{"id":31,"date":"2009-12-21T14:12:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T21:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2018-10-18T01:51:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T01:51:23","slug":"about-brent-swisher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/archive\/teageek\/\/about-brent-swisher\/","title":{"rendered":"About Tea Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cTea is an act complete in its simplicity. When I drink tea, there is only me and the tea. The rest of the world dissolves. There are no worries about the future. No dwelling on past mistakes.\u201d<\/p>-Thich Nhat Hanh<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Tea has been a part of my life for a long time. It started in college as a healthier way to get my required caffeine. Coffee tasted terrible to me, so I tried drinking\u00a0tea. I remember making my first Lipton green tea bag at my apartment and thinking, well, this isn\u2019t going to work either. Later that week, a tech podcast I listened to had a loose-leaf tea company as one of their advertisers so I gave that a try and discovered how wide the world of tea was. Earl Grey, Ceylon, Assam, Oolong, there was always more tea to try. In 2009, I started this blog to keep track of what I had tried, what I liked, and help others find some good tea along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been a while since then. Around 2012, I fell away from blogging here, but not drinking tea mind you! I\u2019ve continued to drink more and varied teas as time has passed; I even got one of my friends who mocked my “dirt-water” drinking several cups a day. Now, I\u2019ve decided it\u2019s time to start sharing again. Sharing teas I have liked, fun tea shops to visit, and some of the other interesting things I have learned along the way. Ideally, I can help someone else start to enjoy tea as much as I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your interested in what I\u2019ve been up to lately when I\u2019m not drinking tea, you can follow along at brentswisher.com<\/a>. If you want to chat you can reach me on\u00a0twitter<\/a>\u00a0or good old fashion email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Brent Swisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Header Photo Credit:\u00a0Nashad Abdu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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