My first post!

Hi there, my name is Gary!

I have never run a blog before but it seems like a pretty cool way to spend my time so here goes. It didn’t take me long to decide what I was going to write my blog about after all, everyone who knows me will tell you – I am a tea freak. No scratch that. I am THE tea freak. Seriously, if I could have a tea drip constantly attached my arm I would. Although would that ruin the tea experience? I think actually, yeah, I would miss the whole experience of making and drinking the tea.

Don’t get me wrong, a quick cuppa in the morning is great but what really gets my juices going is brewing my Puerh bricks in their assigned Yixing, or getting out my Gaiwan to make some Oolong. Oh I just love Oolong made in a Gaiwan, the washing, the brewing it over and over and over again- each time the tea taking on a slightly different taste or aroma – releasing all the subtle nuances that are so often missed.

Anyway I digress (something I do often!)  I just wanted to get the ball rolling with a quick introduction to me (I am a tea freak) and to see how this Blogger stuff works.

I will mostly be posting about tea from around the world (sometimes I may get sidetracked by Chinese tea in particular ) and the cultures that surround tea. I mean come on, how small is the UK and look how big our tea culture is, imagine what it’s like in massive countries like China and India!?

So this is me and my blog and I hope you like it!                     

          

Peace out,

Gary the tea freak

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