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.
Continuing on my quest to read as many tea books as possible, I found The Story of Tea at the library! Written by two tea traders, The Story of Tea claims to be a “cultural history and drinking guide.” The first chapter is called “A Brief History of Tea”, though it’s pretty comprehensive to me.… Read More The Story of Tea by Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss
Since I work at a tea-related company, we hear a lot about tea. And one of the teas we heard about was the new Twinning’s Cold Infuse. It intrigued me so much that when one of my friends headed to the UK, I asked her to buy me a box back to try. By the… Read More Twinning’s Cold Infuse – Watermelon, Strawberry, and Mint
I wish the title of the post was a prelude to me saying “and by the way, I got to go to Buckingham Palace and have tea with the Queen” but nope, that didn’t happen. Instead, I was trying the tea that Ethel gave me. It was from Buckingham, though, so I was pretty excited about… Read More Trying Buckingham Palace Teas
Recently, I was at a friend’s wedding when I started talking about tea (no big surprise). I said something along the lines of “white teas and green teas have more caffeine”, which my seatmate disagreed with heartily. A quick google search proved me wrong, but I was really confused as to why I had that… Read More Tea 101: How Much Caffeine is there in Tea?
Today’s tea is another gift from Ethel! I’m really lucky to have friends who keep me in mind when they drink tea overseas <3 When Ethel came back from her trip to Myammar, she brought back some black tea. The back of the packet, which has more information about the tea. I don’t know much… Read More Rangoon Tea House’s Sweet Black Tea “Cho Chauk”
When I met Ethel about two weeks ago, she gave me a bunch of teas from her recent travels, including this Taiwanese drip tea from Sonbérnor (松柏農)! I was super excited about these teas because I’ve never even thought of applying the concept of drip coffee to tea. The pack is filled with individual tea… Read More Sonbérnor (松柏農) Jasmine Green Tea (Drip Tea)
I first heard about this book from NPR’s article “From Raucous To Ritzy: A Brief History Of Christmas Tea” (would recommend this if you want to know about more about how Christmas tea came about!). The book sounded interesting and since the NLB had it, I decided to borrow it. Unfortunately, I didn’t realise how… Read More A Thirst for Empire by Erika Rappaport
My last post shared what I learnt about tea and the temperance movement. In this post, I want to share what I learnt about the tea adulteration (a pretty scary concept) because it’s got a much longer history than I imagined. The first time I realised that tea wasn’t as straightforward as I thought was… Read More The Long History of Fake and Adulterated Tea
I’m currently making my way through a second, quicker, round of A Thirst for Empire by Erika Rappaport (it’s one of those huge books filled with so much information that one read isn’t enough) and I thought I’d share some of the things that I’m learning. One of the things that the book talks about… Read More Tea and Temperance
Sanpin tea is fairly easy to find in Japan, but it was only on my trip to Okinawa that I became aware and enamoured of it. It tasted like Jasmine tea, but slightly different [1] and I ended up buying a packet to bring home and share with my family. Today, as I was drinking… Read More The Difference between Sanpin tea and Jasmine tea