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.
Tea at Cher’s is always interesting because she’s a woman of great tea resources and has all the interesting teas. So after our tea blending experiment, we continued to just drink from her collection of tea. One of the teas that she brought out was this gorgeous Yunnan Purple Bud (云南古树紫芽苞). Look at how gorgeous… Read More Trying Yunnan Purple Buds (云南古树紫芽苞)
I totally missed this the first time I visited London, but when my dad told me that he wanted to visit the Greenwich Royal Observatory and see the prime meridian, I started to look at what else was in the area. That’s when I found out about the Cutty Sark. It’s the last surviving tea… Read More Visiting the Cutty Sark
When my cousin asked me about getting a tea bar for his wedding, I decided to volunteer. Or rather, I decided to ask Cher about it and we volunteered to do it, reasoning that with Cher’s contacts and my um… ability to plan, we could do a tea bar at a low cost. Well, the… Read More Experiments with Tea: Blending Black and Green Teas with Rosebuds
The 2019 edition of the Singapore Tea Festival (STF) is over! I’ve got to admit, even though I was working there the whole three days, it’s all a bit of a blur. Most of my time was spent solving problems or working the registers and when I wasn’t at the event, I was helping at… Read More STF 2019 VIP Bag: First Look
The back of Twinings’ Golden Rose Hearts has the following description to describe the tea: “Handmade using a traditional Chinese technique known as ‘Tuocha’, a single rosebud is placed into black tea leaves and compressed into a heart shape. When infused in hot water, the rosebud delicately scents the strong, brisk black tea.” I was… Read More What is Tuo Cha?
There were a lot of tea shops that I wanted to visit in London (like Postcard Teas!) but I know better than to make a trip mainly about tea – my family likes tea but not that much. But since Twining’s flagship store at 216 Strand is the oldest tea shop in London, it was… Read More Visiting the Oldest Tea Shop in London + Tea Review: Twinings Golden Rose Hearts
“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