Marcus's Tea Blog

My mother would always talk about her childhood trips of hiking in the mountains with her family in China. There were two things that were customary. The first is they would always fight the entire time. She does have a large family, and anytime you put that many Chinese people…

An obvious sign of a really good vanilla ice cream is the use of real vanilla beans. A lot of times you can even see the specs of black in the ice cream itself. If you have ever tasted a real version of vanilla ice cream you know it blows…

Peter Bretter: Hey are you Chuck? Surfing Instructor: Man they won’t change that stupid flyer, Chuck’s my mainland name, my Hawaiian name’s Kunu Peter Bretter: Oh sorrySurfing Instructor: It’s cool, it’s all goodPeter Bretter: So does Kunu have some cool Hawaiian meaning?Surfing Instructor: It means Chuck Much like Chuck in…

www.flickr.com/photos/nadiapriestley/304929880/ OK. There is no way around this. This tea has a “gross” name. While the proper name for it is “Bi Lo Chun,” the Western name for this tea is “Green Snail Tea.” They should have just called it “Weird Chinese Gross Tea.” While I am thinking it makes…

“Martini… Shaken, not stirred” There may not be a more famous line from any movie than that James Bond Classic. It is so famous, that there have been spinoffs to the classic martini due to their popularity. Now you can order a Dirty Martini, French Martini or even a Tea-Tini….

photo:www.flickr.com/photos/brtsergio/63684748/ My early life was pretty simple. From age 5 to 9 all I cared about was “playing.” It didn’t matter what I did as long as I was entertained, which was pretty easy at that time. Then came what my mother calls “the age of obsession.” This lasted from…