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%… 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.…
Eli Tea… Excursion: #MichiganTeaWeek ~ An Almost Retrospective 9 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 As you can well imagine, when I heard that several Detroit tea companies were putting on a Michigan Tea Week's worth of events, I got pretty excited. Unfortunately, it was…
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…
95%… Shai Qing Beencha 2003 ~ Goldfish 15 Sep 20155 Mar 2017 In my humble opinion, Beencha (AKA beeng or camel bag tea) is what Goldfish does best. But what the hell is camel bag tea, you're probably asking? Beencha is basically the…
93%… Butterfly Long for Flower ~ Goldfish 12 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 Today's tea may have the most bizarre name of anything i've yet reviewed (apart from that one in multiple languages), though it will make sense in a minute. "Butterfly Long…
92%… Wild Lover ~ Goldfish 10 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 Definitely a better named tea than some things I've seen this week. Wild Lover may be the best at unfurling among this week's Display Teas. In aroma, the teapot smells a bit…
89%… Oriental Beauty ~ Goldfish 9 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 On account of the first two being very successfully, I brewed a third Flowering bulb from Goldfish. Unfortunately, this one's just kind of bizarre. I'm not sure what it's supposed…
93%… Bi Lo Chun ~ Goldfish 17 Aug 201513 Dec 2015 No, I haven't forgotten about my favorite shop in Royal Oak. I have been meaning to review more Goldfish teas for a while now, but distractions kept creeping in. In…
91%… Ku Ding and Chinese Medicine ~ Goldfish 30 Jul 201513 Dec 2015 I'm usually pretty open to alternative medicine, but i rarely actually employ them when i should. Ku Ding is one such example. There are a great many traditional Chinese medicinal…
92%… Crab Leg ~ Goldfish 7 Jul 201514 Dec 2015 Traditionally called "Hairy Crab" (Mao Xie), this Anxi (Fujian) cultivar Oolong is very odd-looking. Mao Xie's serrated edges and spiny little hairs gifted it the name hairy crab (though Goldfish…
90%… 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…
A2 Local… Excursion: The Land of Oz, or Tea in Northern Lower Peninsular Michigan 30 Jun 201527 Aug 2016 Last Saturday I was hurting. A mammoth storm had struck mid-Michigan and my cluster headache/nausea/fried senses were nearly incapacitating me. I had to escape. Thanks to my migraine, a long-lost…
87%… Nepalese Golden Tips ~ Goldfish Tea 10 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 I don't know the exactly location within Nepal where this specific tea was raised, so I'll be comparing it to a known tea, the finest quality Everest Hand-Rolled Tip from…
93%… Gold Screw Jasmine ~ Goldfish 1 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 There is enormous proportion of the Chinese Green tea industry dedicated to scented teas. Of those several hundred varieties, jasmine makes up the greatest percentage by far. Today I'm drinking Goldfish's…