Green… Shincha – First Harvest ~ Itoen 26 Aug 201420 Dec 2015 I actually believe this is the eighth iteration of my blog (Happiness Buh-rometers I-VII are archived and hopefully I'll never need to look at them again). I've tried seven other…
A2 Local… Noodles & Company ~ China Mist 25 Aug 201420 Dec 2015 I made some awesome (to me) discoveries this weekend I wanted to share on the tea front. It looks like for their premier market stores (the three in Michigan: Stadium…
Anhui (安徽)… Sparrow’s Tongue ~ Goldfish 20 Aug 201420 Dec 2015 Now that our weather feels a lot more like Autumn (though it's still August) I thought it'd be the most auspicious time to switch gears and return to loose leaf…
Kombucha… Pure Doctor ~ Live Soda Kombucha 18 Aug 201420 Dec 2015 I imagine some of you are probably wondering when I'm going to get off this kombucha binge and return to reviewing loose leaf tea. The answer is... SOOON! But not…
A2 Local… The Battle of the Root Beer flavored Kombucha 15 Aug 201430 Jan 2016 Yup, the title says it all. Today I'm drinking two different kombucha teas that were intentionally made to resemble root beer (and don't). Live Soda Kombucha is one of the more…
Green… green + white ~ Itoen 13 Aug 201420 Dec 2015 Nope, i'm not returning to my days as a Spartan. Rather today's post is courtesy of Teas' Tea (a subsidiary of Itoen) Unsweetened green + white bottled iced tea. I've…
A2 Local… Elderberry Hibiscus Kombucha ~ High Country 12 Aug 201420 Dec 2015 Unfortunately I haven't had much to report lately as i haven't, well: A. been myself; and B. had funds for finding new tea. But this week I encountered a few…
A2 Local… Tai Ping Hou Kui ~ TeaVana 29 Jul 201430 Jan 2016 Something about today feels restorative and auspicious (it feels like Autumn ;), so I thought I'd indulge in one of my 11 remaining TeaVana Forbidden Kingdom set teas (I gave…
Argo… Açaí Squeeze ~ Argo 28 Jul 201420 Dec 2015 In terms of my own collection, this is the first year I've decided to rate iced teas and consider them as a unique category unto themselves. In terms of the…
A2 Local… Bushman’s Skinny Tea ~ Spice Merchants 27 Jul 201420 Dec 2015 When i started into tea as a hobby, i'd never heard of Rooibos, let alone had any idea how to pronounce it (I've since heard it said four different ways).…
A2 Local… Strawberry Rhubarb ~ Unity Vibration 19 Jul 201420 Dec 2015 Those of you who are beer-lovers residing in the Midwest may have heard of Unity Vibration. They make some great kombucha beer, if you can handle it. But of course…
A2 Local… Thai Tea w/ Coconut ~ Bubble Island 17 Jul 201420 Dec 2015 The frustrating thing about Bubble tea, is that there's simply far and away too many flavors and combinations to choose from. It can almost be whatever you imagine, which on…
A2 Local… Transporting Organic Green with Coconut ~ Harney & Sons 14 Jul 201430 Jan 2016 Since it's summer, and A2 Art Fair to boot (...dies), I thought I'd continue with the recent trend of reviewing iced teas. This time I was highly skeptical before I…
iced tea… Brisk – A Tea for Time Capsules 8 Jul 201420 Dec 2015 I hesitate to even call Brisk tea, but for some reason it was calling to me this morning. Maybe I just wanted to watch our new cute Rube Goldberg-like vending…
Black… Excursion: Goldfish – on the cheap 6 Jul 201420 Dec 2015 The oxymoron in the title of this post notwithstanding, I did have a terrific early morning adventure to Royal Oak's Goldfish Tea on Saturday. I'd been to Goldfish once before…