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Shiuwen, the owner of Floating Leaves, invites guests to her tea table for good discussion and a pot of gongfu cha.... more
FAQs about Floating Leaves Tea:How many episodes does Floating Leaves Tea have?The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.
June 24, 2019Introduction to Aged Oolong (1966 Beipu)Shiuwen is joined by our good tea friend Kate (k8star_p) to drink 1966 Aged Beipu oolong. There's a little history, stories are told, and very old tea is enjoyed. We hope this can help open the door to aged oolong for you....more37minPlay
June 17, 2019Lalashan Hongshui and Brewing PracticeThis recording was from early May when we just got our Hongshui back in stock. We were so happy to have it back, because it is one of our great teachers! We talk about the tea, the farmer, the roaster, and move on to discuss how we go about practicing tea brewing with this tea....more37minPlay
June 10, 2019Blind Tasting High Mountain Oolong Pt 2Episode two of drinking high mountain oolong! This time not so blind, but kind of... You'll see when you listen. Also, the gang was a little tea drunk even before we started recording....more32minPlay
June 03, 2019Blind Tasting High Mountain Oolong Pt 1This episode Shiuwen drinks high mountain oolong with Mandy and Adrian (The Bubbly Couple). It was supposed to be blind tasting for them, but Shiuwen accidentally made it a double blind tasting! So for the first five minutes, nobody knew what they were actually drinking. This is the first of two sessions featuring new Spring harvest high mountain oolong....more34minPlay
May 27, 2019Five Faces of Charcoal Dong DingShiuwen and Noah drink a newly roasted Charcoal Dong Ding. As the tea develops, each infusion has something new to show us. This tea is a great teacher!...more27minPlay
May 20, 2019"Deliciously Bitter and Delightfully Dry" : Charcoal Da Hong PaoIntroducing Chef Lee! Shiuwen and Noah drink Taiwanese Charcoal roasted Da Hong Pao with our friend and local gastronome in training Chef Lee....more33minPlay
May 14, 2019"Opening" an Oolong : Traditional Dong DingIn this episode Shiuwen and Shiuwen drink a very fresh batch of Dong Ding oolong. We talk about the feeling of when an oolong tea is "open", similar to letting a wine breathe or setting steak to cure. Dong Ding is one of our very favorite teas, and it was really fun to see how much it had changed since it first arrived....more26minPlay
May 05, 2019Buddha Hand with the Bubbly CoupleEpisode two! Shiuwen shares a two year old roasted oolong, made from the Budda Hand cultivar with our friends Mandy and Adrian, nicknamed the "Bubbly Couple". By the end everybody is tea drunk, as we contemplate the origins of Buddha's Hands......more26minPlay
April 26, 2019#1 Crimson Lishan with Mandy and AdrianOur first episode! Shiuwen sits down with our bubbly tea friends Mandy and Adrian for a pot of Crimson Lishan (Lishan High Mountain Black Tea)....more12minPlay
FAQs about Floating Leaves Tea:How many episodes does Floating Leaves Tea have?The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.