Tisane Information: Leaf Type: Rooibos Where to Buy: Supple Skin Boutique Tisane Description: Rooibos is caffeine free, rich in naturally occurring trace elements, and contains healthy amounts of Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Fluoride, Manganese, Zinc, Calcium, and Vitamin C. It also contains fair amounts of alpha-hydroxy acid, which is known to promote healthy skin. Learn more [...]
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Green Where to Buy: Aiya Tea Description: Premium Gyokuro (meaning “Jade Dew”) is the pinnacle of Japanese loose leaf green tea. Similar to Matcha, the leaves are handpicked and shade grown to preserve its amino acids bringing out its natural sweet taste. Best served steeped in a lower temperature to maximize [...]
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Oolong Where to Buy: Lupicia Tea Description: Taiwanese oolong tea flavored with sweet pineapples and coconuts. Learn more about this tea here. Taster’s Review: Warm, sandy beach with the waves rolling in. Palm trees shading me from the sun, as I lie in a hammock, just soaking in the wonderful tropical [...]
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Green (Matcha) Where to Buy: Arbor Teas Tea Description: Matcha is a variety of Japanese green tea that is stone ground at the end of the manufacturing process, resulting in an ultra-fine tea powder that is typically whisked in hot water until a frothy consistency is reached, as in the traditional [...]
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Black Where to Buy: Tea Valley Tea Description: Our Phoenix Yunnan Gold is quickly becoming a favorite in our fine selection. The lasting sweetness in every cup will keep you brewing for more. If you enjoy black teas, this is certainly not one you would want to miss out on. Learn [...]
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Black Where to Buy: 52Teas Tea Description: Ingredients: Premium black teas, organic cacao nibs, natural flavors. This tea is part of 52Teas Box of Chocolates sampler. Taster’s Review: OK… this is the one, the one I’ve been waiting for! The one that I saved for last, hoping it would be the [...]
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Black Where to Buy: Jaipur Avenue Tea Description: A celebration with delicate fragrances, luxurious cream and soft spice. Learn more about this chai here. Taster’s Review: Oh my goodness … this is like comfort food in liquid form! It is so creamy and delicious. This Vanilla Chai mix is different from [...]
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Black Where to Buy: 52Teas Tea Description: Ingredients: Premium black teas, almond slivers, organic cacao nibs, coconut, natural flavors. This tea is part of 52Teas’ Box of Chocolates Sampler. Taster’s Review: This is the fifth “new-to-me” tea from 52Teas’ Box of Chocolates Sampler, and I think that this is the one [...]
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Green Where to Buy: Mandala Tea Tea Description: Like many of China’s famous greens, this tea also has a rich history. Known in China as Ding Gu Da Fang (Valley Peak Da Fang), it was named after the Buddhist monk who originally grew the plants on Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) centuries ago. [...]
Tea Information: Leaf Type: Black Where to Buy: 52Teas Tea Description: Here’s a decadent and unique treat for tea and chocolate lovers. This is one of six new blends we created for our Box of Chocolate samplers. Lapsang souchong is a unique Chinese black tea that is smoke-dried over pine fires. This gives it a [...]
Our mutual love for tea and writing about it inspired us to start this blog so that we could better share this love with others.
One thing I (Anne) learned very early on in my career as a tea artist is that everyone has different preferences, and every single tea tastes differently on every single palate. So just because one of us doesn’t happen to like a tea, doesn’t mean that YOU (the reader) will not.
We try to be as impartial as we can. We do have our favorites. We are human. But we do our very best to be as fair and as honest about a tea as we can be.
You might not agree with my assessment – or with Jennifer’s assessment – of a tea. But that’s OK… if we all liked the same exact tea – we’d only need ONE kind of tea and … wow… that sounds really boring, indeed!
What a beautiful world it is that we have so many teas to suit so many tea enthusiasts!
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