茶 drops

Some posts published here deliver stories that were written long time before their date of appearance on this blog. This one is rare, one of a kind. When I first started writing this blog in 2011, my life was in a fast pace of change. I just returned from Spain after two years of master studies and soon after I decided to relocate again to a different country to continue with my PhD. Tea had been an everyday companion for many years already but this new place, new encounters and new influences quickly opened the door for something new: Sheng puerh.  It was love at first sip and very soon Sheng puerh replaced most of the Shu puerh, Dancong and Baicha I was giving preference to before the legendary year of 2011. Let's be honest in admitting that most of my doctoral studies - if not being out in the fieldwork - consisted of me trying hard (and not always succeeding) to study or write, which often ended up in long gongfucha sessions, tea browsing and getting new ideas what else to try ...