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.
Sometime in April 2020, I bought some raw puer in the form of balls (hence the name “dragon balls”). This raw puer had already been aged for 11 years, but as someone who doesn’t typically like the astringency raw puer can have, I haven’t been reaching for this, instead opting to let it age. Since… Read More My 2023 Tasting of the 2009 Dragon Balls of Bulang
After far too long, I am finally back with (I hope) a nice long review of a new tea! I have been holding back on opening any new packets because it’s really not great to have too much tea open and exposed to air but I have finally finished my Miss Ohh Long from Renegade… Read More Tea Review: 蜜香红茶 (Mixiang Hongcha)
It has taken about a month, but we are at the third installment of the Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews series and I’ll be finishing up the teas from December in this post. This means I only have the January teas left to drink (until Ethel passes me more). Today’s teas are pretty fruity – the… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #3
Hello friends! It has been a while since my last Lupicia quick tea review post and I was distracted due to Easter and falling sick (again). This time whatever I got was pretty powerful because I got dizzy and breathless and basically was completely unable to work for two days. So let me think back… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #2
Lately, I’ve been looking into a mysTEAry regarding a line in one of Agatha Christie’s books and how many types of afternoon teas there might have been. Which is how I found Afternoon Tea: A History by Julia Skinner. I’ve read a bit about afternoon teas while reading other tea books (such as in A… Read More Tea Book Review: Afternoon Tea by Julia Skinner
It’s time for the first instalment in my Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews series! Last week, I managed to try four Lupicia teas – three are from the November tea subscription and one is a sample. The first tea is called Bungo Les Bains and it’s inspired by Oita’s onsens and is supposed to be a… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #1
When I chose to share a tea subscription with Flyeetelfly, I knew but I didn’t know what I was getting into. On one, rational, level, I knew that this would mean new packets of tea every month. On another level, I didn’t realise that meant I would drown in tea. I managed to live in… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews Incoming!
This is going to be a short review because it’s mostly an art book. I considered just putting it on Goodreads to track my stats but it’s so cute I would still like to share it with you (sidenote: I don’t like this mindset I have that short reviews aren’t worth posting for posterity here… Read More Book Review: A Teacup Collection by Molly Hatch
While I’m trying to finish some sencha before resuming my tea reviews, I thought I’d try writing some fun tea posts! If you have any topic requests, let me know. Today, I wanted to talk about tea-related activities you can do with friends that isn’t just drinking tea while chatting (though I honestly really like… Read More ActiviTEAS to do with Friends
It has been a long time, but I finally opened the sencha that I got… last year! That’s later than I would like and I’m just glad it was properly sealed. I got this 星野さつき (Hoshino Satsuki) sencha from Karel Capek, but it actually comes from Hoshino Seichaen (星野製茶園) in Yame, Fukuoka. The Hoshino Satsuki… Read More Tea Review: 星野さつき (Hoshino Satsuki) by Karel Capek