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Sweet Dreams ~ Light of Day Organics

6 Dec 201525 Sep 2016

I wish i had more LODO teas and tisanes to review. They are sadly prohibitively expensive and today I opened the last tin I currently have that i hadn't previously…

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Vietnam Green Organic ~ Simpson & Vail

29 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

As with so many things, this blog has been sitting there staring at me for a while now. I had hoped to learn a bit more about Vietnam teas before…

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#SmallBizSaturday Focus on By the Pound & Royal Gold

28 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

In my tea travels i encounter a great many small businesses: tea retailers, tea blenders and even a couple tea growers/producers. Yet, when i considered which of these many businesses…

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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…

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Accidental Excursion: County Emmet Celtic Shop & Brodie’s Scottish Teatime

22 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

I'd like to briefly apologise for the week long Parting Gifts hiatus I had to take in preparation for my trip to Petoskey last week. As only Providence could have…

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Guangxi Special Black ~ The Tea Source

16 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

In digging through my treasure trove of buried teas i came across today's gem. A Tea Source tea that i was able to pick up and promptly forget about at…

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Korea Woojeon ~ Arbor Teas

12 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

In aroma, flavor and texture this rare Korean Green is all but indistinguishable from any Anhui or Fujian Green. Where it does vary is interestingly in its loose leaf makeup. Check this…

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Nepal Sakhira Estate 1st Flush ~ Simpson & Vail

11 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

It's been a few months since I wrote on the Simpson & Vail Incursion, but as you can see from the reviews I've pulled together so far, their teas haven't…

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Anji White ~ Goldfish Tea

5 Nov 201525 Sep 2016

Anji White, also known as Anji Bai Cha (安吉白茶), is a comparatively rare high grown Chinese Green cultivar. Although called Anji White, Anji Bai Cha is actually a Green (no doubt…

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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…

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Darjeeling Summer & Tea Mysteries ~ Eli

24 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

Frustratingly, i'm of two minds about tea mysteries. One: who doesn't love a good mystery? Two: i'm supposed to be writing as if i really know this stuff, and when…

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Hong Cha Java ~ TeaHaus

23 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

I have like A LOT of downtime today and thought i'd stop in to Ann Arbor's own TeaHaus to check out their new teas. One really fun thing I found…

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Ceylon Dayagama Estate ~ TranquiliTea

21 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

Before i began writing reviews for Ceylon Week, I was sure i had at least one example from all six growing regions. Turns out i'm missing Dimbulla. Here's why: when…

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Organic Haputale OP ~ Upton

19 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

Ceylon seems to have a way of breaking the tea scoring conventions I've come to understand. Many gardens produce teas only as fine as an "OP" or "FOP" with as…

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Ceylon FOP Ratnapura ~ TeaHaus

16 Oct 201525 Sep 2016

Ratnapura is easily one of the most obscure tea producing regions. Located in the South interior of Sri Lanka, bordering its more famous tea producing cousins: Matara to the South,…