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 haven’t been posting this week because I started part-time work and have been drinking the same few teas (since I haven’t figured out how to brew loose leaf tea in the office). But, I did pick up a new tea at Cafe Asia 2018 last week and managed to try it! The Teapigs Booth:… Read More Teapigs’ Snooze Tea
When I was searching about places to go in Stratford upon Avon (apart from the Shakespeare-related places), I found Benson’s House of Tea! I was immediately interested because: 1. The name is “house of tea” 2. They have £5 breakfasts with bottomless tea (or coffee, if you prefer that) Since they’re located just opposite Shakespeare’s… Read More Benson’s House of Tea: English Breakfast + Stratford All Day Blend
For my third post in this series, I thought of tackling a fairly big topic: tea bags vs loose leaf, and getting all the info ended up taking longer than I expected. I tried to find out more about the humble tea bag, the difference the tea bags and loose leaf teas, and if it… Read More Tea 101: Tea Bags vs Loose Leaf
Today, I want to introduce one of the teas that I bought in Kumamoto. It’s called 食べる緑茶 (Taberu Ryokucha) and it literally means “edible green tea”. This tea is from Izumi and if you believe the product page, it’s a super healthy tea to drink because the tea is powdered, which means that all the… Read More 食べる緑茶 (Taberu Ryokucha) + the Difference with Matcha
This is one of the teas that I got from Lupicia’s tea marche when I was in Japan (I miss the tea marches and Lupicia). I’ve been waiting for a special occasion to drink it and the Dayre Tea party was the perfect time! According to the description on the bag, this tea was made… Read More Lupicia’s Cookie Tea
I originally planned to review Ette’s Nasi Lemak tea and Ice Kacang tea together but somehow… I LOST THE ICE KACANG TEA! I don’t even know how that happened and I searched my tea cupboard twice but I still can’t find it. So I guess today, I’m just talking about the Nasi Lemak Tea. Nasi… Read More Ette’s Nasi Lemak Tea
Second post in this series and I thought that I’d talk about a part of tea that is vital to the beverage but not really considered [1]: water. To me, water is water, but there are apparently three things to consider. 1. Hardness of the waterThe book that I’m using (Black Tea Bible) divides water… Read More Tea 101: Water in Tea
We’re back to the stash of teas that I brought back from Japan! This time, I want to talk about the Matchaway tea by Lupicia: Matchaway is basically matcha that has been made to be easily dissolved in both hot and room-temperature water. They use tea leaves from Aichi while avoiding the use of sugar,… Read More Lupicia’s Matchaway (Strawberry & Acai)
During our trip to England last year, we visited Bath and of course, I had to visit the Jane Austen Centre! They had a tea room and a Jane Austen blend tea which made me very happy (as you can imagine). First, the tea: I also bought a book called Dining with Mr. Darcy This… Read More Jane Austen Tea + Jane Austen Centre Tea Room
I heard good things about A Social History of Tea by this two authors (link to the review I saw) and wanted to read it, but the library didn’t have the book so I borrowed this instead. It’s a pretty comprehensive look at tea, focusing on the various types of teas around the world. The book… Read More The New Tea Companion by Jane Pettigrew and Bruce Richardson