tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post3814293893670512446..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: Keep Your Friends CloseHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-83157260478807527152016-02-04T03:34:10.292+00:002016-02-04T03:34:10.292+00:00Just to refresh your memory, I'm looking at yo...Just to refresh your memory, I'm looking at your first mention of EoT's 2012 Qishenggu where you said it "was a very solid tea." You said it had "plentifully enjoyable floral notes at the outset, but these..are usually the first characteristic to be lost in the aging process." Based on the photo, it seems you've purchased a cake. I suppose this tea is best to Theohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00668893102767007663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-16566981468761754872016-01-31T20:39:42.823+00:002016-01-31T20:39:42.823+00:00Dear Theo,
That's very interesting - I have...Dear Theo,<br /><br /> That's very interesting - I have, somewhere (!), written about a similar effect concerning winter vs. summer tasting. It might just be me and thee, but it is reasonably consistent: everything I have is more alive in summertime, teawise. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, but it is interesting.<br /><br /> I'm afraid that I cannot recall the Qishenggu at the Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-6252041902217685612016-01-25T16:21:52.255+00:002016-01-25T16:21:52.255+00:00Hobbes,
Your posts are a joy to read. I also agre...Hobbes,<br /><br />Your posts are a joy to read. I also agree that beer and tea are two sides of the same coin. My recent success in gathering friends for tea (pu'er) has taught me the many similarities between these two beverages/elixirs. <br /><br />On a different note, I'm still a novice around pu'er storage, but I find that despite modern indoor heating the cold, dry winters here Theohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00668893102767007663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-2217267872535039172015-03-20T15:41:42.246+00:002015-03-20T15:41:42.246+00:00Lew, you continue to rule.
With copious uberthan...Lew, you continue to rule.<br /><br /><br />With copious uberthanks,<br /><br />HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-19272904405587844672015-03-19T18:37:00.214+00:002015-03-19T18:37:00.214+00:00Re Xiaohusai, I was wrong: not only is there a Xia...Re Xiaohusai, I was wrong: not only is there a Xiaohusai, there's a Dahusai, too. See <a href="http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=17948&start=15" rel="nofollow">this excellent source</a>.Lew Perinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843222191460729180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-69014734689535552312015-03-15T16:55:20.173+00:002015-03-15T16:55:20.173+00:00Dear Marc,
Thank you for the post, and welcome!...Dear Marc,<br /><br /> Thank you for the post, and welcome! The worlds of real ale and tea are very close, spiritually and physically. Also, they are almost perfect in terms of diurnal rhythm: you can't drink tea in the evening; you can't drink beer in the morning. They complement perfectly, like yin and yang. :)<br /><br /><br /> Toodlepip,<br /><br /> HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-84832180679186482122015-03-10T05:53:34.087+00:002015-03-10T05:53:34.087+00:00Hello Hobbes.
Just stumbled upon your blog while ...Hello Hobbes.<br /><br />Just stumbled upon your blog while delving in numerous other tea sites (most revolving around pu'erh.)<br /><br />Here I was thinking I was the only lover of both fine teas and ales then I read this blogpost. I'm formerly a beer-geek gone mad but just recently tamed by the beautiful and at times euphoric world of chinese tea.<br /><br />I'm barely learning howAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01466320420479568950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-33697888264979356122015-03-06T11:21:13.175+00:002015-03-06T11:21:13.175+00:00Dear Lew,
I suggest that we defer to W of B on ...Dear Lew,<br /><br /> I suggest that we defer to W of B on this point - I think he gets these leaves himself, from the location. He'll be able to set us straight. :)<br /><br /><br />Toodlepip,<br /><br />HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-56218770109495689002015-03-04T22:21:44.116+00:002015-03-04T22:21:44.116+00:00“Xiaohusai” … are you sure this isn’t good old Xia...“Xiaohusai” … are you sure this isn’t good old <a href="http://babelcarp.org/babelcarp/babelcarp.cgi?phrase=xiaohuzhai" rel="nofollow">Xiaohuzhai</a>?<br /><br />When I google for Xiaohusai, I see commercial websites put up by<br />people who seem to speak non-retroflexarian — if that’s a word —<br />dialects of Chinese: spelling Shuangjiang as “Suangjiang”, I think, is<br />a giveaway.Lew Perinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843222191460729180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-53142446526928332972015-02-19T06:45:57.643+00:002015-02-19T06:45:57.643+00:00...which reminds me why it is suddenly impossible ......which reminds me why it is suddenly impossible to get in contact with any of my Chinese collaborators...Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-32925698178014903902015-02-19T06:45:29.362+00:002015-02-19T06:45:29.362+00:00Dear Ian,
Gravitating towards IPA is a fine tra...Dear Ian,<br /><br /> Gravitating towards IPA is a fine trajectory indeed - congratulations are in order. :)<br /><br /><br />Dear Nick,<br /><br /> Isn't it interesting that the stereotype is the reverse of what seems to be your experience in reality? I chuckled at the thought of your aikido luminary chugging the (Asahi?) beers...<br /><br /><br />Dear Rui,<br /><br /> Xin nian kuai le Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-39378093043528805222015-02-19T05:39:10.698+00:002015-02-19T05:39:10.698+00:00Hi Hobbes,
Happy Gung Hay Fat Choy. Wishes of a g...Hi Hobbes,<br /><br />Happy Gung Hay Fat Choy. Wishes of a great year full of excellent teas.<br /><br />Regards.<br /><br />RuiRuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127634129424242047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-57912497880213980582015-02-18T23:49:26.053+00:002015-02-18T23:49:26.053+00:00.."of bushido fame."
Obviously you mean....."of bushido fame."<br /><br />Obviously you mean this in your usual metaphorical/highly entertaining style..but in all seriousness, aside from myself and Emmett of Cha and Kung Fu, I've actually never another person who is an enthusiastic student of both the martial and tea arts. Of budo practitioners in particular (and maybe bushido, as much as it still exists in archaic forms/Nick Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543497413262895759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-92162319650665271632015-02-16T20:44:17.445+00:002015-02-16T20:44:17.445+00:00Thanks for the Essence of Tea recommendation, I...Thanks for the Essence of Tea recommendation, I've been eyeing that very tea for a while now.<br /><br />Though they are two of my adult passions, I remember hating beer and tea when I was little as well, though my dad at the time drank nothing but American adjunct lagers and my mom, Good Earth Original Sweet and Spicy (I think it's mostly like chicory root, I remember liking the smell Ian Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524043049575023153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-60404464591578434502015-02-16T05:40:02.383+00:002015-02-16T05:40:02.383+00:00You know you are a father when your pockets are no...You know you are a father when your pockets are no longer your own. They become Lego repositories. My dear wife has long since called me "Xiaomaolu" [donkey] when we are shopping, because I take on packmule status. Now, it seems, those two young boys with whom she has deemed fit to share parts of her genome have learned the same.<br /><br />You know you a father when you're are Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.com