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.
Time for another tea review! This Darjeeling tea was a sample that came with What Cha order, and I was so happy there was enough for two gongfu sessions! So we have one session at home and one session at the office, in between work. First Impressions The dry leaves are pretty small but pretty!… Read More Tea Review: Darjeeling Gopaldhara Golden Tips Black Tea from What Cha
Good news: I thought I procrastinated on this for a year, but I only took half a year to read this! Honestly, it should have taken much less time, given that the subject matter is lighter than my other Japanese books, but I pretty much just left the book alone until quarantine, where I finished… Read More Reading in Japanese: The History of England’s Teacups by Cha Tea (英国ティーカップの歴史)
I’m always happy to read books about tea, and finding free books about tea makes me even happier. A Bowl for a Coin by William Wayne Farris is a commodity history of tea in Japan, an angle of Japanese tea history that I’ve not really seen outside my Japanese tea instructor textbook (and even then,… Read More Tea Book Review: A Bowl for a Coin by William Wayne Farris
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll probably have figured out that I’m back in the office now. And as it turns out, I left one packet of opened sencha in the tea drawer before I left! The tea definitely isn’t bad but it’s been six months (in my defence, I thought I’d be away… Read More I made my own Hojicha
Whew what a long name for a tea! I’ve gotta say, though, I also like long descriptive names because I have a much better understanding about what they’re supposed to taste like. Anyway, this is one of the two teas I brought into Malaysia with me (I’m hoping to make a dent in the tea… Read More Tea Review: Darjeeling Rohini 2020 Second Flush ‘Honey’ Oolong Tea by What Cha
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