A2 Local… Excursion: Eat More Tea ~ TeaHaus 26 Feb 20177 May 2017 The brainchild of Ann Arbor TeaHaus's owner, Lisa, Eat More Tea which opened today at 211 East Ann St is an adorable little cakery and gelateria. A side project of…
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…
94%… Hong Cha Java ~ TeaHaus 23 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 I have like A LOT of downtime today and thought i'd stop in to Ann Arbor's own TeaHaus to check out their new teas. One really fun thing I found…
94%… Ceylon FOP Ratnapura ~ TeaHaus 16 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Ratnapura is easily one of the most obscure tea producing regions. Located in the South interior of Sri Lanka, bordering its more famous tea producing cousins: Matara to the South,…
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…
93%… Green Ceylon OP ~ TeaHaus 16 Sep 201531 Jan 2016 A wet fern grove. That is what the aroma of Green Ceylon OP reminds me of. The spent leaves smell a bit more wet and pulpy. I wish i knew which…
87%… Nepal Shangri Lade ~ TeaHaus 14 Jun 201514 Dec 2015 Amazingly, this White tea brews out into the aroma of a Nepal tippy golden Black. I suppose it's not all that surprising though considering it's the exact same tea (grown…
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… 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…
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…