China… Golden Amber ~ Tazo 23 Oct 201420 Dec 2015 Apart from having a highly redundant title, Tazo's Golden Amber is a decent organic honeyed oolong iced tea. Yes, I'm still reviewing iced tea. Maybe i shouldn't but then, this…
China… Strawberry Basil ~ Republic of Tea 2 Oct 201420 Dec 2015 Right up there with Rishi and Numi (if those were the only ones in the running it would probably be coming in 3rd place imo) is Republic of Tea. Republic has…
China… Emperor’s Pu・erh ~ Numi 25 Sep 201420 Dec 2015 Hi~ Long time no see. I have neglected writing for a while now in that my emotional state was, well... precarious at best of times. I had started a couple…
Anhui (安徽)… Sparrow’s Tongue ~ Goldfish 20 Aug 201420 Dec 2015 Now that our weather feels a lot more like Autumn (though it's still August) I thought it'd be the most auspicious time to switch gears and return to loose leaf…
A2 Local… Tai Ping Hou Kui ~ TeaVana 29 Jul 201430 Jan 2016 Something about today feels restorative and auspicious (it feels like Autumn ;), so I thought I'd indulge in one of my 11 remaining TeaVana Forbidden Kingdom set teas (I gave…
Black… Excursion: Goldfish – on the cheap 6 Jul 201420 Dec 2015 The oxymoron in the title of this post notwithstanding, I did have a terrific early morning adventure to Royal Oak's Goldfish Tea on Saturday. I'd been to Goldfish once before…
A2 Local… Liu An Gua Pian (Imperial Reserve) ~ TeaVana 27 Jun 201430 Jan 2016 I admit, I feel sad when I see the words "Imperial Reserve" as the suffix to the name of a product that's widely available in retail stores all over the…
Black… Three Numi Teas 20 Jun 201421 Dec 2015 Today I'm attending the Kids Read Comics unconference, part of the Ann Arbor Book Fest. Someone was nice enough to open a Numi tea sampler for attendees so between panels…
A2 Local… China Yunnan Golden Downy Pekoe ~ TeaGschwendner 18 Jun 201421 Dec 2015 The only tea I've ever had that I know for sure has tobacco among its ingredients, China Yunnan Golden Downy Pekoe is a very fine quality Golden Yunnan. Hand (or…
China… Excursion: The Fire – a Misadventure ~ Water Street Coffee Joint 3 Jun 201421 Dec 2015 I will be the first to tell you I suck at travelogues. I've tried to "live tweet" some trips in the past and had little success. Also, my stoic frightful…
China… Pu-erh Tuo Cha ~ Rishi 23 May 201421 Dec 2015 As I've probably mentioned before, my favorite variety of tea is pu-erh. A traditional form of fermented black tea hailing from Yunnan, China, pu-erh is hand or foot rolled and dried…
A2 Local… Hao Ya B ~ Harney & Sons 19 May 201430 Jan 2016 Hao Ya is a variety of Keemun black produced in Anhui. It's been a couple years since I sampled something that I knew came from Anhui, so this promises to…
Bubble Tea… Chrysanthemum Pu-erh Bubble Tea ~ Chatime 12 May 201420 May 2019 Chatime's Chrysanthemum Pu-erh Bubble Tea I don’t even have to blog this. The title and image alone is enough to express how i feel right now. It's a kind of incredible i've…
A2 Local… Six Summits Oolong ~ TeaVana 1 May 201421 Dec 2015 Strangely I'm not as huge a fan of Guangzhou Milk Oolongs. Sometimes they are a fun diversion, but I usually find the creamy texture off-putting in tea (unless we're talking…
China… Coconut Pu-erh ~ Republic of Tea 30 Apr 201421 Dec 2015 Pu-erh is definitely my favorite variety of tea. "Pu'er" (普洱), is a black tea that undergoes microbial fermentation after the leaves have been dried and rolled, often into cakes known…
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