95%… Bourbon Black Blend ~ Elmwood Inn 24 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 One of the crazy fun things I unearthed this last weekend at TranquiliTea is the one of a kind Elmwood Inn Fine Tea's Bourbon Black Blend tea. Combining Kentucky's charred-oak…
92%… Green Jasmine ~ Whittard 20 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 On Monday I attended a house warming party/mahjong meetup for a friend in my nerdy anime clic thing. Her roommate offered to brew us some tea and among the fun…
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… 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… 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… 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…
China… Scarlet Robe 21 Jan 201520 Dec 2015 Last week we experienced subzero temperatures and this week we're being inundated with snow, ice and slush to the point where I put my car in the ditch twice yesterday.…
A2 Local… Great Green Monkey 4 Jan 201520 Dec 2015 There's ice on the ground and sleet in the sky! Winter is finally upon us (though not quite as dreadfully frigid, break-into-song, snowman-building, Snow Queen given as I might wish).…
91%… China Keemun Finest Chuen Cha ~ TeaGschwendner 18 Dec 201420 Dec 2015 During my impromptu tea excursion celebration thingy last weekend, I managed to snag a few notables from TeaHaus. It helps that I always get caught up in conversations about tea…
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,…
A2 Local… Organic Ancient Snow Sprout ~ Great Lakes Tea & Spice Co. 12 Nov 201420 Dec 2015 I have mentioned before how much I love Glen Arbor's Great Lakes Tea & Spice Co. and lament the loss of their Bloomfield Hills kiosk, but it doesn't seem like…
China… Rare Orchid Oolong ~ The Tea Source 11 Nov 201420 Dec 2015 Today is turning out to be a very good day. The second i ripped open the brown paper satchel of Steepster's Tea Source's "Rare Orchid Oolong" my nose was assaulted with…
Anhui (安徽)… No.39 – Fez ~ Steven Smith 3 Nov 201420 Dec 2015 It's taken some doing, but I've managed to track down a few new vendors I haven't written about yet for this week. Today I'm drinking Steven Smith's Blend No.39 -…
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