92%… Organic Nilgiri Korakundah OP ~ By the Pound 7 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 I sometimes forget i have such a diverse and well-curated selection of teas available right here in Ann Arbor in the form of By the Pound. By the Pound helped…
94%… Hawaii Sweet Roast ~ Arbor Teas 4 Oct 20158 Apr 2017 I held out as long as i could. My excitement for trying more Hawaiian teas has gotten the better of me and i just had to brew Hawaii Sweet Roast…
85%… Citrus Green ~ Adagio 3 Oct 201531 Jan 2016 I've had Adagio once or twice before, and I'd remembered liking it, so I decided I could justify the cost and picked up a six tea sampler of theirs from TranquiliTea…
94%… Nepal Emerald Green Tea Organic 1st Flush ~ Simpson & Vail 1 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 If you know me, you know i'm not capable of lying or spinning long tails. Well, believe it or not I had a dream last night where i met a…
94%… Ruby ~ Rishi 30 Sep 201525 Sep 2016 Hong Yue (紅玉紅茶) literally translates into "Ruby Black" and Rishi decided to call their Hong Yue just simply "Ruby". At any rate, it put the idea in my head to…
94%… Organic Sencha Fukamushi ~ Upton Tea Imports 27 Sep 201525 Sep 2016 When i first opened Organic Sencha Fukamushi i was floored with how thick this matcha-like-without-being-a-true-powder appeared. When i poured it out onto my digital scale, i quickly exceeded the 2.25 gram…
96%… Peach White ~ Eli 26 Sep 201525 Sep 2016 (EEK~ I just published my 250th post!) Although Eli calls it Peach White, i kind of want to rename this one "Momotaro Rose". In aroma, Peach White is vociferous of rose…
95%… Makaibari Estate Silver Tips ~ Arbor Teas 25 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 They say Makaibari Estate consistently puts out Darjeeling's very best Blacks. Let's see how their Whites perform, shall we? As previously stated, I have omitted the word "Organic" from the…
93%… Decaffeinated Irish Breakfast ~ The Metropolitan Tea Company 22 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 It used to be that I would never drink bagged tea and had a particularly aversion to anything CTC (cut, tear, curl). However, with a bit of education and experimentation,…
Assam (অসম)… Radiant Raspberry Tea ~ Honest Teas 21 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 The rising star of iced teas these days is Honest Teas. They've been steadily increasing their output, number of flavors and breath of distribution for the past few years. I…
94%… Vanilla Heaven ~ Light of Day Organics 17 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 Oh no! This is my very last Light of Day Organics tea i have to review. I must needs place an order (or take a drive North...) this weekend. The…
93%… Green Ceylon OP ~ TeaHaus 16 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 A wet fern grove. That is what the aroma of Green Ceylon OP reminds me of. The spent leaves smell a bit more wet and pulpy. I wish i knew which…
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…
Simpson & Vail… Incursion: Simpson & Vail 13 Sep 201527 Aug 2016 In an unassuming average-sized building amid much larger industrial park businesses just off U.S. 7 on 3 Quarry Road in Brookfield Connecticut: a very wooded port town (not unlike Ann Arbor), nestled…
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…