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		<title>Compost Tea</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all make tea-purchasing mistakes. Some are small, some are large, but for me, they all end up in the same place. I had been stubborn about this one, but Hobbes&#8217; recent post referenced an earlier experience with a damaged cake that convinced me to send this 2007 Changtai 7538 to the compost pile. I purchased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Server</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still here, drinking tea and moving web servers. If anyone is having trouble accessing content, please contact me.]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m waiting for that feeling to come back, that urge, that compulsion, that desire, to think about tea, to write about tea. About a month ago, I took a trip back to Michigan and visited some old friends, went birding, and drank good beer. And in the process, forgot about my digital tea life. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dimpled Cups</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, I can cajole my phone into taking half-decent photos. I did so for the purpose of documenting these dimpled cups I made. I had hoped they would make good tea cups, but I&#8217;ve found them more suitable for sake, since they seem to stunt the aroma of tea. One thing this set reminds me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Jing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the Labor Day weekend, I gifted a friend green tea samples from Life in Teacup. No tea order is complete, however, without some samples for myself (as well as some bonus samples from Gingko &#8211; I can&#8217;t remember which were which). Gingko has quite a selection of Long Jing and I thought it time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Essence of Tea Mannuo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog is going to be a lot less photographic for awhile, unfortunately. I am grateful that myself and my family made it through Irene safely, without any bodily harm, unlike others who sadly lost lives and property. However, during the hurricane, I frothed myself into a rare bird chasing frenzy, tripped over a parking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cups</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pieces of pottery which I come to love making the most are small cups. They&#8217;re immediately useful on the tea table, are surprisingly easy for me to craft, and have been fun fodder for experimenting with pattern and color. During my last session, I really got into one particular matte green glaze and ran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Essence of Tea Bulang</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After another family hurricane, this time my own, I can return to the tea table. Recovering from the storm surge on Friday, I was eager for something clean, potent, and fresh. Essence of Tea&#8217;s recent productions are a safe bet for these characters. Little did I know how potent the Bulang would be, despite warnings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Zhimingdu Mengsong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick session this morning, as I wrap up a two-day meeting with the Mengsong mini-bing. Seasonal bounty is upon us, as our garden yields a spectral array of tomatoes. In the next few weeks we&#8217;ll need to dig the potatoes. We&#8217;re off soon to forage in the rural Rhode Island landscape for ripe raspberries and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Exposure and risk assessment for aluminium and heavy metals in Puerh tea</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post over at TeaChat lead me to this article on &#8220;Exposure and risk assessment for aluminum and heavy metals in Puerh tea&#8221; from the journal Science of the Total Environment. It looks like a very reputable journal (an impact factor of 3.190 is very good) and the bottom line of the abstract says: However, [...]]]></description>
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