China… Tea Lit Review: World Atlas of Tea 29 Jul 2017 Diverting? Among other things, Krisi Smith's World Atlas of Tea: From the Leaf to the Cup, the World's Teas Explored and Enjoyed is definitely a fun and easy introduction to…
93%… Sarsaparilla Summer Herbal ~ TranquiliTea 14 May 2017 I have a slight cold and needed a warm Herbal tisane this afternoon. Fortunately this last week I accidentally uncovered TranquiliTea's "Sarsaparilla Summer Herbal", lost for at least a…
Green… Thé des Impressionnistes et Thé à l’hibiscus 14 May 201714 May 2017 Today marks the very first time someone else has researched a tea for my blog. I'm always very excited to meet other tea-lovers and encounter new teas and recently I…
Bubble Tea… Excursion: Eli Tea ~ Spring 2017 16 Apr 20176 May 2017 I haven't been anywhere fun in a while and work has been steam-rolling me almost everyday this semester. I really needed to break away and get outside the county…
93%… Wu Yi Yan Cha ~ Goldfish 2 Apr 20176 May 2017 It's been well over a year since I last reviewed a Goldfish Tea and over a year and a half since I last reviewed an Oolong, so today I'll…
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…
90%… 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…
94%… 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…
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…
94%… 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…
94%… 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…