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Egyptian Camomile ~ The Metropolitan Tea Company

28 Aug 201625 Sep 2016

I have historically had a definite love/hate relationship with camomile. Obviously, the most glaring issue to mind arises from the fact that Matricaria chamomilla and Chamaemelum nobile, two plants of the herbaceous Asteraceae family (also including…

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White Peony ~ Eli

3 Sep 201531 Jan 2016

Pai Mutan is more or less the most popular (most produced) style of White tea. It's woody/twigginess often combines with a furry Tipped White to create a vibrant if subtle…

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Jasmine Green (Formerly Monkey King) ~ Numi

19 Jul 201513 Dec 2015

Jasmine Green is scented three times using a traditional Chinese jasmine scenting method. I'm excited to finally get a chance to review a tea produced this way. Numi has always…

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Zhang Ping Shui Hsian ~ Upton

9 Jul 201514 Dec 2015

I only bought a few Oolongs from last month's batch purchase from Upton, but the ones I did get sounded pretty stellar. The funny bothersome thing about Shui Hsian is the…

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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…

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Jungjak ~ Goldfish

1 Jul 201514 Dec 2015

South Korea has a long and confusing tea tradition. Supposedly when the first converted Buddhist monks returned to Korea from their sojourn in China around the end of the Fourth…

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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…

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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…

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Excursion: TranquiliTea’s 4th Annual Harney Affair & Kagoshima

21 Mar 201520 Dec 2015

This morning I was tickled and honored to sample a tea that TranquiliTea brought into the store by my request. TranquiliTea sent out an email to its newsletter members a…