Today, I'm going to point you to my good friend   Marilyn's blog for a summary of an Afternoon Tea event we enjoyed yesterday.  Pho...

Back to Taiwan travels! Most of us think of oolong tea when we think of Taiwan, but the island has a long history of producing black t...

I like the challenge of this photo.  It makes my brain work hard to truly see it.  The gaiwan on the right is the apparent focus, with it...

Busy Day Cake with bergamot lemon curd and garden strawberries I made another batch of the Bergamot Lemon Curd over the weekend. What ...

I'm married to an introvert.  Over the years I've come to acknowledge, then accept, then appreciate and now admire his need for qu...

Our garden has been generous with providing amazing luscious strawberries !  I also had frozen bergamot citrus   juice and rind I'd ...

It's been some time since I wrote about a Meatless Monday, and with the garden producing so much, I thought I'd get back to it.  ...

Congratulations to Caranam , who has won my blog giveaway!  I'll be in touch. Lu Yu is an important character in tea's his...

Son-in-Law, Tea Farmer, considering his freshly made tea At the Alishan tea farm, the Son-in-Law (that's what we called him) has st...

Well, I fell into the rabbit hole of work and catching up but think I have found normal again. ") Lu Yu's story was on my min...

In Alishan (high mountain oolong), tea pickers (predominantly women) are often seasonal workers who move from farm to farm as the tea beco...

Aloeswood Incense Incense and tea have been fast friends for centuries.  Incense provided its aroma during the spiritual practices of ...

I am now spending a few days visiting with friends, drinking tea and meditating at the Tea Sage Hut , after a wonderful two weeks of trav...

Scooters are everywhere in Taiwan!  They are the primary mode of transportation for many, many people. Makes me miss Stella, my former sc...

This tour should be called the tea AND food tour!  Taiwan food is amazing, with its influence of Chinese, Japanese and local flavors, not...

Buddhist nun serving tea We've just returned from four days on the Alishan mountain and at Sun Moon lake, both important tea growin...