94%… 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…
92%… 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…
94%… Anji White ~ Goldfish Tea 5 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Anji White, also known as Anji Bai Cha (安吉白茶), is a comparatively rare high grown Chinese Green cultivar. Although called Anji White, Anji Bai Cha is actually a Green (no doubt…
94%… 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…
93%… Blackwood Estate Green Or ~ Simpson & Vail 15 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 If you read my Simpson & Vail Incursion, you may wish to skip the following paragraph as i am repeating myself verbatim. xD Probably the most famous tea Estate in Uva,…
China… Organic Tamayokucha ~ two leaves 6 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 I picked up this tea based solely on the fact that its name is misspelled. Generally speaking, a "raw" Japanese sencha that hasn't undergone the rigorously finishing methods would be…
94%… 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…
85%… Citrus Green ~ Adagio 3 Oct 201531 Jan 2016 I've had Adagio once or twice before, and I'd remembered liking it, so I decided I could justify the cost and picked up a six tea sampler of theirs from TranquiliTea…
China… Organic Green Tea ~ Full Circle + Project 7 2 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 I haven't written any of this week's posts from here in the hospital, but i wanted to push myself to do at least one. Today This week I'm drinking Full…
94%… Nepal Emerald Green Tea Organic 1st Flush ~ Simpson & Vail 1 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 If you know me, you know i'm not capable of lying or spinning long tails. Well, believe it or not I had a dream last night where i met a…
94%… Organic Sencha Fukamushi ~ Upton Tea Imports 27 Sep 201525 Sep 2016 When i first opened Organic Sencha Fukamushi i was floored with how thick this matcha-like-without-being-a-true-powder appeared. When i poured it out onto my digital scale, i quickly exceeded the 2.25 gram…
93%… Green Ceylon OP ~ TeaHaus 16 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 A wet fern grove. That is what the aroma of Green Ceylon OP reminds me of. The spent leaves smell a bit more wet and pulpy. I wish i knew which…
91%… Five Peaks Green Dew ~ Arbor Teas 26 Aug 201531 Jan 2016 I admit it: i had almost forgotten Arbor Teas existed it had been so long since I had sampled anything from them. Sixteen or so ish months ago i reviewed…
92%… Dragonwell (Lung Ching) ~ TeaVana 25 Aug 201531 Jan 2016 The last tea i have from my Forbidden Kingdom gift set (i somehow misplaced Monkey Picked Oolong or tossed it out for some silly reason) is Dragonwell (Lung Ching). Dragonwell has sometimes been…
Green… Anata no Macchairi Ocha ~ Sangaria 24 Aug 201531 Jan 2016 A year or more ago i reviewed some bottled Japanese iced teas (since they're my favorite style of iced tea don'cha'know), and today i'm going to add to that slowly…