I often browse the online tea groups, and read what others have to say about tea. I enjoy this because you can learn about what types of tea others like to drink, as well as their habits and preferred methods of preparation. It is also easy to learn about the different businesses that sell tea. … [Read more…]
Background I recently wrote a post about a tea that I enjoyed very much called the Himalayan Shiiba, from Jun Chiyabari tea garden in Nepal. Over the past week I was excited to have a chance to try another tea from the same tea garden. This tea is a black tea called Himalayan Orange, and … [Read more…]
Background After a brief hiatus from writing about tea so that I could spend the coming of the new year with friends and family, I’m glad to write my first blog post of the year! The tea that I enjoyed for today’s post was given to me by a friend. It is a type of … [Read more…]
Background This weekend I’ve been visiting my girlfriend in central Maine, where she attends school. I went up because of the holiday weekend. Unfortunately the weather has been cold and rainy, and has left us sequestered in the apartment for a few days. For this reason I drank a tea that I often enjoy on … [Read more…]
Overview Today’s blog post is a followup to an earlier post of mine in which I brewed a tea 30 times in order to see whether or not I believed if a tea company’s claims about a 5 gram sample of Wild Tong Mu Jin Jun Mei that could be brewed 30 times had any truth. I … [Read more…]
Background Today I woke up to very cold temperatures and a substantial amount of rain. This is quite a change from the hot 85 degree days of the past week or two. For this reason my plans to exercise outside with friends were cut short, and instead I stayed in and brewed some tasty tea … [Read more…]
Background Today I drank an interesting kind of red tea called purple red tea. Standard red tea is made from tea leaves that are picked, fully oxidized, shaped, dried, then packaged. Purple red tea is processed in the same way, but the source material is composed of purple tea leaves rather than regular tea leaves. … [Read more…]
Overview After a brief hiatus due to a delayed tea shipment, I was able to write my third blog post today! This post was inspired by a marketing email sent my way by a certain tea vendor that was selling 5 grams of red tea (hong cha 红茶) for $38.00. The tea in question was … [Read more…]