China… The “Problem” with Pu-erh 27 May 2017 Warning: the following includes a lot of whining. The problem with Pu-erh is that it never goes bad--only gets better with age. Storing/deciding which Pu-erh to keep has become quite…
96%… China Aged Pu-Erh Celestial Tribute ~ Upton Tea Imports 5 Mar 20177 May 2017 This year Russia has been in the news quite a bit for various political activities (amusingly there's even currently a "#FakeRussiaFacts" hashtag trending on Twitter), but of far greater interest…
95%… Basil Mint Pu-erh ~ Numi 26 Sep 201626 Sep 2016 It's been a long while since I reviewed any Numi teas, or for that matter any Pu-erh period the end. Possibly this lapse is due to the chaos and upheaval…
94%… Golden Sail 2003 ~ Goldfish Tea 29 Dec 201530 Jan 2016 I've actually previously reviewed Golden Sail a year and a half ago as part of a Tea Excursion to Goldfish, back before that was actually a feature on this blog.…
95%… Shai Qing Beencha 2003 ~ Goldfish 15 Sep 20155 Mar 2017 In my humble opinion, Beencha (AKA beeng or camel bag tea) is what Goldfish does best. But what the hell is camel bag tea, you're probably asking? Beencha is basically the…
91%… Caramel Pu-erh ~ ChocolaTea 19 Aug 201531 Jan 2016 Surprisingly, I still have a handful of teas from ChocolaTea in Kalamazoo, which i visited over two and a half years ago. That's usually the very last cut-off date for…
A2 Local… Excursion: Light of Day Organics, Buddhism and Irritable Bowel Syndrome 2 Aug 201527 Aug 2016 So this Tea Excursion is actually a follow-up to an earlier blog this summer wherein I decided to randomly drive to Traverse City to investigate a bit of word-of-mouth about Light…
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…
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…
77%… Meng Song Green Tuocha ~ PurePuer 30 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 During my last tea excursion to TranquiliTea, I found this fascinating Chinese Tuocha made from Green rather than Pu-erh tea. Now I know some of you who love to fight…
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… 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…
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… 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…
China… Aged Pu-erh Brick 7 Dec 201420 Dec 2015 In the past I've often written about my love for Pu-erh, especially as realized at Royal Oak's Goldfish tea house. To celebrate my impending move home to the country (yeah,…
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