Continuing on with my review of the teas from my What Cha Haul (link leads to unboxing video), today’s tea is a pretty unusual tea from Sri Lanka! I can’t lie – I bought this tea because the shape of the leaves were so unusual! They’ve been twisted into mini rods and I was wondering… Read More Tea Review: Ceylon Idulgashinna ‘Blue Nettle’ Oolong Tea from What Cha
After so long, I finally found some time where I was ready to get to know a new tea! This tea is a 2019 Dong Ding Oolong from Augur Tea Affairs – I talked about their 2009 Dragon Balls of Bulang recently and this was from the same tea haul. The description: “A restrained floral… Read More Tea Review: 2019 Dong Ding Oolong by Augur Tea Affairs
A friend went to Korea and came back with some tea! It’s super exciting because I’ve been wanting to visit the O’Sulloc Tea Museum for the longest time and since I have not made my way there, drinking tea from O’Sulloc is going to be the closest thing I can get to this. Because I… Read More Tea Review: Volcanic Rock Tea by Osulloc
Today’s tea is special. When my Hong Kong mama and my mum came back from settling Yeye’s affairs, they had a few small gifts for each of us. For me, they gave me a small tea set and some tea. The tea is a Da Hong Pao but to be honest, it could be a… Read More Drinking Yeye's Tea
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)
The only time I managed to get to a tea house in Hong Kong last month was when I went to Fukien Tea House. Sadly, we spent more times on the mountains and avoiding the protests and didn’t really have the time to explore the city. But, I heard good things about the Shui Xian… Read More Snapshots of Fukien Tea House + Zhen Cong Shui Xian Tasting Notes
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
This year seems to be the year of oolongs (at least in terms of workshops). I attended an oolong workshop that focuses on Taiwanese oolongs last Saturday and learnt so much. The workshop was hosted by Kenny, one of the tea practitioners in Singapore that I admire, and was chock-full of information. I took over… Read More Taiwanese Oolong Workshop by Kenny Leong
Apart from Duck Shit Dancong, my latest tea haul included Milanxiang, a tea I chose because the name sounded appealing. I’ve already covered the basics of Dancong in my post on Duck Shit Dancong, so I’ll just do an introduction of Milanxiang in this one. What is Milanxiang Dancong? Written as 蜜兰香, Milanxiang translates into… Read More Trying Milanxiang Dancong
Cher and I did our first group tea buy recently! Cher has quite a few suppliers that she gets tea from – what this means is that while her cost of tea per 100g is pretty cheap, the overall amount is pretty high because she has to buy a minimum amount of tea. But since… Read More My First Duck Shit Oolong (+ What is Dancong?)