This sampler bag has lasted me quite a while. Balanced, malty, and smooth earl grey with a great feel on the tongue. I got some cocoa personally, but that was my imagination looking for it. It actually became a little creamy when the cup chilled from the cold weather sneaking inside. I would recommend a light cold brew of this then.
This Earl Grey is actually one of my favorites because of its balance and simplicity. Guess having little astringency goes far for me. I’d still recommend it for Earl Grey lovers.
Now to consider if another What-Cha order is a wise idea. Wise for getting a few exquisite teas I want to try and more jade oolongs on the spectrum, but not wise if I want to venture too much further this month.
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I vote yes for more What-Cha. Alistair is such a talented tea curator. So I say one more What-Cha order and then explore something else in your following purchase.
Why I go to him so often. What-Cha, Berylleb, and Andrew are my personal top vendors. I was able to spend less money on tea last semester because I did it bulk from Alistair. Then December came round and I went through oolong freakout. Here’s the list I’m thinking of from What-Cha:
China Fujian Tong Mu Wild Lapsang Souchong Black Tea
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
Taiwan Li Shan Oolong Tea
Weight:
50g / 1.76oz
India Darjeeling 2nd Flush Rohini Golden Buds Black Tea
Weight:
50g / 1.76oz
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
Thailand #17 ‘Ruan Zhi’ High Mountain Oolong Tea
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
Vietnam #12.5 High Mountain Oolong Tea
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
Taiwan Jade Oolong Tea
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
All teas I definitely want to try and have a supply of. The Lapsang and Korean blacks are expensive, but delicacies that are great in 10 gram samples.
Hugo Tea also had a Chai blend that looked good for tumblering, and me for winter. They use a Chinese black base that is more up my alley, naturally sweet enough that hawkband1 recommended that base. Plus keeping the ingredients simple to the chinese black, pepper, ginger, cinnamon, and vanilla seems like a smart idea for a balanced blend. https://www.hugotea.com/collections/organic-tea/products/grey-line-black-tea
I do want to try LP’s Mordor and Western Wild Eventually, but I’m going to wait to see what else he releases. Lauren’s On Wisconsin is great too because it’s good for tumblering, has no veggie taste, and is good for short steeps. The flavoring can give me a little bit of an upset stomach though which is why I hesitate. I also hesitate because it is about the same price as a good Alishan…which I’m about equal for in terms of what I like.
So, there you have it. Too much desire lol.
And too many wordy responses. I’ve been trying to fix my verbosity anyway. Totally failing.
We love your verbosity. Don’t change a thing. :)
Is the Lapsang a smoky one? I tend to order half or more mostly known ones and then a few wild cards. Or if I am feeling adventurous, a lot more wild cards. I’ve been putting off a What-Cha order for a while. Too many teas. Not enough money and December and November were heavy duty shopping months.
Damn. I was planning on having an oolong day and now it is 4 pm and I am into the chocolates.
Them cravings. :) Yes, Lapsang’s are usually smokey. The one on his list was an unsmoked version.
Did you read my long response to the teacher questions? :)
Trying to locate it now.
I do want to teach American high school and middle school students, but my long term future goal is to be a community college professor. I’m up to teaching abroad if the opportunity arises and compensates well with my diabetes, but I think there is a larger need in this country.
Styles of teaching were more focused on in strategies of classroom management (think Jone’s Model) and our individual personalities in the class. We really focused more on the baselines of the best teacher, one that has fully developed senses of logos, ethos, and pathos. As in: a teacher who know’s their shit, is ethical, and has a quality that makes them human and connectable (i.e. personability). My professor totally appropriated them from Aristotle and we go back and forth nudging that fact in class. We mentioned “oh, he’s totally a lecturer” but did not categorize said teachers. We just started with personalities at work using the DISC test and the Big Five traits psyche test. DISC is Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness. Dominance is taking control of situations, arguments, etc, Influence is sociability, Steadiness is akin to harmony, and Conscientiousness perfectionism, logic, rules, facts, and so on. I ranked highest with Conscientiousness and Steadiness,a healthy fourth belonging to dominance, and a minimum to influence. I was not really a huge fan of the test because it was to binary. The categories at least had nuance. The Big Five, I think you might have heard of. Here’s my blog which gives you a good idea about the class. There’s a few things I need to clean up, but here it is. https://daylonthomas.edublogs.org/
Our class did not connect critical thinking with students with challenges explicitly (more implicit), but rather we were provided examples of how we would modify a curriculum or lesson for such a student. I’ve had the same question myself, and as a class we are still trying to answer it into this semester. I think that’s the question for a true teacher, really.
