I recently purchased an aged white tea from UNYTea.store. This is a Bai Mudan from 2007 and I was pretty excited to get into it. I ordered this along with the Benifuki White because I like to try different but similar teas whenever I can. I followed the brewing instructions listed on the packet, which … Continue reading 2007 Bai Mudan from UNYTea
Traditional Ti Quan Yin
I recently purchased a sample of Traditional Ti Quan Yin from Harney and Sons. I have not had the traditional Ti Quan Yin (Also called Tieguanyin or TGY) before so it was a perfect candidate for a tasting. Traditional TGY is charcoal roasted, whereas the modern style and much more popular and prevalent style is … Continue reading Traditional Ti Quan Yin
Benifuki White and Benifuki Black
I was recently watching a live Instagram video of Jeff at Unytea.store and the subject of white tea came up. So I looked at their offerings and noticed the Benifuki white was a Japanese white tea. I had never heard of Japanese white tea before, so I had to try it. I wanted to order … Continue reading Benifuki White and Benifuki Black
Organic Matcha
I recently ran out of matcha (gasp! the horror!). I decided to try a new one that I haven't had before and turned to what is becoming one of my favorite companies to order from - Path of Cha. This post will be short and sweet so here goes. I used 2 scoops of my … Continue reading Organic Matcha
Jade Star IV
I have never had an aged white tea of any kind before, and I knew of the hype surrounding Jade Star teas from Mei Leaf, so I thought this was the perfect time to try them both. I ordered a sample on the day it was released and broke into it as soon as I … Continue reading Jade Star IV
Longan Lapsang
Smoked Lapsang Souchong is my all time favorite tea, and I recently ordered some samples from Mei Leaf and their smoked Lapsang called Longan Lapsang was one of the teas I purchased. I must say it is difficult to "taste" my favorite tea, whereas I would much rather just enjoy the moment and savor the … Continue reading Longan Lapsang
A Very Expensive Jin Jun Mei
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
A Very Expensive Longjing
I was recently perusing tea seller websites, as one does, and came across a real sticker shock tea. This was on the Harney & Sons website and the tea was Longjing (Lung Ching). That is a common and famous tea so that's not shocking. The shocking part was the price - $650.00 for 1 pound! … Continue reading A Very Expensive Longjing
How Does Water Affect the Taste of Tea – Experiment
In my never-ending quest for tea knowledge, the subject of water quality comes up often. When I first started drinking tea, I thought water quality didn't matter and it was all just a bunch of voodoo talking about filtered spring water and reverse osmosis and bamboo charcoal (whatever that is). Well, the more I drank … Continue reading How Does Water Affect the Taste of Tea – Experiment
Cheap Vs. Expensive Tea – Dong Ding
I recently purchased some Dong Ding Oolong from Tillerman Tea, who specialize in Taiwanese teas and are known to have high quality Taiwanese oolongs. I also have a tin of Dong Ding that I purchased from my local Asian grocery store (AGS). I am always cognizant of value, so I thought I would do a … Continue reading Cheap Vs. Expensive Tea – Dong Ding
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