70%… Nan Nuo Shan Imperial Reserve ~ TeaVana 3 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 There's seriously nothing I enjoy drinking more than a rare aged Pu-erh. I had been saving (more like intentionally forgotten about) this one for a while since Pu-erh is one…
93%… Gold Screw Jasmine ~ Goldfish 1 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 There is enormous proportion of the Chinese Green tea industry dedicated to scented teas. Of those several hundred varieties, jasmine makes up the greatest percentage by far. Today I'm drinking Goldfish's…
90%… Wuyi Shui Xian ~ ChocolaTea 31 May 201514 Dec 2015 You may have noticed a definite lack of reviews of Oolong teas on this blog. I used to really enjoy Oolongs, Wuyis especially. In fact, Rishi's Wuyi (link is probably dead…
90%… Excursion: Grand Rapids Coffee Roasters & Classic Mao Jian ~ TeaSource 27 May 201514 Dec 2015 A couple weeks ago I was feeling a bit of cabin fever. My adventure gene managed to get the better of me and I decided to head out to Grand…
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…
93%… Kyoto Sencha Rose Festival ~ Eli 25 May 201520 Dec 2015 Green tea is easily the most versatile tea. Many companies make combinations with Black thinking that contrasting the bitter flavor of the Black against an Herb or Fruit will yield…
Classes and Tisanes… Mojito Marmalade ~ Tea forté 24 May 201520 Dec 2015 Now that I've dumped the contents of the Tea forté Herbal Retreat Organic Relaxation sampler box into one of my Tupperware storage boxes, opening the lid results in an explosive floral assault...…
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…
China… Excursion: Thai Food, Korean Yip-Cha & Dragonwell White ~ Goldfish 13 May 201520 Dec 2015 Two weeks back (I've been a little too depressed to write much at the moment) I finally made it out to Goldfish for the first time this year... and I had…
93%… Yellow Mountain Mao Feng (or, What’s in a Tea Name…) ~ Goldfish 12 May 201520 Dec 2015 Calling a tea a 'Yellow Mountain Mao Feng' is a fairly noncommittal method of naming. There are approximately 10,000 individual Chinese Green teas (out of almost 20,000 total kinds of tea).…
85%… Silver Yin Zhen Pearls ~ TeaVana 29 Apr 201530 Jan 2016 I've been keeping my eyes peeled for the past couple of years for any sight of the handful of Yellow teas in the West. So far, nothing. I'm thinking it's…
Herbal… Soba Cha Deep Roast ~ Steepster & Tea Cataloging 27 Apr 201520 Dec 2015 I didn't do a full tea-purge this weekend, but I kind of feel like i did. Ever since I moved out of my apartment at the end of 2013, I've…
Herbal… Lady Cora’s Evening Tea ~ Republic of Tea 24 Apr 201520 Dec 2015 I laughed out loud when I first heard that Masterpiece Classics and Carnival films were teaming up with a tea company to offer a few Downton Abbey-themed teas. "Limited Edition.…
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…
A2 Local… Excursion: Tea Forté & Blueberry Merlot 21 Apr 201520 Dec 2015 On Saturday I had the pleasure to meet a representative from Tea Forté for a demonstration tasting they were doing at Plum Market here in Ann Arbor. I was pretty excited…
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