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
It’s time for the first instalment in my Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews series! Last week, I managed to try four Lupicia teas – three are from the November tea subscription and one is a sample. The first tea is called Bungo Les Bains and it’s inspired by Oita’s onsens and is supposed to be a… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #1
It has been a long time, but I finally opened the sencha that I got… last year! That’s later than I would like and I’m just glad it was properly sealed. I got this 星野さつき (Hoshino Satsuki) sencha from Karel Capek, but it actually comes from Hoshino Seichaen (星野製茶園) in Yame, Fukuoka. The Hoshino Satsuki… Read More Tea Review: 星野さつき (Hoshino Satsuki) by Karel Capek
Hello tea friends! Things have been slow on the tea front, but I am working on a teapot post that I hope will be useful. Today though, I just want to share about a tea that I tried recently. The tea is Muscat Oolong aka a grape-flavoured oolong! I was really excited for this since… Read More Tea Review: Muscat Oolong by Karel Capek
I did an introduction to the Yumewakaba cultivar recently, but somehow, I forgot that I had a Yumewakaba black tea that I could talk about as well. But it all worked out for the best because this tea is so delicious that it deserves its own post! First Impressions As with most black teas, the… Read More Tea Review: Yumewakaba Black Tea
Just before 2021 ended, I saw this post on Instagram from Hachimanjyu (more about the farm here) on a new tea that they were bringing out: Basically, they had a lot of tea flowers blooming this year, so they decided to blend them and make a limited edition flower black tea! I’ve never tried a… Read More Tea Review: 花こうちゃ (Flower Black Tea) by Hachimanjyu
Hi friends! For the first tea post of this year, I thought it would be interesting to crack open the Yutakamidori Black Tea that I received from the NPO Agriculture Support Team in Saitama. Well, to be honest, the packaging for this tea was a bit damaged when I received it, so I knew I… Read More Tea Exploration: Yutakamidori Black Tea
After a long time, I’m back with a Lupicia tea review! I was originally going to review a Lupicia Rooibos Fruit of the Season blend but the rooibos smelled sour in a bad way and since the tea is supposed to be chestnut flavoured, I decided that I was not going to drink that. So… Read More Tea Review: Lemonade by Lupicia
Quick question: did anyone thing I was done with tea reviews because I finished reviewing all the teas from The Tea Crane and mentioned I was really good and hadn’t bought tea? If you know me, you probably know that I always have new tea to taste. To my credit/due to my restraint as of… Read More Tea Review: Happy Cherry Tea by Karel Capek
It’s time for me to review the second aged sencha that I’ve got from The Tea Crane! I was going to say that I don’t think I’ve tried this cultivar, but thanks to this blog, I found out that I have tried it once – at a cafe. Looking at the notes from that time,… Read More Tea Review: Aged Saemidori Spring Sencha by The Tea Crane