The first nine
Anczi
Anji baicha — green tea.
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The making of a tea world
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The first nine
Aya
A fresh tea shoot: a bud and two leaves.
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Bayczi
Baijiguan, a Wuyishan oolong; a personal story of roasting tea.
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Pusha
White tea; a personal story of withering leaves and watching the weather.
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Suncha
Tea from large old trees in Yunnan.
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Ugolek
Fuzhuan, a pressed dark tea.
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Yanka
Tieguanyin: rolled leaves and precise brewing.
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Yanta
Yueguangbai, the tea of her evening workshop.
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Zhunya
Dianhong — Chinese black tea.
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Berestka
Tea with reindeer milk; a metal cup and birchbark container.
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Boyok
Gongcheng oil tea: processed tea leaves, ginger, crisp rice additions and peanuts.
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Brodok
Sanxiang cha: tea in a gaiwan with sugar and dried fruit.
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Bubenchik
Homemade sanpaotai: tea in a gaiwan with sugar and dried fruit.
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Cheshuyka
Imported brick tea, prepared in iron cookware.
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Dichok
Growing and picking Camellia formosensis; a story of working with mountain tea by hand.
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Dnyovka
Salted milk tea made from a tea brick.
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Dudka
Tea packed and heated inside bamboo.
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Gnetok
Tea fermented in bamboo — eaten in this story.
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Gorchinka
Bitter tea from a small clay vessel; homemade butter tea in a wooden cylinder. Lanping / Ninglang.
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Gorshok
Tea brewed in a clay teapot he made himself.
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Gostinka
Strong purchased tea for a hot day.
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Kamenka
Thunder tea and everyday tea with butter and salt.
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Kirpich
Brick tea with milk and salt.
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Koltso
Tea roasted in a small clay pot.
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Korchaga
Lianghe Huilong tea; leaves withering on a tray and a tea jug beside the hearth at home.
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Koreshok
Shiqian tea with ginger; a personal tea garden and a small leaf harvest.
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Koritsa
Spiced tea of southern Xinjiang; a teapot with a strainer and a small bowl.
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Kositsa
Growing and preparing De'ang sour tea; bamboo containers.
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Kotelok
A local schisandra infusion and imported tea; the cooking pot is a fantasy motif.
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Kovshik
Süütei tsai, salted milk tea made from compressed tea; a wooden ladle and bowl.
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Krupka
Ground tea with grain; a mortar and pestle.
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Kryshka
Jasmine tea in a gaiwan with the lid slightly open.
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Kubyshka
Tea from a small clay pot.
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Kvasha
Sour tea in bamboo containers; Yunnan tea gardens.
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Maslik
Oil tea: roasted leaves, pounding in a pot, and rice and peanuts added when serving.
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Mutovka
Tea with butter and salt, churned with a wooden churn; a small wooden bowl.
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Myatka
Fresh crushed tea leaves with seasonings in a bamboo trough — food, rather than an ordinary hot infusion.
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Navarka
Brick tea for travelling and homemade boiled aocha.
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Nedokip
Boiled milk tea, using tea fragments from a compressed slab.
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Nochyovka
Shuiman large-leaf tea from Hainan; picking in forest gardens, bamboo water and tea.
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Penka
Three cups in sequence: bitter, sweet and one with a lingering aftertaste.
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Perevalka
A tea carrier; transferring tea cargo on the riverbank.
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Plashka
Bitter tea and roasting leaves on a flat surface.
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Plotik
A tea cargo carrier; a lidded tea bowl at home.
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Prikuska
Samovar tea with cherry jam.
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Pushinka
Grows Duyun Maojian; a downy bud, picking and sorting.
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Razvozka
Tea trading; brick tea and weighing weights; samovar tea at home.
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Sduvka
Tea with butter and toasted barley flour.
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Sitko
Chongcha: a tea drink made from sifted dark granules.
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Smolka
Local tea with lacquer-tree oil, a wooden cylinder and pestle.
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Solinka
Brick tea purchased while travelling.
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Solonka
Tea, salt and butter prepared in a bamboo cylinder.
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Stupenka
Longji tea, grown on terraces.
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Sushka
Nannuoshan large-leaf tea, boiled in a clay pot.
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Tolkusha
Leicha: a ground tea mixture with sesame, peanuts and grains; a clay mortar and wooden pestle.
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Tsibik
Tea from a maritime shipment and a simple cup at home.
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Tumanka
Contemporary Medog tea: a shoot and two leaves; a clear tea infusion in a wooden bowl at home.
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Vitka
Jingning, Huiming tea; the original scene shows leaves withering on a bamboo sieve, while the home scene features pale tea.
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Vosmyorka
Ningxia and the Northwest: Eight Treasures tea in a gaiwan comprising a bowl, lid and saucer.
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Vyuchok
Caravan trading in compressed tea; a bowl of tea at home.
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Vyuk
The Tea Horse Road; a small tuocha with a blind recess in a rope sling, and a cup of strong tea at home.
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Yachmenka
Boricha — an infusion of roasted barley.
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Yamka
A travelling tea story; milk tea with toasted grain at home.
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Zapivka
Morning milk tea with a slice of Xibe flatbread.
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Zharok
Kaocha — roasting tea leaves in a small clay pot.
