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.
One unexpected effect of the CORVID-19 pandemic was that it completely scuttled my plans of going to Japan in May and viewing part of the shincha season. However, the lovely folks at NPO法人 埼玉農業おうえんしたい (NPO Agriculture Support Team in Saitama) have provided me with some of the latest information. What is Sayama Tea(狭山茶)? Located in the… Read More What is Sayama Tea? (Shincha Season in Sayama)
Because I was working Singapore Tea Festival last year, I didn’t really have a lot of time to slowly ponder and shop for tea. All my purchases were rushed and as a result, I completely forgot what this was: The only thing I remembered about this was that it’s from Arinobu tea. I was pretty… Read More A MysTEAry II
This is the last of my tea haul from the Rare Tea Company! I was pretty excited for this one because I love a good black tea and because in my head I was envisioning something like Kinnettles Gold, which I love. First Impressions The leaves are long and thin, with a nice malty scent.… Read More Tea Review: Malawi Huntington Hand Rolled Black Tea by Rare Tea Company
Now that I’ve finished the two puers that recently came into my hands, let’s go back to the Satemwa Tea Estate teas that I bought from the Rare Tea Company. This is one that I was super excited about, since fellow tea bloggers like Northern Teaist and It’s More Than Tea wrote very glowing posts… Read More Tea Review: Malawi White Antlers from Rare Tea Company
Last year, I tried raw puer for the first time. It was an interesting experience, although the intense bitterness and earthiness scared me off trying it again in the near future. But I wanted to come back to this and when I realised that Kenny was selling 2009 raw puer dragon balls (dragon balls again!… Read More My Second Raw Puer: 2009 Dragon Balls of Bulang
Since I’m kind of on a puer roll, I thought it would be fitting for the first tea I’m reviewing for the Rare Tea Company to be their Malawi Leafy Puer! I bought this pretty much because of the name – I was surprised that Malawi produced dark tea (technically not puer because it’s not… Read More Tea Review: Malawi Leafy Puer by Rare Tea Company
Inspired by my recent tea experiment with rose puer cakes and an upcoming tea session involving Malawi puer, I thought it would be fun to go back to basics and explore the idea: what is puer? Introduction In many tea books I’ve read, tea is often classified as: green, black, oolong, yellow (sometimes left out),… Read More Tea 101: What is Puer?
Last year, I visited the Twinings shop at 216 Strand and left with a lot of tea, including the Twinings Golden Rose Hearts. I’ve been treasuring it ever since, opening one small cake at a time. At the same time, I also asked Cher if any of her tea farmer contacts knew people who were… Read More Tea Experiments: A Rose By Any Other Name
While I don’t actually need to keep re-reading the basics of tea, I just cannot resist tea books. When I saw Good & Proper Tea, I was unable to stop myself from borrowing it. It’s a book about tea! I don’t really need more motivation to read it. Good & Proper Tea contains the usual… Read More Tea Book Review: Good & Proper Tea by Emilie Holmes
My friend, and fellow tea lover, Eetel from FlyEetelFly recently gave me two taster packets of Lupicia teas! She knows how much I love them and as expected, I was so excited to be able something new. The two teas I got to try are 雁ヶ音日記 (Karigane Nikki) and からころ (Karakoro). 雁ヶ音日記 (Karigane Nikki) First… Read More Tea Review: Karigane Nikki and Karakoro from Lupicia