94%… Silver Bud (Ya Bao) ~ Tea Source 28 May 201728 May 2017 If you're curious about the Chinese sign it says "万达度假区 (Wàndá dùjià qū)" or "Wanda Resort". In order to protect trade secrets, it's rare that a tea vendor will…
93%… Sarsaparilla Summer Herbal ~ TranquiliTea 14 May 2017 I have a slight cold and needed a warm Herbal tisane this afternoon. Fortunately this last week I accidentally uncovered TranquiliTea's "Sarsaparilla Summer Herbal", lost for at least a…
Photography… Help me win tea to review! 22 Jan 201625 Sep 2016 All this week TeaSource is promoting their new website by doing giveaways and contests. One of those contests is a photo contest with a grand prize being free tea for a…
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…
93%… Ceylon Lumbini Estate ~ TeaSource 13 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Since I've already had a week devoted to Darjeeling (India) this year, and the overwhelming number of my blogs center on Chinese tea (the two biggest producers), I've been wanting…
89%… Montana Gold ~ TeaSource 17 Jul 201513 Dec 2015 Although I rarely spend money on Rooibos tisanes anymore, I gripped this one when I visited the Grand Rapids Coffee Roasters a couple months back. It has a terrific scent.…
China… Rhubarb Oolong ~ Tea Source 24 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 In truth, I can't drink Oolong, so as with the past Oolong reviews I've done, today's blog will be based on smell, appearance and the most minute of tasting only.…
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…
China… Rare Orchid Oolong ~ The Tea Source 11 Nov 201420 Dec 2015 Today is turning out to be a very good day. The second i ripped open the brown paper satchel of Steepster's Tea Source's "Rare Orchid Oolong" my nose was assaulted with…