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Calkins! :O chiongzibide, zhenlijiang, I'm talking about those little flasks which have an inbuilt tea-strainer. Some of them are insulated, the... Read more
I like 大红袍 too. It is a kind of oolong tea. The name literally means 'big red robe'. Teas have the most mesmerizing and beguiling names, no? Read more
Here is a question about the grammar of 给 when used as preposition. In 我推荐一些地方给你吧 the prepositional clause 给你 comes after the verb+object 推荐一些地方... Read more
Bill, be careful with the term "tea bag", especially if it's touching your cups ;-) Read more
如果让我选我最喜欢的城市，当然我会选杭州，但是在这个课里只有上海，成都， 北京。这三个里面上海最接近我的家乡，因为在上海还有很多欧洲风格的建筑（我在东欧住了十二年）和很相似的气氛。我在上海最喜欢城市老的部分，同时我喜欢看石库门：）） 上海也是一个特别的城市，不管那个时代，人很多，而且这些人来从各种各... Read more
rjberki, Drinking "loose leaf tea" has always been popular here in the SF Bay Area. There are tea shops and "Salons de thé" nearly everywher... Read more
Hey! I see Ken's name as host in this podcast while in all the past Intermediates, John was mentioned. In the spirit of vowed transparency,... Read more
janmusi, you could say: 今天我买单。 jīntiān wǒ mǎidān。 Today I'll pay the bill. Check out this lesson: Going Dutch Read more
Hi Pete I'm going to have to go ahead and sort of disagree with you on that one. Go ahead Pete, I enjoy hearing all your rebuttals! You're a b... Read more
What economy of expression in the poem! This must be a feature of Chinese poetry? I want to learn more! Are the poems meant to be re... Read more