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.
I have finally opened this!! It took much longer than expected because I want it to last forever (also, I was trying to finish a few other teas). But it’s open, I’ve tasted it, and I’ve got a tea review for you in not one, but two formats! (Also, you can tell that I’ve got… Read More Tea Review: Kiki’s Delivery Service Tea (Cookie) from Lupicia
While I’m taking a brief break from The Tale of Tea by George van Driem to reread the other books about tea I own, I wanted to share something that I’ve learnt from what I read so far! One thing that I’ve read a couple of times[1] is that it was Robert Fortune’s 1843 trip… Read More UniversiTEA: The History of the term ‘Camellia Sinensis’
After I made that Earl Grey Gin & Tonic, I was inspired to continue playing with tea and tonic water (that and I still had a bottle of tonic water to finish before it goes flat). So I decided to try out some non-alcoholic versions! I chose six teas and steeped them in 50ml of… Read More Tea and Tonic Experiments
I managed to read about a hundred more pages of Brave Story today, so I’m now into the Vision part of the series. Vision is basically something that Wataru thought up and because he likes video games, it’s really like an RPG. Although I remember enjoying the adventure the first time I read Brave Story,… Read More Daily Reading: 14th May//How Zelda is Enhancing my Reading Experience
At long last, my Book of Tea from Lupicia is here! It was stuck at the Tokyo post office for a month and I refreshed the tracker page on my phone so often it became one of my most visited sites. I decided to film a short unboxing video for this but realised after editing… Read More Lupicia’s Book of Tea Unboxing!
It always pays to browse the shelves at the library. I found Tales of the Tea Trade in the tea section and immediately picked it up, especially since Infused by Henrietta Lovell was such a good read and I was eager to read more about the tea industry. Tales of the Tea Trade turned out… Read More Tea Book Review: Tales of the Tea Trade by Michelle and Rob Comins
I was at a bit of a loss as to what to read after I finished all the Jane Austens I had at home. At first, I thought of reading Death Came to Pemberley but I gave up after a few pages – not because the book was bad (I enjoyed it the first time… Read More Daily Reading: 10th May//Some Historical Fiction
After so long, I finally found some time where I was ready to get to know a new tea! This tea is a 2019 Dong Ding Oolong from Augur Tea Affairs – I talked about their 2009 Dragon Balls of Bulang recently and this was from the same tea haul. The description: “A restrained floral… Read More Tea Review: 2019 Dong Ding Oolong by Augur Tea Affairs
Hi friends! Since I have been challenging myself with baking and embroidery, I decide to try myself with filming a video as well! I was challenged to do a video during the 15 Minute Magic and it was honestly the hardest task out of three months of tasks. So I decided that I need to… Read More Talking about Books about Tea
In my head, I know that I should be reviewing the last two ‘new teas’ that I bought recently, but I’ve just not been in the right headspace to sit with a tea. Instead, I’ve been drawn to a cocktail recipe from The Book of Afternoon Tea that involves Earl Grey. Here’s the thing about… Read More This may be my favourite way of drinking Earl Grey