The Switch Nobody Dated: How Shaojiu Took China From Huangjiu
For two thousand years the Chinese table ran on fermented yellow wine. Then the still arrived, and a marginal crop called sorghum made the strong stuff cheap enough to win.
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Jade Ice Burn: The Baijiu That Ages With Pork Fat
In Foshan they distill rice spirit, drop a slab of pork fat into the jar and wait. Yuk Bing Siu is 29 percent alcohol, faintly savoury, and the only baijiu in China defined by what floats inside it.
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The first time I saw Longjing leaves hit hot water, I was twenty-three and standing in a tea house on the southern shore of West Lake. The tea master …
阅读全文 →The Moutai Puzzle: Why a Bottle Costs More Than Your Graphics Card
The Chishui River flows through Guizhou province the color of strong tea — red-brown with iron-rich silt, warm even in December. On both banks, for …
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