Water Experiment: Mineral Water and Seltzer

The last water experiment I did was so fun, I decided to do another one. Someone suggested I try Volvic water, so when I saw it at the grocery store, I bought one. I also love carbonated drinks so I just had to see what a tea brewed with carbonated water would taste like. I … Continue reading Water Experiment: Mineral Water and Seltzer →

Ceremonial Matcha from Path of Cha

Path of Cha recently had a 20% off everything sale so I jumped on the chance to order one of the more expensive teas there is - ceremonial grade matcha. I enjoyed their less expensive Organic Matcha and I have been wanting to try the higher quality grade ever since. Today is the day so … Continue reading Ceremonial Matcha from Path of Cha →

Water Experiment – Evian Vs. Filtered Tap Water

I recently went on a work trip to a fancy hotel in South Florida, and in that hotel they had some bottles of Evian water on the desk with a note saying they would charge your room $10 if you consumed a bottle. I know hotel prices are crazy, but $10 for a bottle of … Continue reading Water Experiment – Evian Vs. Filtered Tap Water →

Gong Fu Vs Western Style Brewing

I recently realized that I've never done a proper side by side comparison of gong fu brewing vs western brewing. There's no better time than the present. I used a tieguanyin gift tea that I have a good amount of and used the brewing parameters from the Mei Leaf website for ball rolled oolongs to … Continue reading Gong Fu Vs Western Style Brewing →

2007 Bai Mudan from UNYTea

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 →