93%… Organic U•Matcha Single Sips ~ Republic of Tea 14 Apr 201914 Apr 2019 From the company that brought us such showstopping innovations as “Lady Cora’s Evening Tea”, “White Chocolate Peppermint tea” and the unforgettable “Hi Caf Caramel Black tea”, comes what might very…
A2 Local… Kokeicha ~ By The Pound 30 Apr 20176 May 2017 This blog post brought to you by Sleep Deprivation. You have been warned. This marks my first visit to By The Pound in their new location! I didn't…
Bubble Tea… Excursion: Eli Tea ~ Spring 2017 16 Apr 20176 May 2017 I haven't been anywhere fun in a while and work has been steam-rolling me almost everyday this semester. I really needed to break away and get outside the county…
94%… Rumtopf ~ TeaGschwendner 26 Mar 20176 May 2017 Today I'm drinking the second to last cup of TeaGschwendner's Rumtopf known to exist. I say this because Rumtopf was only ever available at TG (and affiliate retailers) for…
93%… Matcha Maker ~ Good Earth 5 Feb 20177 May 2017 Happy Chinese New Year to all my non-Gregorian peeps. Sometimes a tisane comes along that's surprisingly good. I'm doubtful today's product falls into that category. Good Earth's Matcha Maker isn't quite…
93%… Organic Matcha-iri Genmaicha ~ Hibiki-An 28 Jan 201625 Sep 2016 Despite being excited about it for months, so far I've only managed to review one tea from Hibiki-an, Organic Sencha Superior. At this point i have two others waiting 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…
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…
Bubble Tea… Homemade Bubble Tea 19 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 I've been kicking around this idea for some time now, but until today I had't quite perfected the recipe. My gift to you: homemade bubble tea: a DIY guide. You…
Green… Matcha Love ~ Itoen 2 Jun 201421 Dec 2015 A while back I wrote about my fondness for canned green tea. Yesterday I discovered a new species that can be got State-side. Itoen, better known for their bottled green…
Green… Itoen Bagged Maccha/Sencha Blend 26 Mar 201421 Dec 2015 Although no one spells it this way, maccha is really the correct transliteration using today's standard Hepburn romanisation method. It's a bit like no one who doesn't study Japanese in…