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Strainer

Matthew Stedman writes regular articles on business and branding, with a particular interest in the maturation of China’s tea industry.

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Reaching Out to All You Coffee Lovers

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So you drink coffee? Fair enough. You’re not alone. It’s an easy mistake to make. There’s plenty of time to remedy your error. If you’re reading this here in China, you have ample opportunity to switch yourself on to a...
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To Malacca and Back; The Greatest Contribution of the British

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You’re familiar with the rule by now. Do not carry your own liquids allowed into the airport departure lounge.  … except that I was drinking an awesome green tea I’d brought with me from China. And no one was asking...
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Sipping Not Gorging; For a Chocolate-Shaped Cavity

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If there’s one food that’s emblematic of everyday indulgence, that’s chocolate. Delicious for most of us yet inextricably connected with fat, sugar (and caffeine, if you’re worried about that).  When my 4-year old daughter went for her second tooth-filling last month,...
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Leaky Logic; How Britain Tried to Ruin the Teapot

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The tea was oolong, with just a hint of Formosa-perfume-tanginess. Or was it a hint of detergent? Anyway, this was a nice restaurant, too nice for pouring spilt water onto the floor.  This was a rare lunch with my teenage...
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Harmless Scum; the DVD on the Tea

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Tea is supposed to be zero calories. So what is this shiny slick on the surface of yesterday’s drink? It’s like the blue-brown façades of blocks in China’s fourth tier. It’s like a rolled scarab carapace. It’s like the squeezed...
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Free Americano; For 7 Days of Hard Labour

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I would normally have said no. But I was all out of tea that day. Actually, I welcomed that big cup of coffee after another poor night’s sleep. The drink was ice cold, mercifully unsweetened and wrapped in the green...
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Safe Drinking Water? Developing Tea is the Best Kind of Tea

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Among the anecdotal indicators of a country’s being developing or developed is the availability of drinkable tap water.  A developing nation which has laid down the world’s most extensive railway network can add safe water pipes to that in record...
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Teapot D’Azur; Feeling Zen with Cannes Here, Monaco there

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Let me state that The Nanjinger has not paid for me to be here. Nanjing is far too far away and the expenses for such a glamorous patch could easily spiral beyond control. I write from Juan Les Pines...
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