Black… Caramel Black ~ Republic of Tea 7 Nov 201420 Dec 2015 As much as I love caramel, i don't think i've ever really had something i'd use as a rubric from which to measure all other caramels against (an Ultimate Caramel…
A2 Local… SoHo ~ Harney & Sons 22 Oct 201420 Dec 2015 For one reason or another, Harney & Sons is probably the most popular loose leaf vendor in the Ann Arbor area. I don't have any real beef with Harney &…
A2 Local… Ntingwe Kwazulu ~ Taylors of Harrogate 10 Oct 201420 Dec 2015 Although I don't yet have a lot of experience with it, the few Taylors of Harrogate teas that I've tried have all been pretty magical. About as traditionally British high…
Black… Kouchahime Mild 185 ~ Sangaria 28 Aug 201420 Dec 2015 I can't be 100% sure without going back through all my notes but, my best guess is that Sangaria's Kochahime Mild 185 is the worst tea I've ever tasted. I've had…
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…
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…
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…
A2 Local… 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…
Black… Inti Zen continued 22 Jun 201420 Dec 2015 Last week i wrote about Inti Zen's Patagonia Bee, which was a fairly intense honey tea. This week i thought i'd try one or two of the other international teas…
Black… Three Numi Teas 20 Jun 201421 Dec 2015 Today I'm attending the Kids Read Comics unconference, part of the Ann Arbor Book Fest. Someone was nice enough to open a Numi tea sampler for attendees so between panels…
A2 Local… 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…
Black… Candy Cane Lane ~ ChocolaTea 17 Jun 201421 Dec 2015 One super fun tea I discovered when I splurged and bought a couple dozen teas from ChocolaTea was Candy Cane Lane. It's a children's fantasy story wrapped in a tea. …
Black… Patagonia Bee ~ Inti Zen 16 Jun 201421 Dec 2015 Paralleling nicely with my post last week on Kenyan Ajiri Tea, recently I happened upon an 8 tea variety box of Argentinian teas called "Inti Zen" (http://www.intizen.com.ar) by Ines Berton.…
A2 Local… 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…
A2 Local… 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…