Bubble Tea… Excursion: The State of Toronto’s Downtown Core Boba in 4756 4 Aug 2019 When I was a child I was subjected to a number of travelogue photo slideshows courtesy of my mother's best friend. Although mind numbing, I do credit a lot…
93%… Organic U•Matcha Single Sips ~ Republic of Tea 14 Apr 201914 Apr 2019 From the company that brought us such showstopping innovations as “Lady Cora’s Evening Tea”, “White Chocolate Peppermint tea” and the unforgettable “Hi Caf Caramel Black tea”, comes what might very…
94%… Hawaii Premium Green ~ Arbor Teas 27 Aug 201727 Aug 2017 Although I've personally never been, I have it on good authority that Hawaii is utterly badass. Their tea is no exception. Though quite the untried youth of the tea…
95%… Kagoshima Kamairicha ~ Kilogram Tea 7 Aug 2017 Somehow it's been an entire year since I went on my various tea buying excursions in LA. I really dislike how fast time passes as an adult... but that's…
93%… Decaf Ginger Lemon ~ Numi 3 Aug 2017 So having seen the title of this blog post, there's a good chance you're up in arms and exasperatedly questioning, "Jocilyn! Didn't you just review Numi back in September?…
94%… A Tale of Three Houjichas 10 Jun 201710 Jun 2017 In honor of #NationalIcedTeaDay I thought I would make a post dedicated to the topic. A few years ago I spent an entire Summer/Fall reviewing Iced teas for this…
95%… Konacha Gyokuro Super Premium ~ Hibiki-an 21 May 2017 This season was especially good for Uji teas. Several exemplary varieties of Shincha are currently available, and earlier in the spring Konacha was offered from Hibiki-an for the first…
Green… Thé des Impressionnistes et Thé à l’hibiscus 14 May 201714 May 2017 Today marks the very first time someone else has researched a tea for my blog. I'm always very excited to meet other tea-lovers and encounter new teas and recently I…
95%… Hawaiian Green Reserve ~ Eli Tea 6 May 20177 May 2017 Between having much less down time to devote to writing (committees are going to be the death of me) and having 25+ vendors, each with about four examples worth…
A2 Local… Kokeicha ~ By The Pound 30 Apr 20176 May 2017 This blog post brought to you by Sleep Deprivation. You have been warned. This marks my first visit to By The Pound in their new location! I didn't…
95%… Korea Sejak ~ Arbor Teas 12 Feb 20177 May 2017 No, I'm not showing preferential treatment to Arbor Teas. I needed a Korean tea to review today, and I had two from Arbor and none from anyone else. ^^;; Goldfish…
93%… Matcha Maker ~ Good Earth 5 Feb 20177 May 2017 Happy Chinese New Year to all my non-Gregorian peeps. Sometimes a tisane comes along that's surprisingly good. I'm doubtful today's product falls into that category. Good Earth's Matcha Maker isn't quite…
94%… Chun Mee ~ Arbor Teas 9 Jan 20177 May 2017 Happy 4754 in the Era of Tea! If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out this History of Tea post I made a while back. I'm sick at…
93%… Lin Yun Downy ~ Simpson & Vail 16 Oct 20167 May 2017 Today I'd like to showcase two of my favorite cups (no it isn't as pointless as it sounds). They're both beautiful and have great back stories. The first (the penultimate…
94%… Shincha Tamagawa ~ Kilogram Tea 27 Sep 201627 Sep 2016 After the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdown there were apparently isolated cases where Shizuoka tea from the Honyama region were found to be contaminated with radiation above the legal limit. I…