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Hawaii Premium Green ~ Arbor Teas

27 Aug 201727 Aug 2017

Although I've personally never been, I have it on good authority that Hawaii is utterly badass. Their tea is no exception. Though quite the untried youth of the tea…

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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…

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Antu Valley SFTGFOP (M) ~ Chado Tea Room

29 May 201729 May 2017

After China and Japan, my third first teas come from Nepal. Owing to their home on the high elevation Himalayas, they're really quite phenomenal and unique. But in the…

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Silver Bud (Ya Bao) ~ Tea Source

28 May 201728 May 2017

If you're curious about the Chinese sign it says "万达度假区 (Wàndá dùjià qū)" or "Wanda Resort". In order to protect trade secrets, it's rare that a tea vendor will…

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Sakurambo ~ Lupicia

23 Apr 20176 May 2017

At this point I've reviewed both Kilogram and Chado Tea Room teas, but in truth there was a third vendor i visited while in LA last summer I've yet to…

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Rumtopf ~ TeaGschwendner

26 Mar 20176 May 2017

Today I'm drinking the second to last cup of TeaGschwendner's Rumtopf known to exist. I say this because Rumtopf was only ever available at TG (and affiliate retailers) for…

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Chun Mee ~ Arbor Teas

9 Jan 20177 May 2017

Happy 4754 in the Era of Tea! If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out this History of Tea post I made a while back. I'm sick at…

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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…

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Wadmalaw Island Green ~ Charleston Tea Plantation

25 Sep 201625 Sep 2016

I’d like to give a shout-out to my close friend Rachel for helping make this post possible given my current emotional state. :) Domestically grown tea enjoys the perks…

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Signature Tai Ping Hou Kui ~ Chado Tea Room

Last month I briefly described my Excursions to LA and Little Tokyo (and not quite “excursion” to J. Paul Getty). Though necessary at the time, I glossed over one…

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Tai Mu Long Zhu ~ Upton

31 Jan 201625 Sep 2016

I get really excited whenever i get the chance to review another Upton Tea Imports tea. I have so many that i could almost do one a week, but people…

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Nepal Jun Chiyabari ~ Eli

2 Jan 201625 Sep 2016

Coincidentally, today's review, my first post of 2016, is also my 300th blog post. Neat. ;) I'm not sure how auspicious it is, but to celebrate I decided to review…

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Golden Sail 2003 ~ Goldfish Tea

29 Dec 201530 Jan 2016

I've actually previously reviewed Golden Sail a year and a half ago as part of a Tea Excursion to Goldfish, back before that was actually a feature on this blog.…

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Vietnam Yen Bai OP Organic ~ TeaGschwendner

11 Dec 201525 Sep 2016

I'm not sure if you've wondered about this, but i certainly have. Is Black tea ever supposed to be, you know... Black? Short answer: not really. The Chinese actually call…

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No. 8 Mao Feng Shui ~ Steven Smith

10 Dec 201525 Sep 2016

I'd like to sincerely apologise to my regular readers. The past two weeks (the first back to work after my two month medical leave) have been excruciating and i admit…