Floating Leaves Tea

Drinking Old Tree White Tea from Yunnan

This is a little interim episode with no video component while John is away. We've been wanting to record a session with this tea for about a year now, and although we're very close to sold out of it now, we thought it would be fun to share our experience for those that have the tea already. It's the Nightshade White Tea. Harvested in 2020 it's already mellowed nicely with age. If we get another chance to buy a tea like this we'll jump on it, because this was an awesome session. If you got this one, let us know in the comments if you had similar or different impressions when you tasted it.

What’s Your Intention?

In this episode we explore how we go about setting our intention and adjusting for the tea in this ever changing moment.

Self Expression Through Gongfu Cha

This episode we explore ways to build understanding and express our vision of what a tea can be.

Techniques For Brewing Oriental Beauty

There's finally a tea in our lineup that we're using lower than boiling temperature water! Special Reserve Oriental Beauty. In this episode we talk about how we approach this tea and tell stories about our first encounters with it.

Making Adjustments For Special Teas

This episode was inspired by (1) John's question about how to make adjustments for different teas and (2) our experience of how to get the most out of our batch of Charcoal Dong Ding that was roasted in December of 2022. 

Also, Noah is very excited to be back on the podcast again!

Waking Up Aged Oolong

We find aged tea is one of the more difficult styles to brew well. In this episode we explore some techniques that help to show the best side of an aged tea.

Being Present with Your Tea

We're back!! In the first episode of season three, Johnny and Shiuwen will be experimenting with the harnessing of intention to brew a better (or worse) pot of tea.

Tea Class with Shiuwen | Finale

This episode we just sit back and drink an epic puer tea harvested from 1000 year old tea tree.

Tea Class with Shiuwen | John Brews ANOTHER Pot of Tea

John's second time to switch places with Shiuwen and show off all his tea brewing techniques that we've been working on this whole season!

Tea Class with Shiuwen | Techniques for Refreshing Stale Tea

The long awaited follow up to 'Techniques for Identifying Stale Tea', this episode is all about the tools and techniques we use to push staleness out of an older tea.