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.
You might have heard of modern day tea competitions like the Global Tea Championships, Australian Tea Masters, or perhaps Great Taste Awards (okay that may be stretching it), where either teas or tea professionals are judged. But do you know that tea competitions have a very long history? I’ve been reading about the competitions in… Read More UniversiTEA: The History of Tea Competitions
Today’s teas come from Gina, one of my friends in Indonesia! She sent these two teas from 七 Story [1] via another friend and I decided to drink them while I’m in quarantine (because my novel experiences are currently all book and tea related). There was only enough for one tea session per blend, so… Read More Tea Review: Smoky Green Tea & Jakarta Thee 492 from 七 Story
For the third year running, Nic, Bekah and I met up to have afternoon tea for my birthday! This time, we decided to go for Skai purely for the aesthetics – their afternoon tea tier looked really good! Skai is located on the 70th floor of Swissôtel, The Stamford, which means that it has amazing… Read More Afternoon Tea @ Skai
Continuing on with my review of the teas from my What Cha Haul (link leads to unboxing video), today’s tea is a pretty unusual tea from Sri Lanka! I can’t lie – I bought this tea because the shape of the leaves were so unusual! They’ve been twisted into mini rods and I was wondering… Read More Tea Review: Ceylon Idulgashinna ‘Blue Nettle’ Oolong Tea from What Cha
In his review of the Malawi Bvumbwe Peony White Tea, Northern Teaist suggested that it might be interesting to compare the Malawi Bvumbwe Peony White Tea with a Chinese counterpart. I actually have some Baimudan (aka the Peony White Tea) from Fujian after the last Book & Brew’s tea tasting session, so I decided to… Read More Tea Test: Malawi vs Fujian Peony White Tea
Even as I was/am enjoying my sencha, matcha, and wakoucha, I still can not resist the urge to get more new tea. I’ve been eyeing some of the teas from What-Cha since Northern Teaist introduced the site to me, and when I heard that their Georgian teas were back in stock, I decided to buy… Read More Tea Review: Malawi Bvumbwe Peony White Tea from What Cha
After drinking the Hokumei, I learnt that Hiraoka-en also created a black tea. I was particularly interested in the tea because it’s bug-bitten, the way Beauty of the East is. So I wrote to NPO法人 埼玉農業おうえんしたい to ask if I could buy a packet to try, and they very kindly sent me a packet to sample… Read More Tea Review: Santomi Black Tea by Hiraoka-en
I may be done with all my sencha reviews for the Sayama teas, but that doesn’t mean that I’m done with all the teas I got from these farms! One of the farms, Okutomi-en, also produces matcha and since I finally have a matcha bowl and whisk, I decided to get some to try! From… Read More Tea Review: Sayama Matcha from Okutomi-en
Now that I’m done with the Sayama Tea Series reviews, I thought it would be interesting to take some time to pause and think about the way that I write tea reviews. While I haven’t been reviewing tea for very long, the way that I’ve written my reviews have slowly shifted over time. This is… Read More Tea Discussion Post: What makes a good tea review?
Hey everyone! As mentioned in my previous post, I’m giving away a sample pack of Sayama teas! Each packet contains 10g of sencha and the seven cultivars that I’ll be giving away are: Yumewakaba Hokumei Musashi-Kaori Okuharuka Gokoh Sayama-Kaori Toyoka Unfortunately, I only have one box to give away, so I’ll be doing everything through… Read More Instagram Giveaway: Sample Pack of Sayama Teas