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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. The Ghost Festival (Zhong Yuan Jie) is a day when Chinese people honor their ancestors, and also a day that prompts reflection on life and death. When I was young, I was afraid to think...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. At the transition from late summer to early autumn, the weather begins to change. The days are still hot, but the evenings carry a hint of coolness. In this transitional season, the body needs to...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. Mid-Autumn under the full moon, the family sits on the rooftop admiring the moon. The table is loaded with mooncakes, fruit, and a pot of white tea. This combination may sound ordinary, but once you...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. Mid-Autumn Festival is mooncake season. But mooncakes have a problem—they are too sweet, too rich. After one or two, you cannot take any more; your whole throat feels cloyed. At this moment, a pot of...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. Mid-Autumn has passed, the mooncakes are finished, but the lingering spirit of the festival has not yet faded. At this time, I brew a pot of Moonlight White to draw a perfect conclusion to the...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. The autumn wind rises, the sky is high and the air is crisp. This season is the most comfortable time of the year—not too hot, not too cold, the air dry and fresh. Drinking a...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. In the dry days of autumn, my lips crack and peel, and my throat feels like it is on fire. Many people would reach for cooling herbal tea, but for me, the best choice is...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. The Chongyang Festival is the day for climbing heights. The ancients wrote, "On the ninth day of the ninth month, I think of my brothers in the east"—climbing high, gazing into the distance, drinking chrysanthemum...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. The Chongyang Festival, also known as the "Seniors' Day," is a Chinese tradition honoring the elderly. The ancients spoke of "Double Ninth"—the number nine echoes the word for "longevity," symbolizing long life. Besides climbing heights...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. Many tea friends ask me, "Lin Shen, why does your tea taste so mellow?" I reply, "It is the tea heart." What is a tea heart? Simply put, it is the state a tea cake...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation. In late autumn, the chill deepens. You need a jacket just to step outside. What I love most at this time is a pot of aged ripe tea—its gentleness is like an embrace, softly holding...
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Cloud tea is like life; life is learning, wisdom is cultivation.Besides eating zongzi and watching dragon boat races, the Dragon Boat Festival also has a tradition stretching back thousands of years: hanging mugwort. When I was a child, my mother would buy a bundle of fresh...
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