Relaxing with a friend

Sunday morning required a quick emergency trip to Hong Kong .. that over and being in ShenZhen, we visited one of Jing’s friends home .. our session finished-off with some very expensive “Aged TGY”

More Pu-Erh gifts–update

A gift of a 4 year old MengHai Shu Pu …  This one is every bit as good as the other gift.  Despite being a “cooked” tea it still retains a lot of Sheng Pu taste characteristics with a Shu Pu strong colour in the first few infusions. With subsequent infusions this tea proves its worth.

A look around

The Pool gets it’s annual cleaning. My neighbor’s rooftop garden

Unpretentious and completely functional

I picked up a folding table: 87cm x 43cm and 46cm off the floor. Cost all of 53RMB < $10 .. As a temporary set-up, it serves the purpose. 34”x17”x18” in old money

An Easter stroll around the new garden

An Auspicious Event .. 2014-04-16

Preparation and Participation .. The start of a new building project, on the site of the old Windsor Park Hotel Golf Driving Range.  A very Taiwanese style ceremony.

Sunday evening … folks out and about

One of the department stores organized an entertainment event for kids to show-off their talents.

Do they build new Tea Shops?

Load up your bike

Another good day buying Tea Stuff

Something I’ve been looking for, a specific design of: Teacup coaster:  茶杯：杯垫  Chábēi: Bēidiàn

I like this style, as it fits with what pleases me.  At only ¥2 RMB 人民币 each. I picked up 10 .. might have to go back and buy more.

An item I saw for the first time .. Most tea /Pu-Erh drinkers have tray to facilitate breaking up a tea cake. What makes this different is that it comes in a very nice matching case… Cost ¥65

Both items can be found on-line: prices as noted in USD $….

A nice gift

A 2006 Shu Pu Erh, 357 gm cake, from: Heng Kang Tea Factory, Meng Hai Xi Shuang Ban Na Yun Nan. As you can see, it’s well on its way to being consumed. I’m quite impressed by this cake. Strong dark colour, smooth taste with no significant mouth drying or change of note in the after-taste . Easy to drink and affords copious infusions per pot.  A friend visiting from; HuBei, gave this welcome gift.

The accouterment of the Tea Warrior

An ugly solution looking for a problem .. hence the dust

A concentration of Tea Shops

In Chang Ping town there is an area dedicated to Wholesale and Retail tea selling.  Mostly selling to retail shop owners. About 85% Pu-Erh and some Oolongs. Between 200 and 230 shops.

Images that please

Fanciful and stylized .. but has an attraction.

A picture says it all, “Do they have DeWALT in China ?”

 得 伟 De wěi

Prayers at the factory / office

In every factory / office you can find at least one area set aside to give offerings and say prayers.  Most Alters house the God of Wealth, in his various guises.

Cai Shen;  財 神

And you need money to burn as an offering And a place to burn your money

At Tian Yu, while we drink tea and work on projects, my eye is constantly drawn to this juxtaposition: .. An English Thatched Cottage next to the Chinese Alter.