David Lee Hoffman, die hard tea aficionado, ecologist, and evangelist. Yes there is a film by Les Blank called 'All in this Tea' screening right now in the Bay Area about David. Check out http://www.allinthistea.com/
David came to Teance for the first time since we opened on Fourth St. I was happy to see that he approved, although quite shocked at the used tea leaves piled up in the wash sink, he promptly asked, 'Do you want some earth worms for that?'
Is there such as word as tea eccentrist? That would be how I would describe him. In the many years David was purveyor of Silk Road Teas, there was little thought of how the public might perceive the kind of tea David cares about. He couldn't care less. Why should it stop anyone from drinking compressed caked Pu-Erh that requires an ice pick to excavate, never mind the customer might not even have a tea pot? Or a tea he translated as 'Camel's Breath'? Highly questionable translation, but no matter, I liked that name. If a tea that smells like a dry muddy cave floor recently patronized by bats doesn't turn anyone off, neither should its name. Pu-Erh is one of my favorite teas in the world in my life. Nothing will dissuade me from drinking it, but the public however, might consider 'Passion Fruit Chamomile' to be a little more comforting.
David has not travelled in his quest to find tea now for a while. He said he was retiring, but really, he's building his Pu-Erh fermentation facility in his tree house in Marin, where the Lagunitas beer is also aging. Thus, soon we will have Lagunitas Camel's Breath Pu-Erh Beer for everyone to try at Teance. Die hards only.
David came to Teance for the first time since we opened on Fourth St. I was happy to see that he approved, although quite shocked at the used tea leaves piled up in the wash sink, he promptly asked, 'Do you want some earth worms for that?'
Is there such as word as tea eccentrist? That would be how I would describe him. In the many years David was purveyor of Silk Road Teas, there was little thought of how the public might perceive the kind of tea David cares about. He couldn't care less. Why should it stop anyone from drinking compressed caked Pu-Erh that requires an ice pick to excavate, never mind the customer might not even have a tea pot? Or a tea he translated as 'Camel's Breath'? Highly questionable translation, but no matter, I liked that name. If a tea that smells like a dry muddy cave floor recently patronized by bats doesn't turn anyone off, neither should its name. Pu-Erh is one of my favorite teas in the world in my life. Nothing will dissuade me from drinking it, but the public however, might consider 'Passion Fruit Chamomile' to be a little more comforting.
David has not travelled in his quest to find tea now for a while. He said he was retiring, but really, he's building his Pu-Erh fermentation facility in his tree house in Marin, where the Lagunitas beer is also aging. Thus, soon we will have Lagunitas Camel's Breath Pu-Erh Beer for everyone to try at Teance. Die hards only.
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