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…
Green… Anata no Macchairi Ocha ~ Sangaria 24 Aug 201531 Jan 2016 A year or more ago i reviewed some bottled Japanese iced teas (since they're my favorite style of iced tea don'cha'know), and today i'm going to add to that slowly…
97%… Gyokuro ~ Eli 26 Mar 201529 Sep 2016 Warning, fangirl gushing ahead... After writing so many of these posts, eventually at some point if a vendor chooses to simply call their tea "gyokuro", I can't really let that…
ChocolaTea… Kukicha Extra 26 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 The writing of this post is intentionally flowery and poetic to illustrate a point. Feel free to skip this one if you start feeling impatient. ;) On rare occasions I…
A2 Local… Formosa Dark Pearl, Lemon Basil and Asatsuyu 23 Dec 201420 Dec 2015 Yes, it's the holiday season, but I'm amusingly strapped for cash. I haven't done much in the way tea shopping in a while, so I'm crossing my fingers for the…
A2 Local… Japan Kabusecha 13 Dec 201420 Dec 2015 Tonight I'm celebrating my last day living in Washtenaw County (after 5 1/2 years) by visiting a few of my favorite tea houses. To start off, I hit up Cafe…
Green… Shizuoka Sencha 4 Dec 201420 Dec 2015 To contrast the nearly-indistinguishable-from-real-sencha I recently reviewed, today I thought I'd touch on the qualities of an authentic sencha. Takaokaya isn't a brand I've spent much money on, even during…
A2 Local… Asahi Gyokuro ~ By The Pound 29 Aug 201420 Dec 2015 To round off the week(~ish) of Japanese tea reviews, I dug through many a Tupperware container in the dark with curlers threatening to fly off me this morning to bring…