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• Review: Canton Tea Co. Yellow Gold Oolong

  
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  Canton Tea Co. is one of my favorite tea vendors. They are located in the United Kingdom and always have first rate teas. I also really appreciate the fact that they have an excellent search engine on their website as well as a currency converter because let’s face it if I have to work hard to find my tea I might ...
  5 days ago

• Review: Teavivre Da Hong Pao

  
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  Da Hong Pao, Big Red Robe. This tea comes from the Wuyi area of the Fujian province in China. This particular batch was harvested in April 2012. I wonder how that will translate into the flavor and essence of the tea. Lets find out! I began this tasting in the traditional gongfu style by heating water to boiling, ...
  5 days ago

• Review: Teavivre Anxi Superfine Ti Guan Yin “Iron Goddess” Oolong Tea

  
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  Teavivre has many varieties of Ti Guan Yins available in their wide-ranging catalogue. This particular offering originates from the area surrounding the town of Anxi, in the Chinese province of Fujian. The leaves are vacuum-sealed inside a plastic baggie and then a foil pouch – these have got to be fresh! They come ...
  6 days ago

• Review: The Tea Merchant Silk Dragon

  
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  Silk Dragon, sounds mysterious and…silky. I picked this blend up while at the Tea and Coffee Festival in NYC this year. I was conversing with a vendor by the name of Joey Landford. He runs a company named The Tea Merchant. Very nice company, wonderful logo, and a perfect outlook on teas. I was most intrigued by his ...
  6 days ago

• Wu-Yi Tea: What is the Truth About this Chinese “Miracle Tea”?

  
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  Does wu-yi tea really work? Is it safe? What are its benefits? What is the truth about wu-yi tea? These are some of the questions related to the Chinese wu-yi tea. Millions of people around the globe are looking for information on wu-yi tea. Sites and blogs are flooded with all kinds of information and even scams. ...
  6 days ago

• Tea and wine: Vintages and terroir

  
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  A common lament from foodies, farmers, and culinary writers is that many of us have become too far removed from the origins of our foods. We have no tangible connection to the land, the farms, and all of the uncertainties and nuances of agriculture. Certainly the same could be said about tea in the United States, ...
  1 week ago

• Review: Mountain Tea Mountain Oolong, Winter

  
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  One of my favorite things about an oolong is its staying power. I know that if I start a pot in morning then I will be able to drink off of the same leaves for most of day. It has gotten to the point that as much as I enjoy a good black tea, I feel almost guilty when I don’t resteep the leaves. My tea for today, ...
  1 week ago

• “Special Brews” Prints by Peskimo

  
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  For tea and art print fanatics, David and Jodie of Peskimo has a treat for you.  Actually several.  ”Special Brew” is a series of 10″ by 14″ tea inspired art prints featuring oolong, English breakfast, rooibos, darjeeling, lapsang souchong.  For the most part, each of the prints come in an...
  1 week ago

• Not all old tea is good

  
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  We are always told that older teas are, somehow, better. Imagine if your old tea came from here though This is a tea display from a grocery shop not too far from my home. They sell some pretty dubious teas, not sourced from this little display, of course. Nevertheless, if you ever need convincing that ...
  1 week ago

• Review: Driftwood Tea Organic Golden Oolong 17

  
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  This tea is from Chiang Rei Province, Thailand, a refreshing departure from the more common Taiwanese and Chinese oolongs. It’s the summer 2012 harvest, and I steep 1.5 teaspoons in a 100 mL porcelain gaiwan at 195° for thirty seconds. The cup smells delicious, but the flavour is really mild and simple. It’s ...
  1 week ago

• Review: Nature’s Tea Leaf Wuyi Narcissus Oolon

  
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  This oolong from Nature’s Tea Leaf is noted to have a roasted aroma and a thick, woody flavor. It is also advertised as a weight-loss tea, which is a pet peeve of mine, as I prefer to drink tea for the sake of drinking tea, not because of some claims that drinking it will miraculously make you thin. Anyway, based on ...
  1 week ago

• Review: Driftwood Teas Organic Ruby Oolong

  
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  This particular oolong is from the Chiang Rai Province in Thailand from the Summer 2012 flush, or harvest for the less tea minded. The label on the bag provide directions for both long and short brewing methods, which I find very interesting. The ‘Long and less’ directions recommend 1 tsp of tea per person in a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Review: Lu Lin Teas Fujian Oolong Tea Cubed

  
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  This bagged offering uses a whole-leaf yellow oolong from a single estate located in the Wuyi Mountains. The cube-shaped teabags are made of sturdy semi-transparent fabric. I can see about a teaspoonful of rolled leaves through the mesh. There is lots of room for these to expand, which is good news. Their scent ...
  2 weeks ago

• The simple joys of a glass of green tea

  
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  Tea can be as complicated as you want it to be – what with its rituals and myriad details to handle. At the same time, it can be a simple delight. Being of Chaozhou (home of gongfu tea) descent, I fuss over the little details and continually experiment with getting the most out of each pot. At other times, though, I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Review: Mountain Tea Medium Roast Tie Guan Yin

  
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  This oolong has been a delight from the time I opened up the vacuum sealed foil packet until the very last sip. The dry aroma that greeted me was a a combination of gardenias and grain. The leaves themselves resembled little fists a dark olive color. Once brewed the liquor is a pale gold with the wonderful aroma of ...
  2 weeks ago

• In a tea rut

  
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  Recently, I’ve found myself in a tea rut.  Every morning before work, I make myself a pot of the Georgian Village black tea I love from Tea Embassy , pour most of it into my travel mug, and drink the rest while I finish getting ready.  At work, I drink various Harney & Sons tea sachets by the cup because ...
  2 weeks ago

• Review: Mountain Tea Organic Mountain Oolong

  
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  When I caught a whiff of  these leaves brewing  in steaming water, I thought, “ho-hum, another honey, orchid, creamy, oolong.” Happily, I am an addict; a closed-minded, ignoramus, tea addict.  Because I love tea so, I keep trying leaves from different gardens, even though I think I’ve “tasted it all.” I ...
  3 weeks ago

• Review: Canton Tea Co. Xing Ren Dan Cong

  
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  This tea was made by an expert tea maker, Lin Songzhu. His tea farm is located at a high altitude, on the slopes of Mount Wudong, in the Chinese province of Guandong. Master Lin chooses only the leaves of 80 year old Ju Duo Zai trees that have an almond flavour to them. These are then carefully oxidized to enhance ...
  3 weeks ago

• Review: Mark T. Wendell Imperial Gold Oolong

  
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  This is an oolong that really grew on me cup by cup especially as I once I tasted the nectar of the second steep. Why dry, the leaves are a pretty light and dark green with a yeasty nutty aroma. It brews up into a pale gold liquor. I was surprised when I first tried this tea. According to the website, it has a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Review: Driftwood Teas Organic Ruby Oolong

  
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  I have had some truly wonderful oolongs from Driftwood Teas and I have high hopes for the latest that I am sampling. This is an organic tea grown in Thailand that is subjected to nitrogen increasing the natural gamma-Aminibutyric acid concentration by around 10x. The dry leaves have a strange aroma that almost reminds ...
  3 weeks ago

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