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Vietnam Yen Bai OP Organic ~ TeaGschwendner

11 Dec 201525 Sep 2016

I'm not sure if you've wondered about this, but i certainly have. Is Black tea ever supposed to be, you know... Black? Short answer: not really. The Chinese actually call…

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No. 8 Mao Feng Shui ~ Steven Smith

10 Dec 201525 Sep 2016

I'd like to sincerely apologise to my regular readers. The past two weeks (the first back to work after my two month medical leave) have been excruciating and i admit…

Excursion: Shinola & Eli Tea (and why there is simply no hope for me)

4 Dec 201530 Jan 2016

Today i managed to discover something really awesome which lead me to inexorably, you guessed it, utterly embarrass myself in my pursuit of tea. I had recently read that Shinola…

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#SmallBizSaturday Focus on By the Pound & Royal Gold

28 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

In my tea travels i encounter a great many small businesses: tea retailers, tea blenders and even a couple tea growers/producers. Yet, when i considered which of these many businesses…

Pineapple Kona Pop ~ TeaVana

25 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

It's been a while since i had a good smoothie, and with the exit of Kerrytown's Smoothie King it will probably be a while longer still. However, what i do…

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Accidental Excursion: County Emmet Celtic Shop & Brodie’s Scottish Teatime

22 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

I'd like to briefly apologise for the week long Parting Gifts hiatus I had to take in preparation for my trip to Petoskey last week. As only Providence could have…

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Korea Woojeon ~ Arbor Teas

12 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

In aroma, flavor and texture this rare Korean Green is all but indistinguishable from any Anhui or Fujian Green. Where it does vary is interestingly in its loose leaf makeup. Check this…

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Japan Bancha ~ TeaGschwendner

7 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

Japan Bancha is a classic Green tea not unlike sencha in many respects. Although Bancha is the same cultivar as sencha, it is harvested after the monsoons (between summer and…

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Bancha ~ Arbor Teas

27 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

Arbor Teas' Bancha is kind of immaculate. Ambrosia-like? If given as tribute, Kitsune would go wild over this one. All right, so maybe those are hyperboles, but it really does…

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Hong Cha Java ~ TeaHaus

23 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

I have like A LOT of downtime today and thought i'd stop in to Ann Arbor's own TeaHaus to check out their new teas. One really fun thing I found…

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Ceylon Dayagama Estate ~ TranquiliTea

21 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

Before i began writing reviews for Ceylon Week, I was sure i had at least one example from all six growing regions. Turns out i'm missing Dimbulla. Here's why: when…

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Ceylon FOP Ratnapura ~ TeaHaus

16 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

Ratnapura is easily one of the most obscure tea producing regions. Located in the South interior of Sri Lanka, bordering its more famous tea producing cousins: Matara to the South,…

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Ceylon OP Nuwara Eliya ~ TeaGschwendner

8 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

After yesterday's less than stellar introduction to "OP" I'd like to offer a counterexample. High grown (over 6,000 feet, the magic number) Nuwara Eliya is one of the foremost tea…

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Organic Nilgiri Korakundah OP ~ By the Pound

7 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

I sometimes forget i have such a diverse and well-curated selection of teas available right here in Ann Arbor in the form of By the Pound. By the Pound helped…

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Hawaii Sweet Roast ~ Arbor Teas

4 Oct 20158 Apr 2017

I held out as long as i could. My excitement for trying more Hawaiian teas has gotten the better of me and i just had to brew Hawaii Sweet Roast…