In my day job I am an accountant and I am a CPA in the state of Florida, so how to do things as a business and the tax implications of that are the kinds of things I think about on a regular basis, for fun. Disclaimer: Please don't consider this to be professional advice … Continue reading How To Run A Tea Blog As A Business →

Warning: I'll be blathering about my personal life ahead. This post has been on my mind for a while and it felt like a good time to write it. When I was a kid, I was an extremely picky eater. Like, extreme. I think there were literally about 5 foods that I ate, and all … Continue reading Tasting Tea As A Picky Eater →

This post might seem kinda boring or mundane to some people (okay, most) but I like the everyday routine things we do in life and I think those things are important and should have their due. I decided to chronicle all the tea I drink on a typical weekday and add it all up at … Continue reading A Day In the Life of A Part-Time Tea Blogger →

When I wrote the post last week about the very expensive Longjing, I wasn't intending to make this into a series of expensive tea, but it happened to work out that way this week. I saw a very expensive Jin Jun Mei from Harney & Sons and was too curious not to try it. So … Continue reading A Very Expensive Jin Jun Mei →

My wife found some fun little cactus shaped ice cube trays on clearance for $.50 and I can think of a perfect thing that is green and can be frozen: Matcha, of course! I made matcha and froze it Sunday evening so it would be ready to go on Monday morning for #MatchaMonday (that's a … Continue reading Iced Matcha with Matcha Ice Cubes →

I bought a sample of Colombian Black from Harney & Sons a while ago, and I had been saving the last session worth of tea so I could write about it. Let's just say this tea is quite unlike any other I have had and I very much liked it! Dry Leaf As you can … Continue reading Colombian Black Tea →

Hi everyone! My name is Eric, I'm an American husband and father and I love tea! You probably have a general idea of what tea is, however, that may mean different things to different people. Tea in the scientific sense is leaves from the tea plant (Camelia Sinensis). Some things are called tea that aren't … Continue reading So What Exactly is Tea, Anyway? →