my local Davids and Teavana/Teaopia. Stumbling onto Steepster CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Hello, my name is Dex I’m a tea addict.
I’ve been through the “I need to try every single tea out there” phase. I really hope the worst of that has passed. I’ve learned enough to know that I only need to try HALF of all the teas out there. LOL
When I started this journey, I was all about the flavored rooibos and fruity tisanes. Don’t get me wrong there is still room for dessert (chocolate/caramel/nutty) Rooibos teas in my cupboard and I still do enjoy them, BUT I am quickly learning to appreciate the some of the straight teas of the world.
Big bold (but not icky)pu’erh is suddenly my favorite, followed by woody/roasted oolongs. I’m just starting to explore straight black teas, and have found some that I really like.
Generally speaking I’m not into greens at all, only like the occasional green oolong, and white teas are just too mild for my tastes (unless they are fruit flavored). I still enjoy really good fruit tisanes, but am now cold steeping them.
I don’t like floral/herbal blends, and mint anything is not on my preferred list.
I am still exploring new teas, adapting to my changing tastes, understanding more every day how little I really know about tea. Ultimately I would love to find approximately 50 teas that I just “can’t live without” and always have them in my cupboard. That might not be practical, but that what I’m searching for. It’s going to be a fun journey.

All in all, I love this site. I’ve met some wonderful people, and have gotten to try some amazing teas because of them. It really restores your faith in humanity when you get a note saying “oh by the way I sent you some tea”. Wonderful, generous, people here.

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