After getting the tea samples ready and delivering them to the Mucha Farmer’s Association offices (see Part I), it was simply a matter of hanging out while the judges made their decision.
I recently (actually, several months ago – hey, I’ve been busy!) helped Aliang get his TKYs ready for the Spring Competition. I had stopped by for an after-tutorial cup of the world’s favorite brew, and ended up bagging tea samples until 2:00 in the morning (which is one of the things I do love about [...]
I had an email recently from a friend in the US. He was looking for sets of aroma cups to use for tea comparisons, and was asking me if I could find him some. I told him that, for convenience, we usually use ceramic spoons to compare tea, and that gave me the inspiration for this [...]