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…
91%… Three Green Tea 9 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 Pukka. I've always thought it was a deliriously cute name for a stuffed animal, or a barque cat. Well, today I'm drinking my first ever Pukka tea, and I'm crossing…
A2 Local… Blood Orange Pu-erh 5 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 Rather than an old favorite tea today (which, despite my best efforts, there simply wasn't time to prepare *sigh*), I thought I'd review a long-time favorite tea house. For a…
A2 Local… China Wuyan Jasmine 3 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 To continue our week long 1st birthday celebration by highlighting some of my all-time favorite teas, today I give you China Wuyan Jasmine. China Wuyan Jasmine is produced in Jiangxi Province, which…
A2 Local… Mr. Ollivander’s Magic Potion 1 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 If you've followed by blog closely you may recognize a couple of generalizations I've previously made about tea... "Tea doesn't last forever..." and "Fruit teas aren't worth the cost..." are…
ChocolaTea… Kukicha Extra 26 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 The writing of this post is intentionally flowery and poetic to illustrate a point. Feel free to skip this one if you start feeling impatient. ;) On rare occasions I…
A2 Local… Loose Pu’er 2004 24 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 Among the many reasons why Goldfish is my favorite tea house in Michigan, there's the fact that (to my knowledge) they're unique in the state in actually selling their pu-erh…
Bubble Tea… Homemade Bubble Tea 19 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 I've been kicking around this idea for some time now, but until today I had't quite perfected the recipe. My gift to you: homemade bubble tea: a DIY guide. You…
A2 Local… decaf lotus blossom green 18 Feb 201530 Jan 2016 I thought I'd written my last post on Tazo a while back, but no such luck. The dollar-sign eyed monster continues to grab market share of "people trying to cut…
A2 Local… Last Kombucha Post Ever 16 Feb 201522 Mar 2015 Fair warning: today's post is rather lengthy as I ended up waxing philosophical and then managed to scare the crap out of myself while researching the subject... It should probably…
A2 Local… Smooth Strawberry Dream 13 Feb 201530 Jan 2016 I don't do much in the way of Rooibos reviews, though during the last tea purge a month ago I realized I do buy a great deal of it. So…
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…
A2 Local… British Pudding FrosTea & Red Bean and Sago Taro Balls 6 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 Today I'm suffering from some horrible cluster headaches and I don't really have the mental faculties to compose a real blog, so I'm going to copout and do a simple…
A2 Local… CocoCaramel Sea Salt 4 Feb 201530 Jan 2016 The title of this post sounds enticing, doesn't it? Well, don't judge a blog by its title. CocoCaramel Sea Salt is one of the four teas (and I use the…
A2 Local… Jun Chiyabari Nepal 2 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 Today I'm relaxing at home (against all odds I might add; thank you ye smirking braided snow gods!) after an exhausting weekend on the road. To say that today is…