Product and Tea Reviews
Reviews of various products related to tea, including foods, tea preparation equipment, teas, and herbals.
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Gyokuro Face-off
Gyokuro is a tea that appeals to those tea drinkers who want high quality but also to those who want to go beyond the basics. It is considered the finest of the green teas grown and processed in Japan. Small wonder, then, when a tea gourmand orders a vendor’s version and is very particular about… Continue reading
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Angel’s Dream Tea — Heavenly Sweetness in a Cup
Looking for that heavenly taste in a teacup? I may have just found it: Angel’s Dream Tea. It’s a flavored tea that evokes thoughts of pancakes and fruit sundaes all at the same time. Flavoring and scenting teas has been a tradition for centuries, in fact, about as long as tea has been consumed by… Continue reading
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Review of English Tea Store Darjeeling White Tips
Basically there are two types of white tea leaves available to the consumer: the kind with long, thin silvery (sometimes downy) leaves, and the kind with leaves of varied sizes and colours, sort of like what you might find on a forest floor. The catalogue photo for this tea depicts the former, while these Darjeeling… Continue reading
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Anatomy of a Tea Review
Tea reviewing is not exactly rocket science. In fact, I sorta dove into reviewing teas head first when a tea company sent me some samples and then this competing company found out and said, “Hey, would you like to try our teas?” So, I said like “Sure, why not?” And then, so, like, they sent… Continue reading
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Review of Harney & Sons Yanagi Green Tea
Folks often tell me that they would like to drink green tea but don’t care for the taste or for the difficulty in preparing it. I think “dishwater,” “weeds,” and “not worth the effort” are the words most commonly used to describe their past experiences with green teas. Over the years I’ve identified a couple… Continue reading
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Trying the Tea-Cha Pet
We all know that the only way to make a good cup of tea is to steep orthodox loose-leaf teas for two to seven or more minutes. And that tiny particles of tea are the nasty stuff that fills cheap teabags, not for making real tea. Well, a little device called Tea-Cha’s Pet challenges these… Continue reading
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Golden Pu-erh Is Truly Golden
Pu-erh is one of those teas that can take multiple infusions and is often infused in smaller amounts. A lot of pu-erh is sold in large cakes where you have to break off a chunk to steep it. Some is sold in mini cakes (“tuochas”), which are sized about right for a small pot of… Continue reading
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Review ― British Earl Grey White Tea from The English Tea Store
Tea Name: British Earl Grey Flavored White Tea Tea Type: Pai Mu Tan (also called Bai Mu Dan and White Peony) with oil of bergamot The dry tea emits a fairly strong Earl Grey fragrance (that comes from the oil of bergamot), and hubby and I were immediately a bit apprehensive. What were we getting… Continue reading
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Review ― Golden Heaven Yunnan from The English Tea Store
Tea Name: Golden Heaven Yunnan Tea Type: Black tea from Yunnan Province of China One whiff from the package, and hubby and I were in love. A deliciously jammy fragrance greeted us. As expected, the leaves had that mottled brown and gold appearance. We followed the vendor’s recommendation to steep in boiling water and did… Continue reading
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Review ― Pomegranate Rosehip Black Tea from The English Tea Store
Tea Name: Pomegranate Rosehip Black Tea Tea Type: Black tea from Sri Lanka with pieces of pomegranate and real rosehips Awhile back I swore off of flavored teas. For the most part, they were disappointing. Many used low-grade tea and then heavily flavored them. The tea was usually second or even third consideration, leading me… Continue reading
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