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…
94%… Vietnam Yen Bai OP Organic ~ TeaGschwendner 11 Dec 201525 Sep 2016 I'm not sure if you've wondered about this, but i certainly have. Is Black tea ever supposed to be, you know... Black? Short answer: not really. The Chinese actually call…
92%… Japan Bancha ~ TeaGschwendner 7 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 Japan Bancha is a classic Green tea not unlike sencha in many respects. Although Bancha is the same cultivar as sencha, it is harvested after the monsoons (between summer and…
93%… Ceylon OP Nuwara Eliya ~ TeaGschwendner 8 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 After yesterday's less than stellar introduction to "OP" I'd like to offer a counterexample. High grown (over 6,000 feet, the magic number) Nuwara Eliya is one of the foremost tea…
91%… Darjeeling Steinthal First Flush FTGFOP1 ~ TeaGschwendner 4 Aug 201530 Jan 2016 Founded in 1852, Steinthal is the oldest real tea Estate in Darjeeling. If you have the money, Singtom Resort is a boutique resort that's on the grounds of and affiliated…
89%… White Christmas ~ TeaGschwendner 7 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 Easily the worst part about reviewing tea is the need to toss out things I really enjoy. As things stand I have quite the challenge in finding room for the…
A2 Local… Strawberry Bamboo ~ TeaGschwendner 17 Apr 201520 Dec 2015 I just realized I haven't reviewed a TeaHaus tea in awhile. For the third and last test to see if my tetsubin still has what it takes, I decided to…
A2 Local… China Wuyan Jasmine 3 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 To continue our week long 1st birthday celebration by highlighting some of my all-time favorite teas, today I give you China Wuyan Jasmine. China Wuyan Jasmine is produced in Jiangxi Province, which…
A2 Local… Mr. Ollivander’s Magic Potion 1 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 If you've followed by blog closely you may recognize a couple of generalizations I've previously made about tea... "Tea doesn't last forever..." and "Fruit teas aren't worth the cost..." are…
A2 Local… Smooth Strawberry Dream 13 Feb 201530 Jan 2016 I don't do much in the way of Rooibos reviews, though during the last tea purge a month ago I realized I do buy a great deal of it. So…
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… cucumber mint ~ Tea Forté 5 Nov 201420 Dec 2015 Today I'm trying a new tea vendor that although I'd known about them for a while now, I'd hesitated to spend money on. Tea forté is a large online tea…
A2 Local… Elderflower ~ TeaGschwendner 4 Jul 201420 Dec 2015 Happy Independence Day to all you Americans readers out there. I'm so sorry I didn't have a post for Canada Day. :/ Initially I had wanted to post my trip…
A2 Local… Vata ~ TeaGschwendner 3 Jul 201420 Dec 2015 Somehow, despite having always had the "Ayurvedic" category listed on this blog, I haven't actually reviewed any yet. ^^;; Ayurvedic tea is an ancient Hindu medicine of India. Without delving…
A2 Local… Formosa Fancy Ming Xiang ~ TeaGschwendner 26 Jun 201420 Dec 2015 TeaHaus' retails two of TeaGschwendner's finer quality Taiwan Oolongs: Formosa Fancy Ming Xiang ($9.35/50gs) and Formosa Fancy Superior Taifu ($14.60/50gs). I enjoy both of them, but neither are at the…
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