My second beverage is tea (first being water, espresso as third, Pocari Sweat and 王老吉 as other new favorites).

For as long as I can remember, tea has always been a pretty serious thing. My father is quite the tea connoisseur so Lipton is only for tea eggs. Above: white tea from south China.

I have a little tea space by the window set up in my bedroom….

My “Categories” on this thing busted since my upgrade to Wordpress 2.x. I am a little bummed but I don’t really want to take the time to fix it. That’s ok. Let there be new categories.

Going back in time, probably in September, a month after I lost the categories… this is Simon T. standing in front of the uber hip Green T. House in Cuigezhuang, close to Caochangdi art area. This place is so hip that you are not even allowed to take pictures inside or outside. I managed to sneak in a few shots on the way out… This place kind of reminds me of a Zhang Yimou movie X teak furniture from West Elm. Go here to enjoy a small pot of overpriced tea at one of their uber hip tables or just borrow their uber hip bathroom.