92%… Dragonwell (Lung Ching) ~ TeaVana 25 Aug 201531 Jan 2016 The last tea i have from my Forbidden Kingdom gift set (i somehow misplaced Monkey Picked Oolong or tossed it out for some silly reason) is Dragonwell (Lung Ching). Dragonwell has sometimes been…
92%… Huang Shan Mao Feng Reserve ~ TeaVana 15 Aug 201530 Jan 2016 Miraculously, I still have a few teas from my 2013 TeaVana Forbidden Kingdom gift set that I haven't touched on. Since today is the midway point of the month of…
80%… Phoenix Mountain Dan Cong ~ TeaVana 8 Jul 201530 Jan 2016 Phoenix Mountain Dan Cong Imperial Reserve is one of TeaVana's very first teas (i think). At any rate, it's been retired. Astonishingly, it's also one of their longest lasting. I've…
70%… Nan Nuo Shan Imperial Reserve ~ TeaVana 3 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 There's seriously nothing I enjoy drinking more than a rare aged Pu-erh. I had been saving (more like intentionally forgotten about) this one for a while since Pu-erh is one…
85%… Silver Yin Zhen Pearls ~ TeaVana 29 Apr 201530 Jan 2016 I've been keeping my eyes peeled for the past couple of years for any sight of the handful of Yellow teas in the West. So far, nothing. I'm thinking it's…
A2 Local… Tai Ping Hou Kui ~ TeaVana 29 Jul 201430 Jan 2016 Something about today feels restorative and auspicious (it feels like Autumn ;), so I thought I'd indulge in one of my 11 remaining TeaVana Forbidden Kingdom set teas (I gave…
A2 Local… Liu An Gua Pian (Imperial Reserve) ~ TeaVana 27 Jun 201430 Jan 2016 I admit, I feel sad when I see the words "Imperial Reserve" as the suffix to the name of a product that's widely available in retail stores all over the…