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…
94%… Tai Mu Long Zhu ~ Upton 31 Jan 201625 Sep 2016 I get really excited whenever i get the chance to review another Upton Tea Imports tea. I have so many that i could almost do one a week, but people…
92%… Guest Review: Formosa Tung-Ting Jade Oolong ~ Upton 30 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 This week I was asked if i could prepare an Oolong tea for a house guest. I was very excited to do so but i stipulated that they offer me…
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…
92%… Ceylon BOP ~ Upton 22 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 It's possible all the extra effort i went to in order to review an actual Dimbula Ceylon was fruitless. Today's tea is so awful i can't really imagine anyone drinking…
94%… Organic Haputale OP ~ Upton 19 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Ceylon seems to have a way of breaking the tea scoring conventions I've come to understand. Many gardens produce teas only as fine as an "OP" or "FOP" with as…
92%… Loolecondera Estate Ceylon Pekoe ~ Upton 17 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Kandy is the oldest tea producing region in Sri Lanka. Kandy's oldest tea garden, Loolecondera Estate, was established by James Taylor in 1867. Today i'm reviewing a tea from Loolecondera…
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…
93%… Huo Shan Huang Ya ~ Upton 21 Aug 201531 Jan 2016 One thing that's particularly driving me crazy at the moment is the inconsistent and contradictory names for Chinese pluck styles. Some experts use "mao jian" to refer to anything bud-and-one-leaf…
93%… Risheehat SFTGFOP1 ~ Upton 8 Aug 201513 Dec 2015 Because I had one remaining fine Darjeeling and there's seven days in the week, rather than five, i thought i might as well give a second post to Upton (I…
95%… Delving into Darjeeling & Margaret’s Hope FTGFOP Tippy ~ Upton 3 Aug 201513 Dec 2015 I don't think I ever really understood what set Darjeeling apart from other Indian Blacks until just recently. Thanks to Darjeeling: The Colorful History and Precarious Fate of the World's…
92%… Pan Long Yin Hao ~ Upton 25 Jul 201513 Dec 2015 A gorgeous hand-rolled bud only, Pan Long Yin Hao is a highly regarded tea of Zhejiang. Literally translated, Pan Long Yin Hao means "Curled Dragon Silver Tips". Zhejiang is known…
90%… Zhang Ping Shui Hsian ~ Upton 9 Jul 201514 Dec 2015 I only bought a few Oolongs from last month's batch purchase from Upton, but the ones I did get sounded pretty stellar. The funny bothersome thing about Shui Hsian is the…
91%… Heirloom Yunnan Yellow Buds ~ Upton 29 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 Ostensibly my first real foray into the esoteric world of Yellow tea, I was over-the-moon excited to review today's tea (and I have the hugest smile now that I can…
94%… Sencha Saemidori Superior ~ Upton 22 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 *SWOON* I am floating somewhere between Asgard and Cloud 9. Sencha Saemidori Superior is quite simply divine. I don't think I've ever experienced tea like this, even when I was…
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