91%… Darjeeling Steinthal First Flush FTGFOP1 ~ TeaGschwendner 4 Aug 201530 Jan 2016 Founded in 1852, Steinthal is the oldest real tea Estate in Darjeeling. If you have the money, Singtom Resort is a boutique resort that's on the grounds of and affiliated…
95%… Delving into Darjeeling & Margaret’s Hope FTGFOP Tippy ~ Upton 3 Aug 201513 Dec 2015 I don't think I ever really understood what set Darjeeling apart from other Indian Blacks until just recently. Thanks to Darjeeling: The Colorful History and Precarious Fate of the World's…
96%… Mangalam Assam Super Premium ~ By the Pound 18 Jul 201530 Jan 2016 Yowzas! Sometimes a name like "super premium" shouldn't be ignored. After freshly brewing Mangalam Super Premium, I was uplifted by its lush, rounded high elevation woodsy aroma and perfect auburn "sunset-over-Kenya"-esque tone.…
85%… Creme Brulée ~ ChocolaTea 25 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 This morning i really wanted to dig out an English Breakfast and try teas all day during the "correct" time of day for each tea according to the Victorian etiquette…
89%… White Christmas ~ TeaGschwendner 7 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 Easily the worst part about reviewing tea is the need to toss out things I really enjoy. As things stand I have quite the challenge in finding room for the…
88%… Earl Grey ~ Eli & Tetsubin Rust 13 Apr 201520 Dec 2015 I haven't been brewing with my tetsubin (if you aren't familiar with cast iron tea pots check out this previous post before reading today's) in a while and when i went to…
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…
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…
Black… Excursion: Eli Tea & Nilgiri Glendale 22 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 Yesterday morning before dawn my screwball "misadventure" gene rage activated for whatever reason. I started searching every town I knew how to get into and out of in Michigan (and…
88%… India Breakfast ~ Tulsi 19 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 Today's post is the first of the week, coming on a Thursday, and it was actually supposed to have been one of last week's theme blogs... *dies* Suffice it to…
Black… Organic Darjeeling 11 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 I may have told some of you I'd planned to take a road trip last weekend to Chicago and hunt for a special tea house to review for my blog's…
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…
Black… Decaf Earl Grey 16 Jan 201520 Dec 2015 Since it's hot tea season, I wanted to have at least one post that was dedicated to what most people probably think of as regular "hot tea". Naturally, since practically…
A2 Local… Sweet Rose ~ Tulsi 29 Sep 201420 Dec 2015 This post is actually a couple weeks old, and I was just going to toss it out since I wrote it at a time when I wasn't doing well emotionally.…
A2 Local… Indian Sarsaparilla ~ Frontier 26 Sep 201430 Jan 2016 I've previously written about the wonderful bulk foods company, Frontier Co-op, but now it seems that they've further refined their concept and instead of the traditional glass jars, they're using large…
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