As for what we did do, lesson differentiation, or differentiating lessons enough to address different styles of learning was emphasized, and as for students with linguistic and some cognitive challenges, we were taught to simplify and not cookie cutter our lessons. We were encouraged to use concise and direct language with English Language Learners, and to use multiple forms of media outside of lecture and reading. I thought it was kinda ironic how often a lot of us referred back to primary source document reading, essay writing, debate, and lecture most of all for teaching, but we have another semester and a whole internship to go. Media literacy was a huge topic especially with the election ever present in our heads and in our classrooms-we approached by comparing and contrasting Eisenhower’s “I like Ike” to “Make America Great Again”, for example. It is also a primary source lesson, technically. No essay required. It was concocted by my class mate, but it was a stellar conversation.
The rest of the course was more focused on dealing with social studies and history content itself. The course assumes that if you teach history and the other social studies properly, then you will provide an intellectual environment to foster critical thinking. By encouraging your students to realize the limits of time, record, sourcing, and perspective, they should understand that history is a reconstructed story told with a purpose, a specific paradigm, and an intended audience. The same goes for maps which portray specific ideas, political campaigns, advertisements, legal arguments, etc.
Thank for this, Daylon. Some years ago, my department did the DISC test as whole day of professional development with a qualified DISC leader. I had thought the whole thing was rather hokey, like a glorified astrological profile applied to the workplace. That was until we each had our personality profiles and people in the department arranged themselves by type in each of the four corners of the room. Each group was remarkably alike in terms of how they approached things and interacted w people etc. It was cool to see it in people you knew and worked with. My group of introverts was the smallest among them, but comparatively, those within it were the least flakey.
Of course, that is from my perspective.
_ I think that’s the question for a true teacher, really._
I am a true teacher and that will be a perpetual struggle.
That does sound like a stellar conversation.
Media literacy is huge. So many don’t understand the difference btwn advertising and truth and persuasion and bias. Basic research skills such as hunting up the source of news and recognizing intent.
What were you’re DISC results, the Conscientious one dominant lol? And Yay! ANOTHER TEACHER! I keep on telling everyone that there are A LOT of teachers on this website and that just double confirms it. I was thinking about calling myself Mr. T-moreso like our beloved drink. Nevermind my last name is Thomas.
I have no idea. I have the paperwork around somewhere. If it surfaces, I’ll let you know.
I vote yes for more What-Cha. Alistair is such a talented tea curator. So I say one more What-Cha order and then explore something else in your following purchase.
Why I go to him so often. What-Cha, Berylleb, and Andrew are my personal top vendors. I was able to spend less money on tea last semester because I did it bulk from Alistair. Then December came round and I went through oolong freakout. Here’s the list I’m thinking of from What-Cha:
Korea Jukro Semi-Wild Balhyocha TeaChina Fujian Tong Mu Wild Lapsang Souchong Black Tea
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
Taiwan Li Shan Oolong Tea
Weight:
50g / 1.76oz
India Darjeeling 2nd Flush Rohini Golden Buds Black Tea
Weight:
50g / 1.76oz
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
Thailand #17 ‘Ruan Zhi’ High Mountain Oolong Tea
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
Vietnam #12.5 High Mountain Oolong Tea
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
Taiwan Jade Oolong Tea
Weight:
10g / 0.35oz
All teas I definitely want to try and have a supply of. The Lapsang and Korean blacks are expensive, but delicacies that are great in 10 gram samples.
Hugo Tea also had a Chai blend that looked good for tumblering, and me for winter. They use a Chinese black base that is more up my alley, naturally sweet enough that hawkband1 recommended that base. Plus keeping the ingredients simple to the chinese black, pepper, ginger, cinnamon, and vanilla seems like a smart idea for a balanced blend. https://www.hugotea.com/collections/organic-tea/products/grey-line-black-tea
I do want to try LP’s Mordor and Western Wild Eventually, but I’m going to wait to see what else he releases. Lauren’s On Wisconsin is great too because it’s good for tumblering, has no veggie taste, and is good for short steeps. The flavoring can give me a little bit of an upset stomach though which is why I hesitate. I also hesitate because it is about the same price as a good Alishan…which I’m about equal for in terms of what I like.
So, there you have it. Too much desire lol.
And too many wordy responses. I’ve been trying to fix my verbosity anyway. Totally failing.
