After drinking the Hokumei, I learnt that Hiraoka-en also created a black tea. I was particularly interested in the tea because it’s bug-bitten, the way Beauty of the East is. So I wrote to NPO法人 埼玉農業おうえんしたい to ask if I could buy a packet to try, and they very kindly sent me a packet to sample… Read More Tea Review: Santomi Black Tea by Hiraoka-en
I have finally opened this!! It took much longer than expected because I want it to last forever (also, I was trying to finish a few other teas). But it’s open, I’ve tasted it, and I’ve got a tea review for you in not one, but two formats! (Also, you can tell that I’ve got… Read More Tea Review: Kiki’s Delivery Service Tea (Cookie) from Lupicia
This is the last of my tea haul from the Rare Tea Company! I was pretty excited for this one because I love a good black tea and because in my head I was envisioning something like Kinnettles Gold, which I love. First Impressions The leaves are long and thin, with a nice malty scent.… Read More Tea Review: Malawi Huntington Hand Rolled Black Tea by Rare Tea Company
My friend, and fellow tea lover, Eetel from FlyEetelFly recently gave me two taster packets of Lupicia teas! She knows how much I love them and as expected, I was so excited to be able something new. The two teas I got to try are 雁ヶ音日記 (Karigane Nikki) and からころ (Karakoro). 雁ヶ音日記 (Karigane Nikki) First… Read More Tea Review: Karigane Nikki and Karakoro from Lupicia
I mentioned a while back that for the first time ever, I bought a tea because of the a book – Henrietta’s book, to be exact. Her memoir of her life in tea was so fascinating and her tea descriptions so enticing that I bought the Rare Tea Discovery Box even before I finished reading.… Read More Tea Reviews: Rare Tea Discovery Box by Rare Tea Company
It’s always fun testing seasonal teas so when Kittea released their Year of the Rat tea (consisting of the Year of the Rat blend and a Fortune Kittea blend), I immediately got it. After all, I had fun trying last year’s Year of the Pig tea and I haven’t really had blends in a while.… Read More Tea Review: Year of the Rat Tea by Kittea
It’s time for another round of quick tea reviews! This might actually be the last post I do here (unless I’m doing a roundup of teas drunk on a trip) because I’ve recently decided to be more active on Instagram and all the mini-tea reviews will probably end up there instead. Fingers crossed I don’t… Read More What’s Been in My Cup (Quick Tea Reviews #3)
I bought this tea for a very shallow reason: I liked the name. In my defence, I really do love books and it is so hard to resist anything that combines two of my favourite hobbies (see also: books about tea. I’m definitely going to be A Thirst for Empire sometime in the future). I’ve… Read More Tea Review: Book Lover by Karel Capek
I’ve mentioned Cher on this blog a few times, mostly because she has an insane amount of tea and always brings interesting teas to our tea sessions. Her dedication to tea is such that while on business trips to China, she ended up making friends with a few farmers and tea-merchants. As you can imagine,… Read More Trying OurTeaFam’s Sample Box
Before I went to Scotland, I decided that I had to buy Scottish tea. The whole idea came as I was watching Escape to the Country (Hi Netflix, please bring it back) so I started googling for places to buy tea from. Nicole from Tea For Me, Please suggested Kinnettles Gold from Pekoe Tea and… Read More First Impressions of Kinnettles Gold + My Visit to PekoeTea