92%… Black Dragon Pearls ~ ChocolaTea 8 Jan 201625 Sep 2016 Today marks the very last ChocolaTea (or, as i like to refer it "CharcoalaTea") review. By that i mean i'm reviewing the last of the rather large batch of tea…
A2 Local… Excursion: TeaVana on the cheap 27 Dec 201525 Sep 2016 This post is unintentionally dedicated to the number 11. :) As you might be aware the day after Christmas in the West has become a Black Friday-like day for shops…
A2 Local… Pineapple Kona Pop ~ TeaVana 25 Nov 201525 Sep 2016 It's been a while since i had a good smoothie, and with the exit of Kerrytown's Smoothie King it will probably be a while longer still. However, what i do…
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…
92%… Darjeeling de Triomphe First Flush ~ TeaVana 6 Aug 201530 Jan 2016 I was a bit hesitant to include a TeaVana entry into this week's theme, given its tendency to vary widely from other tea manufacturing/storage in the industry. In this case,…
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…
85%… Golden Dragon ~ TeaVana 30 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 Golden Dragon is TeaVana's first ever Yellow tea. Yellow tea has yet to take off in the West, but more specifically it's basically just too rare to import without an…
91%… Jeju Island Green ~ TeaVana 23 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 Since Jeju Island Green is a TeaVana tea, I thought it only fitting that I brew it in my TeaVana Perfect T-maker. Ordinarily I would brew an astringent fine Green…
A2 Local… Excursion: Tea Equipage for the Forty-Eighth Century 21 Jun 201530 Jan 2016 If you thought today's post was going to involve science fiction, it's actually quite the opposite. Believe it or do not, but in actuality we're currently celebrating the 48th Century of…
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… Pumpkin Spice Brulée ~ ChocolaTea 28 Mar 201530 Jan 2016 I continue to encounter friends and acquaintances that love tea, and the extent of their tea knowledge derives solely from two or three things they've tried at TeaVana. Obviously such…
A2 Local… Youthberry via Starbucks 13 Mar 201530 Jan 2016 Ack. I was buried under a blizzard of work today and didn't get around to that third fair trade review I promised. It'll probably be pushed back to next week.…
A2 Local… decaf lotus blossom green 18 Feb 201530 Jan 2016 I thought I'd written my last post on Tazo a while back, but no such luck. The dollar-sign eyed monster continues to grab market share of "people trying to cut…
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