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	<title>Reading the Tea Leaves &#187; Puer</title>
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		<title>White Puer</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2011/03/19/white-puer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Teas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Can]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last, for now, in a series about Puer aged teas. The two words say it all.  The buzz surrounding White tea continues unabated.  Health claims aside, the teas in this category, for the most part,  do qualify as the least processed.   As for Puer, the bubble may have burst a couple of years ago, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puer Cakes &amp; Bricks: How &amp; Why?</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2011/03/04/puer-cakes-bricks-how-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compressed tea processing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The previous post described cooked and uncooked varieties of Puer.  Here, I focus on the processing of compressed Puer teas.  (As I have mentioned elsewhere,  photos of the processing in Yunnan were lost when the camera was stolen.) On one trip to Yunnan in southwestern China, during a tea tasting session at a teahouse in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Raw &amp; the Cooked</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2011/02/25/the-raw-the-cooked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2011/02/25/the-raw-the-cooked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural oxidation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puer bricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puer cakes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With an anthropology background, how would it have been possible not to think of Levi-Strauss&#8217;s &#8220;The Raw and the Cooked&#8221; when learning about Puer tea? Of all the teas lumped together under the Special Teas category, Puer perhaps holds the most special place.  Dark, spidery looking leaves brew a dense cup with that distinctive and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another New Year, Tea in Winter</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2011/02/20/another-new-year-tea-in-winter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2011/02/20/another-new-year-tea-in-winter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lunar New Year came in early February this year. Winter is not a busy time for tea producers. What this time of year makes me think of, in tea terms, is a slow, passive sort of transformation. In places where humidity is high in summer (southeastern China), winters are also damp, and where there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Roadtrip (Part 4)</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2011/01/29/tea-roadtrip-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2011/01/29/tea-roadtrip-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puer prices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Part 3: Puer tea factories in Yunnan) Factories such as these were established in or near the cities of Lijiang, Dali, Simao, and Fengqing, situated in areas where terrain, climate, and soil combined as ideal conditions to support tea.  These collection points represented over twenty-five tea producing counties. Our group&#8217;s trip took place as Puer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Losing My Way</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2009/08/10/losing-my-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2009/08/10/losing-my-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oolong Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellow Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea categories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Way of Tea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t buy many books about tea.  There are a few volumes in the office that I consult, and happily, there are our suppliers to whom I can always address my queries.  If I happen to be at a bookstore, I will browse through the food and beverage section; in most instances tea books tend to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iced White Teas (Part 3 About Iced Teas)</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2009/08/08/iced-white-teas-part-3-about-iced-teas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2009/08/08/iced-white-teas-part-3-about-iced-teas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of iced teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shou Mei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Peony]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Parts 1 &#38; 2 covered a selection of Black teas, Green, Jasmine, and Oolong teas served cold.) If iced Ready-to-Drink White teas came late to market shelves, manufacturers behind this category have certainly made up for it with the sheer variety of flavors.  Among all the tea categories White tea stands out for the high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At a Dim Sum Meal: Which Tea to Order?</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2009/04/29/at-a-dim-sum-meal-which-tea-to-order/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2009/04/29/at-a-dim-sum-meal-which-tea-to-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jasmine Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oolong Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese restaurant teas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent visit to a new Dim Sum restaurant in Alhambra, CA was an eye-opener:  its sister restaurant happens to be Harbour Seafood (in Rosemead), a place known for its high-end seafood, and the Dim Sum menu did not disappoint.  New and innovative creations (white scallops resting atop rounds of tender beancurd, little shrimp dumplings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying &amp; Reading Ti Kuan Yin</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2009/02/16/buying-reading-ti-kuan-yin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2009/02/16/buying-reading-ti-kuan-yin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artisan "Blooming" Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flavored Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oolong Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying guidelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaf appearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tasting notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TiKuanYin quality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am lucky to have a fair amount of my favorite Ti Kuan Yin (Iron Goddess of Mercy) teas at home and consider myself fortunate not only because I needn&#8217;t pay retail for this premium Oolong but also because I don&#8217;t have to make guesses about quality, albeit educated ones, if I had to shop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basics First</title>
		<link>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2008/11/24/basics-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/2008/11/24/basics-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lydiakung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artisan "Blooming" Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flavored Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jasmine Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oolong Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellow Teas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oxidation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.readingthetealeaves.com/?p=58</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most introductions or lectures about tea begin by listing the major tea categories, and it doesn&#8217;t hurt to repeat them here: White teas, Green teas, Yellow teas, Oolong teas, Black teas, Scented teas, and Specialty teas. It&#8217;s probably a good idea also to underline the fact that all teas come from the same plant, since it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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