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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…

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…

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…

Elderflower ~ TeaGschwendner

4 Jul 201420 Dec 2015

Happy Independence Day to all you Americans readers out there. I'm so sorry I didn't have a post for Canada Day. :/ Initially I had wanted to post my trip…

Vata ~ TeaGschwendner

3 Jul 201420 Dec 2015

Somehow, despite having always had the "Ayurvedic" category listed on this blog, I haven't actually reviewed any yet. ^^;; Ayurvedic tea is an ancient Hindu medicine of India. Without delving…

Liu An Gua Pian (Imperial Reserve) ~ TeaVana

27 Jun 201430 Jan 2016

I admit, I feel sad when I see the words "Imperial Reserve" as the suffix to the name of a product that's widely available in retail stores all over the…

Formosa Fancy Ming Xiang ~ TeaGschwendner

26 Jun 201420 Dec 2015

TeaHaus' retails two of TeaGschwendner's finer quality Taiwan Oolongs: Formosa Fancy Ming Xiang ($9.35/50gs) and Formosa Fancy Superior Taifu ($14.60/50gs). I enjoy both of them, but neither are at the…

Temi Sikkim ~ By The Pound

25 Jun 201420 Dec 2015

The Temi tea garden in Ravangla, Sikkim (a Northeastern Indian state) is one of the most revered the world over. As it is so small (440~ acres) I've only ever…

China Yunnan Golden Downy Pekoe ~ TeaGschwendner

18 Jun 201421 Dec 2015

The only tea I've ever had that I know for sure has tobacco among its ingredients, China Yunnan Golden Downy Pekoe is a very fine quality Golden Yunnan. Hand (or…

Thai Bisto of Canton’s Thai Tea

14 Jun 201421 Dec 2015

My nose is stuffed up. Normally such a thing isn't exactly the end of the world. However, when you write a daily tea blog things can get dicey. In a…

Kenyan Black Tea with Lemon ~ Ajiri

13 Jun 201421 Dec 2015

I needed to take the morning off today and run out to Plymouth for something, so I thought I'd stop in at TranquiliTea briefly and check out what's new for…

Hibiscus Tea Soda ~ Songbird Cafe

31 May 201421 Dec 2015

Inspired by Yoshinaga Fumi's Antique Bakery I was thinking how neat it would be if there was a cafe that experimented with tea and blew people away with their concoctions.…

Cascara ~ Comet Coffee

30 May 201421 Dec 2015

Today I'm drinking a tea from my favorite coffee shop (but they still make fabulous tea), Comet Coffee. Comet was coincidentally the only coffee shop open when I came into…

Hao Ya B ~ Harney & Sons

19 May 201430 Jan 2016

Hao Ya is a variety of Keemun black produced in Anhui. It's been a couple years since I sampled something that I knew came from Anhui, so this promises to…

South Korea Seogwang Sencha ~ TeaGschwendner

15 May 201421 Dec 2015

Although I haven't been able to verify this in English or Korean, according to TeaGschwendner, Seogwang-ri (서광) a district in the south of Jeju (Korea's biggest island on the boarder…