I mentioned in my Hachimanjyu Tea Farm visit post that I didn’t get to buy tea made only from the kuritawase cultivar. It’s a pity that I couldn’t try it, but on the other hand, I did manage to get my hands on single-cultivar green teas. Three of them, in fact. Two of the teas… Read More Trying 3 Different Japanese Green Tea Cultivars (Round 1)
It took me some time but I’ve finally read the third book in the Invisible Library series. Sadly, I wasn’t as impressed as I was with the first two books, which means that I’m at a bit of a crossroads as to whether I want to continue the series. The Burning Page takes place right… Read More The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
So this is the main reason why I went to Yakushima. I got to know Hachimanjyu Tea while I was working for teapasar and decided to visit them on my trip to Japan to say hi properly and thank them for being willing to work with us. Who is Hachimanjyu Tea? Hachimanjyu Tea is a… Read More My Visit to Hachimanjyu Tea Farm
Although I enjoyed Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel, I haven’t actually read any of Daphne du Maurier’s short stories. Until now, that is. The blurb for The Doll describes it as “short fiction in which she explored the images, themes, and concerns that informed her later work” so I was cautiously excited about what the… Read More The Doll by Daphne du Maurier
It’s been slightly over my month since my last update, so I thought it would be a good time to check-in. This month has had slightly unusual phone usage habits because I had to depend on my phone quite a bit in Japan and I was worried that I would continue the high usage after… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Habit: One Month Update
I went to Yakushima for tea, but it would have been silly of me to go there only for the tea. After all, Yakushima was the inspiration for the forest in Princess Mononoke (it’s a great movie – go watch it if you haven’t!). Since we were going to stay the night, I wanted to… Read More Beginner Hiking Trails at Yakushima
Alison Weir is a name that has popped up several times when looking for recommendations of popular British history books. I thought that she wrote mainly biographies and added Anne Boleyn to see if I liked her style, so imagine my surprise when I realised that this was historical fiction. Subtitled: A King’s Obsession, this… Read More Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir
The more tea I drink, the more I realise that there are gaps in my tea tasting experience. I’ve always thought of Sri Lanka as a place for black tea (and more as a base for flavoured teas than single origin teas) but this white tea changed my mind about it. Golden Tips was a… Read More Tea Review: Damro Labookellie’s Golden Tips
I heard about this book quite a bit when it came out but I tend to avoid books during their hype (I’ll probably be reading Harry Potter soon and I guess I’ll continue Game of Thrones when the series is done). When I saw this book in the library, I figured that most of the… Read More Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton
Last year, I decided that it would be fun to celebrate my birthday by having afternoon tea at The Courtyard. I really enjoyed that, so I figured it would be fun to try and make it a tradition. Hence, last Saturday’s afternoon tea at Renku. We hurried the afternoon tea a little because I wanted… Read More Wonderland Afternoon Tea at Renku (Marina Bay Sands)
