Adagio… Vanilla Rooibos ~ Adagio 2 Jun 2017 Reviewing products from twenty-eight different tea vendors has become a bit unweildly. Fortunately (for me) one of them, TranquiliTea in Plymouth, recently closed up shop when the owner decided to…
93%… Sarsaparilla Summer Herbal ~ TranquiliTea 14 May 2017 I have a slight cold and needed a warm Herbal tisane this afternoon. Fortunately this last week I accidentally uncovered TranquiliTea's "Sarsaparilla Summer Herbal", lost for at least a…
95%… Peachy Keen White ~ TranquiliTea 6 Jan 201625 Sep 2016 Believe it or not, TranquiliTea's Peachy Keen White was the very first White tea I tried. Years back, before Ann Arbor's TeaHaus, Plymouth's TranquiliTea was the only place i knew…
94%… Ceylon Dayagama Estate ~ TranquiliTea 21 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Before i began writing reviews for Ceylon Week, I was sure i had at least one example from all six growing regions. Turns out i'm missing Dimbulla. Here's why: when…
85%… Citrus Green ~ Adagio 3 Oct 201531 Jan 2016 I've had Adagio once or twice before, and I'd remembered liking it, so I decided I could justify the cost and picked up a six tea sampler of theirs from TranquiliTea…
87%… Maple Harvest Black ~ TranquiliTea 19 May 201530 Jan 2016 As far as I'm aware I've never before encountered a tea that tried to simulate a maple flavor before... until now. Maple Harvest Black by TranquiliTea is a relatively smokey Ceylon. In…
90%… Excursion: TranquiliTea’s 4th Annual Harney Affair & Kagoshima 21 Mar 201520 Dec 2015 This morning I was tickled and honored to sample a tea that TranquiliTea brought into the store by my request. TranquiliTea sent out an email to its newsletter members a…
A2 Local… Dark Heart ~ TranquiliTea 11 Feb 201520 Dec 2015 I've written in the past about how Pu-erh is traditionally sold in tuo-cha, or bird's nest shaped tea cakes. Well today, I'm trying one that's just perfect for February and…
A2 Local… Lapacho Herbal ~ TranquiliTea 17 Oct 201420 Dec 2015 Today I'm having a tea that's completely new to me! It's getting to be a pretty rare event so I'm kind of tickled. Lapacho, also known as Taheebo, is an…
A2 Local… Kenyan Black Tea with Lemon ~ Ajiri 13 Jun 201421 Dec 2015 I needed to take the morning off today and run out to Plymouth for something, so I thought I'd stop in at TranquiliTea briefly and check out what's new for…
A2 Local… White Tipped Oolong ~ TranquiliTea 17 Apr 201421 Dec 2015 White Tipped Oolong, also known as Dongfang Meiren (東方美人), literally meaning "oriental beauty" (also marketed as Bai Hao or Champagne Oolong) is a heavily fermented tippy oolong produced in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.…
A2 Local… Diamond Jubilee ~ Harney & Sons 2 Apr 201421 Dec 2015 Diamond Jubilee - sold in Harney & Sons’ “Historic Royal Palaces” collection, Diamond Jubilee is a tea I bought to share at the office (it usually comes in a large…
A2 Local… Excursion: TranquiliTea’s Harney & Sons Tea Affair 2014 24 Mar 201421 Dec 2015 ...was a no show. Although TranquiliTea did have a couple of exclusive Harney & Sons teas, including the 30th Anniversary silver needle/Golden Yunnan blend, there was no company rep in…
A2 Local… Harney Tea Affair 2014 19 Mar 201421 Dec 2015 There's no formal event I enjoy attending more than tea parties. 3rd Annual Harney Tea Affair Sunday March 23nd 12-3 at TranquiliTea 904 W Ann Arbor Trail Plymouth Township, MI…