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Cities and workshops
Canal Post Keeper
Dongting Biluochun from Suzhou
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Coastal Tea Bag Keeper
Purchased Sijichun
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Courtyard Team Coach
Purchased Yingde hongcha
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Decorative Label Cutter
Purchased loose-leaf Shou Mei
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Dockside Sign Installer
Purchased Fenghuang Dancong: long dry leaves
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Evening Light Technician
Dianhong gongfu from Yunnan
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Fragrant Sample Sorter
Fuzhou jasmine tea with a green tea base
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Guangfu Tea Story Collector
Purchased Liubao from Wuzhou: a tea gift and a personal label collection
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Hakka Evening Trail Maker
Purchased Liubao
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Hakka Family Reading Room Attendant
Purchased Dongfang Meiren
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Home Wrapping Mentor
Purchased Zhangping Shuixian: small square tea bricks in paper
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Jasmine Stalwart · Beijing
Favourite jasmine tea
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Keeper of Boxes and Sound
Purchased Qimen hongcha (祁门红茶)
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Keeper of Courtyard Warmth
Qimen hongcha, purchased black tea
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Keeper of the Midday Workshop
Purchased Fenghuang Shuixian
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Keeper of the Tea Spiral · Suzhou
Green tea
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Liangmao Maker of Gankeng
Personally purchased Dianhong
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Master of Unhurried Pauses · Chengdu
Tea in a gaiwan
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Meizhou Family Album Maker
Purchased Yingde hongcha from Yingde, Guangdong
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Morning Shop Packer
Jingyang fuzhuan, a purchased tea brick
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Morning Tea Regular · Guangzhou
Tea for a gathering
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Mountain Parcel Packer
Purchased Jian'ou Shuixian: large green-brown dry oolong leaves
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Neighbourhood Flask Repairer
Personally purchased tea labelled Jin Jun Mei
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Neighbourhood Story Editor
01: a ready-made jasmine tea drink; 02: purchased Lushan Yunwu
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Oolong Perfectionist · Chaozhou
Oolong tea
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Paper Pattern Collector
Purchased Longjing
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Paper Wrapper Keeper
Purchased Huangshan Maofeng
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Pinghua Family Words Archivist
Purchased Hengzhou jasmine tea
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Quiet Courtyard Sound Recordist
Contemporary milk tea with a black tea base
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Rainy-Route Planner
Longjing purchased in Hangzhou
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Reading Room Host after Closing
Hong Yu No. 18
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Sea-Breeze Cycle Courier
Laoshan green tea
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Shanghai Tea Urbanite
Bubble tea on a city walk and brewed tea at home
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Soft-Knock Repairer
Purchased black tea from Yingde
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Stairway Courier
Yongchuan Xiuya, a Chongqing green tea
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Sze Yup Family Letter Collector
Xinhui ganpu: a mandarin shell from Xinhui, filled with pu-erh from Yunnan
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Tea Atlas Editor
A purchased sample of Rougui
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Tea Balcony Gardener
Purchased Anxi Tieguanyin
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Tea Caddy Clasp Maker
Purchased Fenghuang Dancong
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Tea Coaster Maker
Anxi Tieguanyin, a personal sample of the qingxiang style
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Tea Invitation Printer
Fuzhou jasmine tea
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Tea Journal Bookbinder
Xinyang Maojian from Henan
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Tea Sea Breeze · Haikou
Iced lemon tea for a walk; unbranded tea at home
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Travel Fastening Repairer
Purchased Wuyishan Shuixian, a roasted oolong
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Travel Postcard Collector
Personally purchased Anxi Tieguanyin
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Travel Tea Bundle Maker
Zhangping Shuixian
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Travelling Teaware Repairer
Purchased Fenghuang Dancong
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Tuhua Household Names Collector
A purchased brick of Anhua heicha
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Wuyi Route Keeper
A personal blend of purchased ripe pu-erh and strips of Xinhui chenpi
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Ailan Listener
Purchased Dongding oolong from Lugu
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Coastal Path Maker
Luye red oolong
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Cool Courtyard Gardener
Purchased Dongding oolong from Lugu
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Evening Club Sound Recordist
Purchased Sanxia Biluochun green tea
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Evening Gathering Organiser
Luye red oolong
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Everyday Fastener Maker
Purchased Dongding oolong from Lugu
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Fabric Sample Keeper
Purchased Wenshan Baozhong from Pinglin
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Host of the New Reading Room
Dongfang Meiren / Oriental Beauty from Beipu
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Jiaruipu Cool Tea Keeper
Cold purchased Hong Yu No. 18 from Yuchi
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Keeper of Family Captions
Muzha Tieguanyin: cold tea and homemade tea ice cream
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Keeper of Pipacheng’s Memory
Purchased Yuchi Assam black tea
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Keeper of Two Addresses
Purchased Wenshan Baozhong from Pinglin
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Lakeside Notebook Keeper
Purchased Hong Yu No. 18 from Yuchi
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Lancheng Album Collector
Qi Yun, Taiwan Tea No. 23: purchased black tea and homemade tea jelly
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Lanyu Tea Neighbour
Luye red oolong
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Neighbour from Shalu
Cold Biluochun green tea from Sanxia
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Neighbourhood Calendar Maker
Black tea made from Taiwanese mountain tea in Liugui; a homemade tea egg
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Niumian Card Maker
Purchased Wenshan Baozhong from Pinglin
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Quiet Clothes Mender
Shanlinxi oolong
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Repair Workshop Host
Purchased Dongfang Meiren from Emei, Hsinchu
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River Memory Guide
Black milk tea with tapioca pearls: a purchased drink on a walk and a personal homemade version
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Short Hike Maker
Mi Xiang Hong Cha — honey-scented black tea from Wuhe, Ruisui
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Sunlight Xiaolin Post Carrier
Contemporary sparkling Baozhong: tea from Pinglin plus carbonated water
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Tea Trail Caretaker
Purchased high-mountain oolong from Leye / Alishan
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Travel Packaging Maker
Alishan Jin Xuan, cultivar No. 12
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Xingang Weaver
Purchased Dongfang Meiren from Miaoli
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Friends and collaborations
Arti
Ripe and raw pu-erh and Dianhong from the Art of Tea catalogue
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