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China 2024 Day 12 : Mr Zheng : the story of the 'silly boy'

China 2024 Day 12 : Mr Zheng : the story of the 'silly boy'

Welcome to the eleventh in our series of blogs documenting our tea & teaware sourcing trip to China & South Korea.  At Comins we are very fortunate to have friends all over the tea world.  When we visit them on our trips we promise to share what we learn & in our recent survey you shared that our blog is one of the best ways to do that.  So we hope you enjoy the journey! In our last blog we were in Huoshan, Anhui County exploring Yellow Tea and after that incredible experience it was time to once again board the train and head off to...

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China 2024 Day 11 : Huoshan & its famous yellow tea

China 2024 Day 11 : Huoshan & its famous yellow tea

Welcome to the tenth in our series of blogs documenting our tea & teaware sourcing trip to China & South Korea.  At Comins we are very fortunate to have friends all over the tea world.  When we visit them on our trips we promise to share what we learn & in our recent survey you shared that our blog is one of the best ways to do that.  So we hope you enjoy the journey! In our last blog we shared the rare & wonderful opportunity we enjoyed to visit the Jiangxi Wuyuan vocational college.  From there we were to head to Huoshan, Anhui...

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China 2024 Day 10 : A rare opportunity to visit the Jiangxi Wuyuan vocational college

China 2024 Day 10 : A rare opportunity to visit the Jiangxi Wuyuan vocational college

Welcome to the ninth in our series of blogs documenting our tea & teaware sourcing trip to China & South Korea.  At Comins we are very fortunate to have friends all over the tea world.  When we visit them on our trips we promise to share what we learn & in our recent survey you shared that our blog is one of the best ways to do that.  So we hope you enjoy the journey! In our last blog we were in the historically important area of Wuyuan.  Today was to be a little different but no less special.  We were to...

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China 2024 Day 9 : Wonderful Wuyuan

China 2024 Day 9 : Wonderful Wuyuan

Welcome to the eighth in our series of blogs documenting our tea & teaware sourcing trip to China & South Korea.  At Comins we are very fortunate to have friends all over the tea world.  When we visit them on our trips we promise to share what we learn & in our recent survey you shared that our blog is one of the best ways to do that.  So we hope you enjoy the journey! . In our last blog we were in one of my favourite places : finding un- ending inspiration in Jingdezhen.  We were now to continue our...

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China 2024 Day 7 & 8 : Two Days in Jingdezhen

China 2024 Day 7 & 8 : Two Days in Jingdezhen

Welcome to the seventh in our series of blogs documenting our tea & teaware sourcing trip to China & South Korea.  At Comins we are very fortunate to have friends all over the tea world.  When we visit them on our trips we promise to share what we learn & in our recent survey you shared that our blog is one of the best ways to do that.  So we hope you enjoy the journey! . In our last blog we were spending time the magical landscape of the Zheng Yan area of Wuyi Shan. It was now time to head...

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