95%… Hawaiian Green Reserve ~ Eli Tea 6 May 20177 May 2017 Between having much less down time to devote to writing (committees are going to be the death of me) and having 25+ vendors, each with about four examples worth…
96%… China Aged Pu-Erh Celestial Tribute ~ Upton Tea Imports 5 Mar 20177 May 2017 This year Russia has been in the news quite a bit for various political activities (amusingly there's even currently a "#FakeRussiaFacts" hashtag trending on Twitter), but of far greater interest…
95%… Korea Sejak ~ Arbor Teas 12 Feb 20177 May 2017 No, I'm not showing preferential treatment to Arbor Teas. I needed a Korean tea to review today, and I had two from Arbor and none from anyone else. ^^;; Goldfish…
Best in its Class… Jocilyn’s Top 100 29 Sep 20167 May 2017 It's been over a year since I posted my first "Top 100" tea list (although, at the time I could only scrape together a Top 50), and it feels like the…
95%… Laos Black #05 ~ Steepster 25 Feb 201625 Sep 2016 I won't belabor the obvious parallels. Even a child would be able to recognize that what I've obviously constructed here is a strikingly accurate 1:100,000,000 representation of…
95%… Assam Tonganagoan Estate ~ Arbor Teas 13 Dec 201525 Sep 2016 I was relieved to discover I do still have one or two non-Green Arbor Teas hidden among my various Tupperware containers. At a recent visit to Arbor Farms Market (the…
95%… Pre-Chingming Yin Hao ~ Upton 13 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Today's tea actually broke my rating system. An uber rare early spring-pluck tea that IS still very available/hasn't sold out AND it's been discounted, but that's only sold in 30g…
95%… Rest Assured ~ Light of Day Organics 25 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Today i'm having my very first tea hot tea with hops. I've had kombucha beer before, courtesy of Unity Vibration, but never hops by itself in a tisane. I'm very…
96%… Peach White ~ Eli 26 Sep 201525 Sep 2016 (EEK~ I just published my 250th post!) Although Eli calls it Peach White, i kind of want to rename this one "Momotaro Rose". In aroma, Peach White is vociferous of rose…
95%… Makaibari Estate Silver Tips ~ Arbor Teas 25 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 They say Makaibari Estate consistently puts out Darjeeling's very best Blacks. Let's see how their Whites perform, shall we? As previously stated, I have omitted the word "Organic" from the…
95%… Lapsang Souchong ~ Eli 20 Aug 201531 Jan 2016 For the longest time I've avoided writing about Lapsang Souchong. Although very popular in some places, Lapsang Souchong isn't really my cup of tea. I do enjoy the smokiness and…
96%… Yunnan Gold ~ Light of Day Organics 13 Aug 201513 Dec 2015 I was particularly glad to see that Light of Day Organics makes a Yunnan Gold. Over the years I've tried a great many different Twiggy and otherwise golden bud Yunnan…
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%… 100 Monkeys ~ Eli 23 Jul 201513 Dec 2015 Seriously one of the most dusty/filamented teas I've come across, 100 Monkeys Loose Leaf is utterly gorgeous. During brewing, all these itty-bitty particles do a majestic dance. The result is…
97%… Gyokuro ~ Eli 26 Mar 201529 Sep 2016 Warning, fangirl gushing ahead... After writing so many of these posts, eventually at some point if a vendor chooses to simply call their tea "gyokuro", I can't really let that…
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