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Shelby's Tea House

1977 (and the other years...)

Session on October 17, 2025 with Tara & Oggie; Christelle, Angelina & Carolyn

Hey friends! It was wonderful having met you over tea last night!
Today we'll learn how to introduce yourself, while in Japan

(Tara) "watashiwa tara des"
(Oggie) "watashiwa ogi des"
(Christelle) "watashiwa kuris-teru des"
(Angelina) "watashiwa ange-rina des"
(Carolyn) "watashiwa karo-rin des"

Gungfu tea ceremony in action
(Gungfu tea ceremony in action)

Teas we had (茶)

Here are the wonderful teas we had during our time together. These are links to pages where you can learn more about these teas, and order them from the sources I get them:

Imperial Jin Guan Yin
Category: oolong | Year: 2024 | Temp: 183 | multiple steeps
Notes: floral, vegetal,


Yulan Maocha (Brick)
Category: oolong | Year: 2023 | Temp: 187 | multiple steeps
Notes: floral, smoky, dry mouthfeel,


Spring Snail (Bi Luo Chun)
Category: green | Year: 2024 | Temp: 179 | multiple steeps
Notes: floral, creamy, bitter,


Big Leaf Bamboo
Category: sheng pu'er | Year: 2015 | Temp: 193 | multiple steeps
Notes: hay, grassy, sweet,


Yunnan Wild Grown Jiaogulan
Category: herbal | Year: 2024 | Temp: 183 | multiple steeps
Notes: sweet, vegetal,


Things we talked about (事)

Ana Tijoux - 1977 A cool song on 1977

The playlist (乐)

Enjoy the music we played during the ceremony

Questions? Text me! (文本)