I have been rather quiet about my Sayama teas recently because of all the other teas that I’ve been getting, but I recently cracked open the Yutakamidori cultivar’s sencha and black tea versions and thought it might be fun to do a comparison! I’ve been doing reviews of the cultivars for a bit so I… Read More Tea Comparisons: Yutakamidori’s Sencha vs Black Tea Versions
I’ve actually been making good progress with my Lupicia tea samples – probably because I’ve started drinking it in the office and forgetting about the photos. So here’s the first ever text-only review of 4 Lupicia teas. Jiyugaoka Earl Grey:This was described as an Earl Grey with yuzu. I thought I could smell the yuzu… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #6
After three months, I am back with more quick tea reviews! Ethel and I finally had time to meet and she passed me alllll the Lupicia teas that I’ve been missing. Since I started caring less about the aesthetics of drinking tea (which is probably because I stopped taking pictures for IG), I brought my… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #5
I must be in some kind of productive phase because I’m here with my second review from the Rare Tea Subscription that I’m sharing with a friend. My expectations are all over the place for this limited edition sencha – they are pretty high because the white tea from the first month was delicious, but… Read More Tea Review: Limited Edition Sencha by Rare Tea Company
Welcome to the fourth, and for now last, installment of the Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews series. I’ve finished all the teas that my friend gave me, so I won’t have more to try until I meet her again. This also means this post is a bit of a bumper post because rather than split it… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #4
It has taken about a month, but we are at the third installment of the Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews series and I’ll be finishing up the teas from December in this post. This means I only have the January teas left to drink (until Ethel passes me more). Today’s teas are pretty fruity – the… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #3
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