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Drinking ALL of my Shou Puer at Once

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Sometimes I look at my puer stash and feel overwhelmed with what to choose to drink. Why not drink it all? Today I take a leaf/chunk of each of my shou puer and drink it! My shou pumidor, yet again, is full and teas fall out when I open the door.  I wonder if my shou blend will just taste like generic shou since this tea type has a smaller range of flavor. But same time, I got quite an assortment of shou. I got a Japanese, 1989 to 1990s, as well as younger shou puer. I got some expensive… Continue reading, hoot!

Locking Down on Unethical Tea Covid Marketing | Sunday Tea Hoots 41

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One of the disadvantages of being a tea review writer is my email gets loaded in questionable tea vendor requests. Lately, a number of unethical tea vendors have been taking advantage of Covid and I have reached my limit. Early in the Covid pandemic, I had gotten a tea industry newsletter pleading for tea vendors to not talk about the health benefits of tea and covid. As the months went on, that advice was slowly being forgotten, posting, “Tea is great for flu, maybe Covid. Blahblahblah, buy my tea.” Then a few months back someone in Japan did a study… Continue reading, hoot!

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Oolong Owl’s 2020 Tea Consumption and Stash Data Report

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Finally, 2020 is over and 2021 is here! New year, new data on this case study of a tea hoarder. Welcome to my annual tea consumption and stash data. I keep track of all the tea that comes into my possession and how much I drink. Here is a template of my Tea Stash Spreadsheet! Save a copy and start keeping track of your stash. I highly suggest tracking your tea stash before it gets out of control! This is the method I use to track my personal tea consumption. Everything tea that I own is weighed, including samples. I… Continue reading, hoot!

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Will it Gongfu? Tea Advent Calendar

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Every year my frustration with Tea Advent Calendars grows. There are none with my tastes and every vendor I talk to says they don’t want to do it. Realistically, it is hard to come up with 24 teas, make attractive packaging, and make it affordable. That is why Advent Calendars are done by bigger tea companies. As a tea blogger, I get a lot of tea sent to me by companies and yet another Tea Advent Calendar arrived. I reached for the Day 1 tea on December 1st, and to my disappointment, it was a measly 3 grams of trail… Continue reading, hoot!

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Tea Wisdom I Wish I Could Have Told My Younger Self About Puer

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If I could go back in time, right around 2012 and 2013 when I started buying puer, I would tell myself a few nuggets of tea wisdom that I know now. There were a few things I did wrong, somethings that dragged my puer journey on, stuff I wasted money on, but also things I missed out on. Let Puer Cakes Rest After Getting Them in the Mail I used to have my kettle already on as I watch the mail person walk through my street. Once my tea package was here with shiny new puer cakes, I’d crack them… Continue reading, hoot!

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Sunday Tea Hoots 41 – Back on Tea Caffeine

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I successfully cut out caffeine leading up to major surgery so I didn’t have to go through additional withdrawal pain. Now that I’m in recovery for a few weeks I have been introducing tea back into my routine. After not having caffeine for weeks, I gotta say, holy hoots this stuff has so much energy! Backing up, I had an overnight stay in the hospital, so they had to feed me a number of awful meals. I was on a liquid diet as my guts were untested in not being glued together from endometriosis. They literally strained my cream of… Continue reading, hoot!

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Oolong Owl’s Tea Caffeine Cutting Tips

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In a previous post, I discussed how I am a tea junkie that drinks potentially problematic amounts of tea, and how I cut caffeine for an upcoming surgery without losing my mind. Yeah yeah, you can drink down to less caffeine but WTF else is there to drink when the tea is your life? What will I gongfu?!?!? Make it Count If you are going to have only a single caffeinated tea or two a day, make it count. Drink your favorite teas as well as your fancy pants leaf. Bust out the $1+ a gram teas, you earned it!… Continue reading, hoot!

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How a Tea Addict Cut Caffeine

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It would be no surprise to hear that I am a heavy caffeine tea addict. Nearly every morning I have a matcha, then I have a grandpa tea session before lunch. In the afternoon until my cut off at 5pm (so I can actually sleep), I’ll have at least one, sometimes up to four gongfu small sessions. My body is used to a monthly tea bender from tea festivals, expos, and tea parties that I’ll drink 4-6+ tea drunk gongfu session or drink tea nearly nonstop all day up to 9pm. In 2019 my average gram per day tea consumption… Continue reading, hoot!

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Drinking ALL My White Teas at Once

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Ever looked at your tea stash and didn’t know what to drink? Uninspired with your tea collection? Well, one piece of advice I have said to others is to “Take a leaf from each of your teas and drink it!” Today, I will be following my advice and drinking ALL* my white teas! Purple Tea Owl and I went through all my tins, white tea pumidor, and sample buckets to pluck a single leaf or pinch off a piece of white tea cake then placed it in a tin. Why white teas, Oolong Owl, when you are in fact the… Continue reading, hoot!

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Oolong Owl’s 2019 Tea Consumption and Stash Data Report

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Welcome to 2020! With 2019 having come to a close, I will now assess my current tea stash and drinking habits. For everyone else, this post is an ongoing yearly case study into the life of a tea hoarder. Here is a template of my Tea Stash Spreadsheet! Save a copy and start keeping track of your stash. I highly suggest tracking your tea stash before it gets out of control! This is the method I use to track my personal tea consumption. Everything tea that I own is weighed, including samples. I weigh every gram of tea I drink.… Continue reading, hoot!