Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
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Taiwanese Tea Jedi, Shiuwen Tai, Shares Tea with a Rotating Cast of Interesting Friends. Floating Leaves has been serving premium Taiwanese Oolongs, Chinese and Japanese teas in Seattle since 2002. Tune in to listen to the podcast.
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
6M ago
This episode we get deep into 'reading' tea leaves, or watching very carefully to know what the leaves want from us as brewers.  ..read more
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
6M ago
This episode we carry on from the previous stopping point : As we experiment with brewing new teas, how do we know if a flaw in the tea is coming from the tea or the brewing technique? So we took out some bowls to just soak the tea and let it brew itself ..read more
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
7M ago
In this episode we carry out an experiment comparing two brews that are exactly the same in all parameters except for the focus of our intention. We were absolutely floored by the results ..read more
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
7M ago
Shiuwen, John and Noah compare grades of porcelain in gongfu tea cups, and investigate what each cup does to a tea ..read more
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
1y ago
This is a little interim episode with no video component while John is away. We've been wanting to record a session with this tea for about a year now, and although we're very close to sold out of it now, we thought it would be fun to share our experience for those that have the tea already. It's the Nightshade White Tea. Harvested in 2020 it's already mellowed nicely with age. If we get another chance to buy a tea like this we'll jump on it, because this was an awesome session. If you got this one, let us know in the comments if you had similar or different impressions when you tasted it ..read more
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
1y ago
This episode we explore ways to build understanding and express our vision of what a tea can be ..read more
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
1y ago
There's finally a tea in our lineup that we're using lower than boiling temperature water! Special Reserve Oriental Beauty. In this episode we talk about how we approach this tea and tell stories about our first encounters with it ..read more
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
1y ago
We find aged tea is one of the more difficult styles to brew well. In this episode we explore some techniques that help to show the best side of an aged tea ..read more
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
1y ago
We're back!! In the first episode of season three, Johnny and Shiuwen will be experimenting with the harnessing of intention to brew a better (or worse) pot of tea ..read more
Floating Leaves Tea Podcast
2y ago
This episode we just sit back and drink an epic puer tea harvested from 1000 year old tea tree ..read more