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	<description>Sharing a passion for Chinese tea with Singaporeans and the world at large</description>
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		<title>Not Following My Own Advice</title>
		<link>http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/not-following-my-own-advice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Us know-it-all types often dispense advice liberally. I wrote more than 200 hundred articles on my company tea blog giving all sorts of information related to brewing tea, tea appreciation and the like. Sometimes though, I ignore my own advice &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/not-following-my-own-advice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=385&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drinking Tea Outside</title>
		<link>http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/drinking-tea-outside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things my friends don&#8217;t understand about me is why I usually don&#8217;t order tea when I&#8217;m outside. Even if I&#8217;m meeting to talk about tea. If we&#8217;re meeting for dinner, even if I&#8217;m in a Chinese restaurant, &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/drinking-tea-outside/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=381&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why there is so much misinformation about tea and what you can do about it</title>
		<link>http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/why-there-is-so-much-misinformation-about-tea-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a beverage, tea probably has no equal in terms of depth and scope of knowledge. In fact many would argue that tea is not just a beverage but a way of life. One of my favorite Chinese quotes on &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/why-there-is-so-much-misinformation-about-tea-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=374&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Random Musings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I have blogs with more specific themes, this blog is becoming an avenue for me to pen some random musings down- you know more like most blogs. In recent months, I am quite quiet on all tea forums &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/random-musings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=371&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yet another Tea Blog</title>
		<link>http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/yet-another-tea-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What? Yet another tea blog? I have this tea blog, blog on our company site now I just started yet another tea blog. What&#8217;s with all these blogs? Well, thematically it differs. On our corporate blog it is generally more informative. Stuff &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/yet-another-tea-blog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=367&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on Starbucks acquisition of Teavana</title>
		<link>http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/musings-on-starbucks-acquisition-of-teavana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing I did when I woke this morning was to reach for my phone and within a few clicks- metaphorically speaking, who doesn&#8217;t use a touchscreen-I was at Twitter. No kidding? Starbucks acquired Teavana for $620 million?? For &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/musings-on-starbucks-acquisition-of-teavana/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=363&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on Tea &amp; Health Benefits</title>
		<link>http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/musings-on-tea-health-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my fundamental stand is that I sell tea not health benefits. Of course I believe there are health implications to drinking tea- both good and bad- and that I am bothered by the health implications of them doesn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/musings-on-tea-health-benefits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=360&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tieguanyin and me</title>
		<link>http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/tieguanyin-and-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a confession: for many years I detested Tieguanyin. For me it epitomized all that I disliked about Chinese tea (as a complete novice to tea)- it was bitter, astringent (at least those that I had tasted which admittedly were &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/tieguanyin-and-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=357&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Allure of Green Tea</title>
		<link>http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/the-allure-of-green-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 06:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green tea has gotten quite a bit of a bum rap; ironically it can be traced at least in part to the perception of green tea being a ‘healthy drink’. Many vendors seizing our proclivity to embrace health claims- hey &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/the-allure-of-green-tea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=354&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On names and translations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Translation is tough work, as someone who has translated from Mandarin to English and English to Mandarin for both work and personal purposes, I can attest as much. As any assiduous student of a translated text- from Sun Zi&#8217;s Art &#8230; <a href="http://peonyts.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/on-names-and-translations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peonyts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=30675692&#038;post=349&#038;subd=peonyts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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