94%… Vietnam Green Organic ~ Simpson & Vail 29 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 As with so many things, this blog has been sitting there staring at me for a while now. I had hoped to learn a bit more about Vietnam teas before…
94%… #SmallBizSaturday Focus on By the Pound & Royal Gold 28 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 In my tea travels i encounter a great many small businesses: tea retailers, tea blenders and even a couple tea growers/producers. Yet, when i considered which of these many businesses…
A2 Local… Pineapple Kona Pop ~ TeaVana 25 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 It's been a while since i had a good smoothie, and with the exit of Kerrytown's Smoothie King it will probably be a while longer still. However, what i do…
94%… Organic Sencha Superior ~ Hibiki-An 24 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Smells like... Tokyo Disneyland? Sumida Park Promenade? The shops above the Seattle Fish Market? I don't want to say it smells like fish, because that would be inaccurate. More like... grassy…
94%… Accidental Excursion: County Emmet Celtic Shop & Brodie’s Scottish Teatime 22 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 I'd like to briefly apologise for the week long Parting Gifts hiatus I had to take in preparation for my trip to Petoskey last week. As only Providence could have…
94%… Guangxi Special Black ~ The Tea Source 16 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 In digging through my treasure trove of buried teas i came across today's gem. A Tea Source tea that i was able to pick up and promptly forget about at…
Green… Incursion: Hibiki-An 15 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Hibiki-An is the one tea shop I've actually visited in Japan (in Utsunomi?). It's kind of fabulous. I had almost forgotten about its existence until i stumbled across their international…
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…
94%… Korea Woojeon ~ Arbor Teas 12 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 In aroma, flavor and texture this rare Korean Green is all but indistinguishable from any Anhui or Fujian Green. Where it does vary is interestingly in its loose leaf makeup. Check this…
94%… Nepal Sakhira Estate 1st Flush ~ Simpson & Vail 11 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 It's been a few months since I wrote on the Simpson & Vail Incursion, but as you can see from the reviews I've pulled together so far, their teas haven't…
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…
92%… Japan Bancha ~ TeaGschwendner 7 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Japan Bancha is a classic Green tea not unlike sencha in many respects. Although Bancha is the same cultivar as sencha, it is harvested after the monsoons (between summer and…
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…
China… Silver Needle Jasmine ~ Rishi 29 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 There are many reasons why I continue to buy from Rishi. In addition to the fact they sell strong loose leaf teas affordably with great distribution, they also do things…
92%… Wild Black Yunnan ~ DavidsTea 28 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 It's hard for me to resist trying a tea with a name like "Wild Black Yunnan". I know how unlikely it is that DavidsTea's Wild Black Yunnan is actually as…
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