94%… Accidental Excursion: County Emmet Celtic Shop & Brodie’s Scottish Teatime 22 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 I'd like to briefly apologise for the week long Parting Gifts hiatus I had to take in preparation for my trip to Petoskey last week. As only Providence could have…
94%… Guangxi Special Black ~ The Tea Source 16 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 In digging through my treasure trove of buried teas i came across today's gem. A Tea Source tea that i was able to pick up and promptly forget about at…
Green… Incursion: Hibiki-An 15 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Hibiki-An is the one tea shop I've actually visited in Japan (in Utsunomi?). It's kind of fabulous. I had almost forgotten about its existence until i stumbled across their international…
95%… Pre-Chingming Yin Hao ~ Upton 13 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Today's tea actually broke my rating system. An uber rare early spring-pluck tea that IS still very available/hasn't sold out AND it's been discounted, but that's only sold in 30g…
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…
94%… Nepal Sakhira Estate 1st Flush ~ Simpson & Vail 11 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 It's been a few months since I wrote on the Simpson & Vail Incursion, but as you can see from the reviews I've pulled together so far, their teas haven't…
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…
China… Silver Needle Jasmine ~ Rishi 29 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 There are many reasons why I continue to buy from Rishi. In addition to the fact they sell strong loose leaf teas affordably with great distribution, they also do things…
92%… Wild Black Yunnan ~ DavidsTea 28 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 It's hard for me to resist trying a tea with a name like "Wild Black Yunnan". I know how unlikely it is that DavidsTea's Wild Black Yunnan is actually as…
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…
95%… Rest Assured ~ Light of Day Organics 25 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Today i'm having my very first tea hot tea with hops. I've had kombucha beer before, courtesy of Unity Vibration, but never hops by itself in a tisane. I'm very…
94%… Darjeeling Summer & Tea Mysteries ~ Eli 24 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Frustratingly, i'm of two minds about tea mysteries. One: who doesn't love a good mystery? Two: i'm supposed to be writing as if i really know this stuff, and when…
94%… Hong Cha Java ~ TeaHaus 23 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 I have like A LOT of downtime today and thought i'd stop in to Ann Arbor's own TeaHaus to check out their new teas. One really fun thing I found…
92%… Ceylon BOP ~ Upton 22 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 It's possible all the extra effort i went to in order to review an actual Dimbula Ceylon was fruitless. Today's tea is so awful i can't really imagine anyone drinking…
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