Last week Eons ago I wrote Part I, which was an overview of the event’s atmosphere, to publish on The Daily Cal. Since the beginning of this semester I have been terribly slacking in literally everything with the excuse of…
Friday, Jun 17. 7 PM. Twice a year, Camellia sinensis is harvested to make oolong, but the spring yield is usually more floral than the fall. Winnie started the class with a taste test: between two oolongs, can we tell…
Winnie Yu, the owner of Teance, was the special guest speaker of TeaCal today. Instead of trying new teas, we spent the hours doing 3 blind taste tests. 1. Chinese red tea vs. Assam: They’re both in the “black tea”…
Last week we had 3 kinds of Chinese oolongs. This week is 3 kinds of Taiwainese oolong. The difference between Chinese and Taiwanese teas? The region in which they were grown, which includes the soil, the climate, the biodiversity, etc.…