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| There are famous, touristy tea houses in Beijing, but our guide decided a while back they were too pandering and less authentic. So, he took us to the tea purveyor and taster he uses, which definitely felt real, with his indoor stall tucked away in the back of a hive of tea hawkers. |
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| The tea dealer. Note he does not touch our cups with his hands. |
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| You buy the tea in these rounds of compressed hard circles. |
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| You rip off little bits of it to put in your tea ball and steep. |
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| Green tea |
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| Gorgeous Paddy |
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| Brendan as Boom's tea server |
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| Mmmmm...Uncle Brendan, too bitter! |
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| Long love |
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| Let me take a good long look at you, Uncle Brendan, before you leave tomorrow. |
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| You deserve a kiss. |
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| Pu-erh tea, my favorite -- rich flavor that many don't like, or you LOVE |
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| MINE! |
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| Pu-erh rich color |
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| Chrysanthemum tea |
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| The tea flower blooms |
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| Green tea-flavored pumpkin seeds |
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| One of the last snuggles before Brendan and Pappy return to Lalaland. Are they related? |
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| Geez, look at this tea tower for sale! |
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| One of our last conversations, over tea, in Beijing. Bittersweet - We were all sad to part but Pappy and Brendan were getting fried on Beijing by that point. |
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