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.
Well friends, as it turns out, I quite badly misjudged this tea. This is mostly because my favourite types of white tea are white tea buds because of how sweet (and caffeinated) they are. So the first time I had this with friends, I was not sure what they were raving about – it tasted… Read More Tea Review: First Flush Himalayan White by Rare Tea Company
It has taken me almost two weeks to write this review! That’s… not good but hopefully finishing this starts a good trend? Because I do have a different white tea – this other one from Nepal – that I want to talk about as well! This white tea is from Renegade Farm – not stranger… Read More Tea Review: Imereti Summer by Renegade Tea
For the past two months, I have been intermittently searching the online newspaper and oral archives about the history of afternoon tea in Singapore and documenting my findings on Substack. The motivation was quite simple: I read a book about the history of afternoon tea in various countries and I wanted to do the same… Read More Why Isn’t There a Clearer History of Afternoon Tea in Singapore?
Welcome to the fourth, and for now last, installment of the Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews series. I’ve finished all the teas that my friend gave me, so I won’t have more to try until I meet her again. This also means this post is a bit of a bumper post because rather than split it… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #4
This review is a bit different from the others because: My mum has been wanting to try The Marmalade Pantry for a while, so when we realised their limited edition Floral Bliss and Scents afternoon tea was available for delivery, we decided to get it delivered! By the way, The Marmalade Pantry fulfils the order… Read More Afternoon Tea Review: The Marmalade Pantry at Home
Hi friends! This is a post that I’ve been wanting to write for quite a while, and even though I don’t think I’ll ever have it done to the level I want (there’s just so much information that I can’t find with my limited resources), this is what I can best do at the moment.… Read More UniversiTEA: Milk Tea & Colonialism in Asia
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