87%… Nepalese Golden Tips ~ Goldfish Tea 10 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 I don't know the exactly location within Nepal where this specific tea was raised, so I'll be comparing it to a known tea, the finest quality Everest Hand-Rolled Tip from…
87%… Tower of London Blend ~ Harney & Sons 26 May 201530 Jan 2016 I haven't reviewed any Harney & Sons teas in a while, and it's not for lack of interest. Harney offers some really exceptional tea experiences and can be acquired almost…
87%… Maple Harvest Black ~ TranquiliTea 19 May 201530 Jan 2016 As far as I'm aware I've never before encountered a tea that tried to simulate a maple flavor before... until now. Maple Harvest Black by TranquiliTea is a relatively smokey Ceylon. In…
92%… Hawaiian Black Cliff ~ Eli Tea 22 Apr 20158 Apr 2017 The last time I stopped in to Eli Tea I had the pleasure of meeting and discussing tea with the owner, Elias Majid. He's extremely knowledgable, having come to tea…
88%… Earl Grey ~ Eli & Tetsubin Rust 13 Apr 201520 Dec 2015 I haven't been brewing with my tetsubin (if you aren't familiar with cast iron tea pots check out this previous post before reading today's) in a while and when i went to…
95%… Bourbon Black Blend ~ Elmwood Inn 24 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 One of the crazy fun things I unearthed this last weekend at TranquiliTea is the one of a kind Elmwood Inn Fine Tea's Bourbon Black Blend tea. Combining Kentucky's charred-oak…
Black… Excursion: Eli Tea & Nilgiri Glendale 22 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 Yesterday morning before dawn my screwball "misadventure" gene rage activated for whatever reason. I started searching every town I knew how to get into and out of in Michigan (and…
88%… India Breakfast ~ Tulsi 19 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 Today's post is the first of the week, coming on a Thursday, and it was actually supposed to have been one of last week's theme blogs... *dies* Suffice it to…
Black… Organic Darjeeling 11 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 I may have told some of you I'd planned to take a road trip last weekend to Chicago and hunt for a special tea house to review for my blog's…
A2 Local… Dark Heart ~ TranquiliTea 11 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 I've written in the past about how Pu-erh is traditionally sold in tuo-cha, or bird's nest shaped tea cakes. Well today, I'm trying one that's just perfect for February and…
Black… Decaf Earl Grey 16 Jan 201520 Dec 2015 Since it's hot tea season, I wanted to have at least one post that was dedicated to what most people probably think of as regular "hot tea". Naturally, since practically…
91%… China Keemun Finest Chuen Cha ~ TeaGschwendner 18 Dec 201420 Dec 2015 During my impromptu tea excursion celebration thingy last weekend, I managed to snag a few notables from TeaHaus. It helps that I always get caught up in conversations about tea…
A2 Local… Mystic Black & Calm 13 Dec 201420 Dec 2015 Writing a second blog for the night! For my last I stop I decided to swing by the Crazy Wisdom Tea Room (and I use the word liberally). For some…
Black… Plantation Peach 20 Nov 201420 Dec 2015 This week I stumbled across a new vendor that I'm excited to be sampling today. For possibly the first time ever, today's tea is entirely grown, produced and marketed from…
A2 Local… Chocolate Mint ~ Harney & Sons 10 Nov 201430 Jan 2016 This post is probably going to be either brief or late in coming or both. I'm a bit more busy this morning than I thought I'd be. Harney & Sons,…