Teaware The Chefman 1.8-Liter Digital Electric Kettle 31 Dec 2021 About as far from the advertised "perfect beverage" as one could get Chefman water kettle sitting on a very dirty countertop Today I’ll be reviewing the Chefman 1.8-Liter Digital Electric…
Bubble Tea… Excursion: The State of Toronto’s Downtown Core Boba in 4756 4 Aug 2019 When I was a child I was subjected to a number of travelogue photo slideshows courtesy of my mother's best friend. Although mind numbing, I do credit a lot…
Fashion… Tea Excursion: Toronto, 2019 19 May 201920 May 2019 If you're at all familiar with Asian cultures, you've no doubt encountered "the culture of cute". I like to think the culture of cute originated with Hello Kitty and shoujo…
A2 Local… Tea Excursion: CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice Ann Arbor 28 Apr 2019 I'm not sure I ought to be tagging this blog entry as "Tea Excursion" since this place is a three minute car ride away from my house. The big…
93%… Organic U•Matcha Single Sips ~ Republic of Tea 14 Apr 201914 Apr 2019 From the company that brought us such showstopping innovations as “Lady Cora’s Evening Tea”, “White Chocolate Peppermint tea” and the unforgettable “Hi Caf Caramel Black tea”, comes what might very…
94%… Hawaii Premium Green ~ Arbor Teas 27 Aug 201727 Aug 2017 Although I've personally never been, I have it on good authority that Hawaii is utterly badass. Their tea is no exception. Though quite the untried youth of the tea…
92%… Glen Lochey ~ Simpson & Vail 18 Aug 201718 Aug 2017 Margaret's Hope... Where have I heard that name before? I’ve rarely seen a liquor as beautiful as Simpson and Vail’s Glen Lochey: a brilliant whiskey-touched Arizona sunset that really just…
95%… Kagoshima Kamairicha ~ Kilogram Tea 7 Aug 2017 Somehow it's been an entire year since I went on my various tea buying excursions in LA. I really dislike how fast time passes as an adult... but that's…
93%… Decaf Ginger Lemon ~ Numi 3 Aug 2017 So having seen the title of this blog post, there's a good chance you're up in arms and exasperatedly questioning, "Jocilyn! Didn't you just review Numi back in September?…
China… Tea Lit Review: World Atlas of Tea 29 Jul 2017 Diverting? Among other things, Krisi Smith's World Atlas of Tea: From the Leaf to the Cup, the World's Teas Explored and Enjoyed is definitely a fun and easy introduction to…
DavidsTea… Main Squeeze ~ DavidsTea 18 Jun 201718 Jun 2017 Leave it to DavidsTea to screw up Iced Tea. In every review to date, DavidsTea has consistently been one of the worst vendors I've ever encountered (completely in contrast…
94%… A Tale of Three Houjichas 10 Jun 201710 Jun 2017 In honor of #NationalIcedTeaDay I thought I would make a post dedicated to the topic. A few years ago I spent an entire Summer/Fall reviewing Iced teas for this…
93%… Charleston Breakfast ~ Charleston Tea Plantation 4 Jun 2017 Given our current political clim..hurricane I thought it would be highly appropriate to review a proudly All-American grown, manufactured and distributed tea. For years I have considered myself an…
Adagio… Vanilla Rooibos ~ Adagio 2 Jun 2017 Reviewing products from twenty-eight different tea vendors has become a bit unweildly. Fortunately (for me) one of them, TranquiliTea in Plymouth, recently closed up shop when the owner decided to…
94%… Antu Valley SFTGFOP (M) ~ Chado Tea Room 29 May 201729 May 2017 After China and Japan, my third first teas come from Nepal. Owing to their home on the high elevation Himalayas, they're really quite phenomenal and unique. But in the…
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