93%… Organic U•Matcha Single Sips ~ Republic of Tea 14 Apr 201914 Apr 2019 From the company that brought us such showstopping innovations as “Lady Cora’s Evening Tea”, “White Chocolate Peppermint tea” and the unforgettable “Hi Caf Caramel Black tea”, comes what might very…
95%… Kagoshima Kamairicha ~ Kilogram Tea 7 Aug 2017 Somehow it's been an entire year since I went on my various tea buying excursions in LA. I really dislike how fast time passes as an adult... but that's…
94%… A Tale of Three Houjichas 10 Jun 201710 Jun 2017 In honor of #NationalIcedTeaDay I thought I would make a post dedicated to the topic. A few years ago I spent an entire Summer/Fall reviewing Iced teas for this…
95%… Konacha Gyokuro Super Premium ~ Hibiki-an 21 May 2017 This season was especially good for Uji teas. Several exemplary varieties of Shincha are currently available, and earlier in the spring Konacha was offered from Hibiki-an for the first…
A2 Local… Kokeicha ~ By The Pound 30 Apr 20176 May 2017 This blog post brought to you by Sleep Deprivation. You have been warned. This marks my first visit to By The Pound in their new location! I didn't…
94%… Shincha Tamagawa ~ Kilogram Tea 27 Sep 201627 Sep 2016 After the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdown there were apparently isolated cases where Shizuoka tea from the Honyama region were found to be contaminated with radiation above the legal limit. I…
93%… Oi Ocha with Wakame Wakakuki ~ Itoen 27 Aug 201625 Sep 2016 Probably the most common Japanese bottled Green tea in the West is Itoen's Oi Ocha. Their distribution is easily the most robust in the States, and their sister product Tea's…
93%… Organic Matcha-iri Genmaicha ~ Hibiki-An 28 Jan 201625 Sep 2016 Despite being excited about it for months, so far I've only managed to review one tea from Hibiki-an, Organic Sencha Superior. At this point i have two others waiting to…
95%… Gyokuro ~ Nishida Haruka Zono 25 Dec 201530 Jan 2016 No, this post is not about Kanamemo. Nishida Haruka Zono is the name of a kisaten (and probably tea master) in Kyoto. Sorry anime fans. ;) I hope you'll excuse the…
94%… Organic Sencha Superior ~ Hibiki-An 24 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Smells like... Tokyo Disneyland? Sumida Park Promenade? The shops above the Seattle Fish Market? I don't want to say it smells like fish, because that would be inaccurate. More like... grassy…
Green… Incursion: Hibiki-An 15 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Hibiki-An is the one tea shop I've actually visited in Japan (in Utsunomi?). It's kind of fabulous. I had almost forgotten about its existence until i stumbled across their international…
92%… Japan Bancha ~ TeaGschwendner 7 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Japan Bancha is a classic Green tea not unlike sencha in many respects. Although Bancha is the same cultivar as sencha, it is harvested after the monsoons (between summer and…
94%… Bancha ~ Arbor Teas 27 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Arbor Teas' Bancha is kind of immaculate. Ambrosia-like? If given as tribute, Kitsune would go wild over this one. All right, so maybe those are hyperboles, but it really does…
94%… Organic Sencha Fukamushi ~ Upton Tea Imports 27 Sep 201525 Sep 2016 When i first opened Organic Sencha Fukamushi i was floored with how thick this matcha-like-without-being-a-true-powder appeared. When i poured it out onto my digital scale, i quickly exceeded the 2.25 gram…
Green… Anata no Macchairi Ocha ~ Sangaria 24 Aug 201531 Jan 2016 A year or more ago i reviewed some bottled Japanese iced teas (since they're my favorite style of iced tea don'cha'know), and today i'm going to add to that slowly…