87%… Nepal Shangri Lade ~ TeaHaus 14 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 Amazingly, this White tea brews out into the aroma of a Nepal tippy golden Black. I suppose it's not all that surprising though considering it's the exact same tea (grown…
92%… Khima Full Moon Delight ~ Upton 11 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 Probably one of the most incredible smelling teas I've ever encountered. Khima Moon Delight is all but bursting with rich fresh pineapple and Tip. This Nepalese very-bold leaf single estate…
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…
88%… Nepal Green ~ Eli 9 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 I'd love to support Nepal in any way I can... but with limited funds and no chance of really volunteering to rebuild homes or pack planes with aid packages, I'm…
89%… White Christmas ~ TeaGschwendner 7 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 Easily the worst part about reviewing tea is the need to toss out things I really enjoy. As things stand I have quite the challenge in finding room for the…
Tea Incursions… Incursion: Upton Tea Imports 6 Jun 201513 Dec 2015 I can't recall how, precisely, I first learned about the existence of Upton Tea Imports, but my best guess is that I was back-tracking through either Steepster or Google Search…
70%… Nan Nuo Shan Imperial Reserve ~ TeaVana 3 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 There's seriously nothing I enjoy drinking more than a rare aged Pu-erh. I had been saving (more like intentionally forgotten about) this one for a while since Pu-erh is one…
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…
90%… Wuyi Shui Xian ~ ChocolaTea 31 May 201514 Dec 2015 You may have noticed a definite lack of reviews of Oolong teas on this blog. I used to really enjoy Oolongs, Wuyis especially. In fact, Rishi's Wuyi (link is probably dead…
90%… Excursion: Grand Rapids Coffee Roasters & Classic Mao Jian ~ TeaSource 27 May 201514 Dec 2015 A couple weeks ago I was feeling a bit of cabin fever. My adventure gene managed to get the better of me and I decided to head out to Grand…
87%… Tower of London Blend ~ Harney & Sons 26 May 201530 Jan 2016 I haven't reviewed any Harney & Sons teas in a while, and it's not for lack of interest. Harney offers some really exceptional tea experiences and can be acquired almost…
93%… Kyoto Sencha Rose Festival ~ Eli 25 May 201520 Dec 2015 Green tea is easily the most versatile tea. Many companies make combinations with Black thinking that contrasting the bitter flavor of the Black against an Herb or Fruit will yield…
Classes and Tisanes… Mojito Marmalade ~ Tea forté 24 May 201520 Dec 2015 Now that I've dumped the contents of the Tea forté Herbal Retreat Organic Relaxation sampler box into one of my Tupperware storage boxes, opening the lid results in an explosive floral assault...…
87%… Maple Harvest Black ~ TranquiliTea 19 May 201530 Jan 2016 As far as I'm aware I've never before encountered a tea that tried to simulate a maple flavor before... until now. Maple Harvest Black by TranquiliTea is a relatively smokey Ceylon. In…
China… Excursion: Thai Food, Korean Yip-Cha & Dragonwell White ~ Goldfish 13 May 201520 Dec 2015 Two weeks back (I've been a little too depressed to write much at the moment) I finally made it out to Goldfish for the first time this year... and I had…
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