We love your verbosity. Don’t change a thing. :)
Is the Lapsang a smoky one? I tend to order half or more mostly known ones and then a few wild cards. Or if I am feeling adventurous, a lot more wild cards. I’ve been putting off a What-Cha order for a while. Too many teas. Not enough money and December and November were heavy duty shopping months.
Damn. I was planning on having an oolong day and now it is 4 pm and I am into the chocolates.
Them cravings. :) Yes, Lapsang’s are usually smokey. The one on his list was an unsmoked version.
Did you read my long response to the teacher questions? :)
Trying to locate it now.
I do want to teach American high school and middle school students, but my long term future goal is to be a community college professor. I’m up to teaching abroad if the opportunity arises and compensates well with my diabetes, but I think there is a larger need in this country.
Styles of teaching were more focused on in strategies of classroom management (think Jone’s Model) and our individual personalities in the class. We really focused more on the baselines of the best teacher, one that has fully developed senses of logos, ethos, and pathos. As in: a teacher who know’s their shit, is ethical, and has a quality that makes them human and connectable (i.e. personability). My professor totally appropriated them from Aristotle and we go back and forth nudging that fact in class. We mentioned “oh, he’s totally a lecturer” but did not categorize said teachers. We just started with personalities at work using the DISC test and the Big Five traits psyche test. DISC is Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness. Dominance is taking control of situations, arguments, etc, Influence is sociability, Steadiness is akin to harmony, and Conscientiousness perfectionism, logic, rules, facts, and so on. I ranked highest with Conscientiousness and Steadiness,a healthy fourth belonging to dominance, and a minimum to influence. I was not really a huge fan of the test because it was to binary. The categories at least had nuance. The Big Five, I think you might have heard of. Here’s my blog which gives you a good idea about the class. There’s a few things I need to clean up, but here it is. https://daylonthomas.edublogs.org/
Our class did not connect critical thinking with students with challenges explicitly (more implicit), but rather we were provided examples of how we would modify a curriculum or lesson for such a student. I’ve had the same question myself, and as a class we are still trying to answer it into this semester. I think that’s the question for a true teacher, really.
As for what we did do, lesson differentiation, or differentiating lessons enough to address different styles of learning was emphasized, and as for students with linguistic and some cognitive challenges, we were taught to simplify and not cookie cutter our lessons. We were encouraged to use concise and direct language with English Language Learners, and to use multiple forms of media outside of lecture and reading. I thought it was kinda ironic how often a lot of us referred back to primary source document reading, essay writing, debate, and lecture most of all for teaching, but we have another semester and a whole internship to go. Media literacy was a huge topic especially with the election ever present in our heads and in our classrooms-we approached by comparing and contrasting Eisenhower’s “I like Ike” to “Make America Great Again”, for example. It is also a primary source lesson, technically. No essay required. It was concocted by my class mate, but it was a stellar conversation.
The rest of the course was more focused on dealing with social studies and history content itself. The course assumes that if you teach history and the other social studies properly, then you will provide an intellectual environment to foster critical thinking. By encouraging your students to realize the limits of time, record, sourcing, and perspective, they should understand that history is a reconstructed story told with a purpose, a specific paradigm, and an intended audience. The same goes for maps which portray specific ideas, political campaigns, advertisements, legal arguments, etc.
Thank for this, Daylon. Some years ago, my department did the DISC test as whole day of professional development with a qualified DISC leader. I had thought the whole thing was rather hokey, like a glorified astrological profile applied to the workplace. That was until we each had our personality profiles and people in the department arranged themselves by type in each of the four corners of the room. Each group was remarkably alike in terms of how they approached things and interacted w people etc. It was cool to see it in people you knew and worked with. My group of introverts was the smallest among them, but comparatively, those within it were the least flakey.
Of course, that is from my perspective.
_ I think that’s the question for a true teacher, really._
I am a true teacher and that will be a perpetual struggle.
That does sound like a stellar conversation.
Media literacy is huge. So many don’t understand the difference btwn advertising and truth and persuasion and bias. Basic research skills such as hunting up the source of news and recognizing intent.
What were you’re DISC results, the Conscientious one dominant lol? And Yay! ANOTHER TEACHER! I keep on telling everyone that there are A LOT of teachers on this website and that just double confirms it. I was thinking about calling myself Mr. T-moreso like our beloved drink. Nevermind my last name is Thomas.
I have no idea. I have the paperwork around somewhere. If it surfaces, I’ll let you know.