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…
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…
A2 Local… Kokeicha ~ By The Pound 30 Apr 20176 May 2017 This blog post brought to you by Sleep Deprivation. You have been warned. This marks my first visit to By The Pound in their new location! I didn't…
A2 Local… Right As Rain ~ Light of Day Organics 26 Apr 20176 May 2017 Brief post today... Alfalfa! ...and many other wonderful domestic and biodynamically grown flora. Okay, maybe not quite that brief. The thing is, it seems like one of…
94%… Sakurambo ~ Lupicia 23 Apr 20176 May 2017 At this point I've reviewed both Kilogram and Chado Tea Room teas, but in truth there was a third vendor i visited while in LA last summer I've yet to…
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%… Rumtopf ~ TeaGschwendner 26 Mar 20176 May 2017 Today I'm drinking the second to last cup of TeaGschwendner's Rumtopf known to exist. I say this because Rumtopf was only ever available at TG (and affiliate retailers) for…
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…
A2 Local… Excursion: Eat More Tea ~ TeaHaus 26 Feb 20177 May 2017 The brainchild of Ann Arbor TeaHaus's owner, Lisa, Eat More Tea which opened today at 211 East Ann St is an adorable little cakery and gelateria. A side project of…
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…
93%… Matcha Maker ~ Good Earth 5 Feb 20177 May 2017 Happy Chinese New Year to all my non-Gregorian peeps. Sometimes a tisane comes along that's surprisingly good. I'm doubtful today's product falls into that category. Good Earth's Matcha Maker isn't quite…
94%… Chun Mee ~ Arbor Teas 9 Jan 20177 May 2017 Happy 4754 in the Era of Tea! If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out this History of Tea post I made a while back. I'm sick at…
93%… Lin Yun Downy ~ Simpson & Vail 16 Oct 20167 May 2017 Today I'd like to showcase two of my favorite cups (no it isn't as pointless as it sounds). They're both beautiful and have great back stories. The first (the penultimate…
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…