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Review: Aiya Premium Gyokuro

Review: Premium Gyokuro Score Tea Type Green Tea Retailer Aiya Aiya has recently launched consumer-sized tins of their Japanese loose leaf teas, and I was fortunate enough to receive a sample of their premium gyokuro […]

Tea and Food: Creative Ways to Cook With Tea

Not sure what to do with that leftover tea in the cupboard? Here are some creative ideas on how to cook with tea that I’m planning to try soon. Tweet

Recipe: Jasmine tea & mint sorbet

olive magazine has an refreshingly creative and beautiful use for jasmine tea leaves — ice cream sorbet! Tweet

Review: Aiya Matcha Powdered Green Tea

Review: Aiya Matcha Green Tea Tea Type Green Tea Retailer Aiya Ceremonial Green Tea This is really my second adventure in matcha green teas, thus the lack of the review (click here for my first […]

Travel Report: A Journey To India’s Tea Fields

2011 has been a truly spectacular year. After visiting the tea fields in Thailand in March, I recently had the rare privilege of traveling to Munnar, a hill station located in the Indian state of […]

Review: 1996 CNNP “Green Mark Te Ji” Ripe Pu-erh Tea

Review: 1996 CNNP “Green Mark Te Ji” Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake Tea Type Pu-erh Tea Retailer Yunnan Sourcing As part of my ongoing journey through pu-erh teas, I tried my this flavorful and full-bodied ripe […]

Review: Bai MuDan (White Peony), Teavivre

Review: Bai MuDan (White Peony) Score Tea Type Green Tea, White Tea Retailer Teavivre The folks at Teavivre were kind enough to send me a sample of their organic white tea, which is farmed and […]

Photo: Tea fields in India

Dear tea lovers, Sorry for the long break. I’ve only recently returned from a trip overseas which included the beautiful tea fields of Munnar in India. A longer post is in the making, but a […]

Review: 2011 Ai Lao Mountain Wild Arbor Pu-erh Tea, Yunnan Sourcing

Review: 2011 Ai Lao Mountain Wild Arbor Pu-erh Tea Tea Type Pu-erh Tea Retailer Yunnan Sourcing Yunnan Sourcing’s Ai Lao Mountain Wild Arbor Pu-erh is the first in my series of pu-erh tastings as I […]

Happy Halloween!  The Lupicia Tea Giveaway Winner Is…

Happy Halloween everyone! As promised, here are the results of the Lupicia Tea Giveaway I announced earlier… Tweet