90%… Bamboo Temple Yunnan ~ By the Pound 3 Jul 201530 Jan 2016 I'd like to share my Yelp review for By the Pound I wrote back in 2011, when I knew very little about tea beyond my own experiences (actually, even before…
85%… Golden Dragon ~ TeaVana 30 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 Golden Dragon is TeaVana's first ever Yellow tea. Yellow tea has yet to take off in the West, but more specifically it's basically just too rare to import without an…
91%… Heirloom Yunnan Yellow Buds ~ Upton 29 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 Ostensibly my first real foray into the esoteric world of Yellow tea, I was over-the-moon excited to review today's tea (and I have the hugest smile now that I can…
China… Rhubarb Oolong ~ Tea Source 24 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 In truth, I can't drink Oolong, so as with the past Oolong reviews I've done, today's blog will be based on smell, appearance and the most minute of tasting only.…
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…
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…
76%… Cinnamon Orange Spice Green ~ Tea Temptations 15 Apr 201520 Dec 2015 I'm kind of ambivalent when it comes to tisanes. Obviously most people think of them as legit tea and tea shops who know their stuff have a 1/4 of their menu…
86%… Steamed Green Darjeeling ~ Eli Tea 3 Apr 201520 Dec 2015 So it appears the title formatting poll ended in a tie: one vote for the tilde and one vote for the parenthesis. >.> Putting aside the disheartening lack of participation for…
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…
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