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Wojciech Bońkowski
Master of Wine

First tea bar in Poland

A tea sensation: the first tea bar has opened in Warsaw. Actually it’s just a tea café, run by Dilmah.

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Wine and tea (2)

Wine and tea: they actually have a lot in common. In the second installment of this seminal article I look at the production process of wine and tea and how possibly they can be similar.

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Moving tea

The logistic challenges of moving a tea collection.

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2011 1st flush Darjeeling (cont’d)

8 first flush Darjeelings on the tea table. Some exciting teas, though 2011 seems coarser and chunkier than 2010 for first flush.

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2011 Risheehat Exotic Spring

Let the first flush games begin. I taste my first 2011 Darjeeling.

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In Portugal (8): Tea from the Azores

The only tea produced in Europe comes from Portugal’s Azores islands. I taste the green and black teas of the leading tea estate here, Gorreana.

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In Portugal (5): Tea in the Douro

Enjoying tea in location… in wine country.

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2010 Tanyang Gongfu dry leaf
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2010 Nonpareil Tanyang Gongfu

A good black tea from China: I even reached 7 infusions brewing it the gongfu way.

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Tea and food: the umami issue

Third installment of my tea and food matching sessions. Italian red mullet fish roe (bottarga) provides a challenge with its huge intensity of umami taste. Will any tea survive this?

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Le rouge et le noir

Another good tea from Teasmith and another good black tea from Taiwan.

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