I love tea and my definition of what counts as a tea-related post is pretty wide. Expect to see tea reviews, reviews of books about tea, and even posts about afternoon tea.
It has been far too long since I wrote a tea review, but I decided to start this year by opening one of the teas that I’ve been saving since my trip to Japan last year. This is an interesting tea because it’s an oolong – not very common in Japan – and I had… Read More Tea Review: Sayama Oolong by Shimizu-En
Merry Christmas Eve my friends! I decided to just combine the third week and last few days of advent to do one longer post for the Lupicia Advent Calendar. Since this is the last post, I will also write my overall thoughts at the bottom. Day by Day Updates Lupicia Advent Day 15: Christmas Wreath… Read More Lupicia Fes-tea-vities: Advent Week 3 to End
I bought this book pretty impulsively, thinking that it was going to be a nice coffee table book with lots of pictures of teacups, but I was so impressed by what I got that I had to do a review of this! If you remember, a long time ago, I reviewed A Tale of Tea… Read More Tea Book Review – Steeped in History: The Art of Tea edited by Beatrice Hohenegger
Hello friends! The advent calendar has accompanied me places last week – by which I mean that I went to a Church camp and brought the two boxes that should be opened there. I think having things in different boxes for each day makes it very easy to open, especially compared to other advents where… Read More Lupicia Fes-tea-vities: Advent Week 2
Hello friends! As promised, here is a report of what I’ve been enjoying in the first week of the Lupicia advent calendar (albeit, a bit late). Lupicia Advent – Day 1: White Christmas Tea The first day revealed a beautiful tin of White Christmas Tea. I love the design of the tin here, but was… Read More Lupicia Fes-tea-vities: Advent Week 1
Hello friends, just a quick note to let you know that after a one-year break (and me not doing it properly in 2023… I think?), I’m back with another tea-themed advent calendar! To be honest, I was planning to skip the advent calendar this year, because I’ve already tried most of what I’ve wanted to… Read More The Fes-TEA-vities Start Soon – Lupicia’s 2025 Advent Calendar!
Hi friends, it’s been a while. I intended to at least blog weekly about what sencha I was drinking but life got very intense for a while and everything blog related went on pause. But, I was still drinking tea so I thought I would do one round up of the three teas that I’ve… Read More 3 More Pots of 2025 Sencha
I am back with another look into another green tea! My posts on the 2025 senchas are going to be rather short, so if you’re looking for a more detailed explanation of the hokumei cultivar, I recommend the intro post I did for it a couple of years back. The dry leaves had a nice… Read More My 2025 Experience with Hokumei
Hello all! I am dipping my toes back into the tea writing experience (and really, tea journalling) with the 2025 musashikaori sencha. So this is a bit of a less serious review, because I have realised that not exercising the tea review muscle has caused it to greatly atrophy. If you need some information on… Read More My 2025 Experience with Musashi Kaori sencha
This post has been a loooooong time in the making, and I did consider just enjoying the teas for myself but some things are too good not to be shared (though as a result, I don’t have as many photos as I normally would). If you recall, way back in January, I went to Sayama… Read More Trying 3 Black Teas from Shimizu-en