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.
“We’re not getting any more scones and clotted cream. Our vacation is less than three months away and we need to build anticipation for the trip.” Famous last words from my dad. Unsurprisingly, we caved and got more scones and cream about a month before we left. Perhaps that’s why we only managed to visit… Read More Afternoon Teas Around the UK
This entire post started when my sister asked me to turn the cup of tea I made for her into cold tea. It was a little late to start cold brewing (given that the tea was already in hand), so I decided to let it cool down naturally instead of adding ice and possibly diluting… Read More Taste Test: Cold Brew vs Iced Dancong Tea
It’s taking much longer than expected to write the posts about my UK trip and I’m attributing that to the fact that work has been really busy lately. But, the posts will be written and posted – hopefully fairly close together like the haul posts. As with the book haul, I think I held back… Read More UK Tea Haul
One of my friends went on a trip to Nepal recently, and when he asked me what I wanted, I immediately told him “Nepalese tea”. And he came back with a box of Masala Chai for me! Chai isn’t something that I often drink at home – the first time I’ve had it, it was… Read More Rakura’s Masala Chai
I was planning to stay at home today but the jetlag kicked in and I woke up pretty early. Since Instagram told me that it was Antea Social’s new teahouse’s official opening today, I decided to make use of this sudden burst of energy to visit the teahouse. While I don’t think I’ve mentioned Antea… Read More Teahouse Visit: Antea Social
And we’re at the final tea of the tea haul! I normally wouldn’t buy black tea because I already have so much (black tea being what most of my family drinks), but I’m also testing out teas for my cousin’s tea bar and this tea was one of the contenders. Keemun black tea is a… Read More Trying Keemun Black Tea
This is one of the teas that I was most excited for in the tea haul! Well, I was excited for the dancongs as well, but I wasn’t as excited as I was for the yellow tea because: I didn’t realise how special dancongs were until after I started drinking and looking into them I… Read More Yellow Tea: Huo Shan Huang Ya (霍山黄芽)
I’m back with another tea from our tea haul! I’ve finished both dancongs, so the remaining teas would be this green tea, a yellow tea, and a black tea (all Chinese teas – something I’m not too familiar with). I first tried Liu An Gua Pian (六安瓜片) at Parchmen Academy’s Chocolate and Cheese Pairing with… Read More Tasting Liu An Gua Pian: One of China’s Top Ten Teas (中国十大名茶)
Apart from Duck Shit Dancong, my latest tea haul included Milanxiang, a tea I chose because the name sounded appealing. I’ve already covered the basics of Dancong in my post on Duck Shit Dancong, so I’ll just do an introduction of Milanxiang in this one. What is Milanxiang Dancong? Written as 蜜兰香, Milanxiang translates into… Read More Trying Milanxiang Dancong
Cher and I did our first group tea buy recently! Cher has quite a few suppliers that she gets tea from – what this means is that while her cost of tea per 100g is pretty cheap, the overall amount is pretty high because she has to buy a minimum amount of tea. But since… Read More My First Duck Shit Oolong (+ What is Dancong?)