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
I was talking to my cousin about the difference between milk tea and royal milk tea when I realised that I’ve not written a post on this topic! I thought this would be fairly easy to write, given that I own a book called “Black tea bible” but as it turns out, milk tea isn’t… Read More Tea 101: History of & Types of Milk Tea
Hello friends! I saw a really interesting post about teapots some time back, and I thought it might be helpful pick out 3 things you should be considering when buying a new teapot. Since there are quite a few ways to brew tea, I’m going to be very general and assume: I’m not really going… Read More Tea 101: 3 Things to Consider When Choosing a Teapot
Hello friends! This is the last post in the tea 101 series for a while, and I’m excited to share a cultivar that’s completely new to me – the Tsuyuhikari (つゆひかり)! What is the Tsuyuhikari cultivar? The Tsuyuhikar was created by the Shizuoka Tea Experiment Station (静岡県茶業試験場) in 1970 by crossing Shizu7132 (静7132) as the… Read More Tea 101: Tsuyuhikari
I’m not sure what happened last week but I was down with a sore throat and a bad cough (not covid!) for a few days and didn’t have time to write this post until now. But, the okuharuka cultivar is a very interesting one (albeit one I don’t know what much about) and I’m excited… Read More Tea 101: Okuharuka
Now that I’m back in my dorm working on my thesis, I have time to drink tea (or rather, drinking tea is how I take a break). I’ve also got, including this tea, three more Japanese cultivars to drink and I’m so excited about it! So here’s a tea that I’ve been looking forward to… Read More Tea 101: Fukumidori
It has been almost a month since my last Tea 101 post, so we are long overdue for this look into Musashi Kaori! What is the Musashi Kaori cultivar? Created in 1967 as a cross between the yabukita and the intriguingly labelled “27F1-73”, the Musashi Kaori is distinguished by its refreshing scent and umami note.… Read More Tea 101: Musashi Kaori
I have a big, tea-related talk on Saturday so I really, really wanted to have a tea-related post this week. I’ve been drinking sencha made from the hokumei cultivar, so I thought it was the perfect tea to look into! What is the Hokumei Cultivar? The hokumei cultivar was developed in Saitama prefecture by combining… Read More Tea 101: The Hokumei Cultivar
Hello my tea friends! We are back with a new cultivar to look into – and it’s a very interesting one today. What is the Gokoh Cultivar? I say the Gokoh cultivar is interesting because all these teas that I’m drinking are sencha (steamed green tea, which is different from Chinese green teas which tend… Read More Tea 101: The Gokoh Cultivar
Recently, I was drinking a rather inscrutable tea (i.e. a tea where I don’t get the notes I’m supposed to get) and that got me reflecting a little on my tea journey. As you can probably tell from my tea reviews, I don’t get the most exciting things from my tea tasting sessions, but I… Read More Tea 101: 3 Tips To Improve Your Tea Tasting Abilities