The Hunan Gold tea is an absolutely delightful green tea. It doesn’t look green—it looks gold, like its name indicates. It doesn’t taste like a normal green tea either. It has this airy, sweet taste, but sort of…husky quality to it as well. The Hunan Gold tea has decent enough of body and flavor that…
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The White Symphony tea looks like a mess. By that, I mean it has things other than leaves in it. Seems like it is filled with debris that shouldn’t really be there. You’re paying for the leaves, right? Well, no, not really with this tea. The other stuff accompanying the leaves are buds that are…
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Oooooh…this tea…. it’s so… okay, I’ll stop. Ooooh Darjeeling is an oolong from….Darjeeling, India. Who could have guessed? I can’t guess the reason for the ‘oooh’ part of the name. I suppose they were trying to give those the sense of awe and wonder before tasting it? Not sure. All I know is what I…
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The Ali Shan is a prestigious tea, or rather, high end. It comes from high places. Literally. It is a high mountain oolong. A prized one. So it’s a bit pricey, but is it worth it? Does its lofty origins actually create a superb flavor? Maybe. It has a floral flavor—sort of like a Jasmine.…
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Hojicha tea does not look like a typical green tea. As in, it is not green and it is neither black nor whiteish. It’s brown. Why? Because it has been roasted! And because of that roasting, it has a hearty, toasty flavor. It’s savory. It’s a strong bodied tea because of that toasty, sort of…
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Moonlight White Tea, also known as White Moonlight, or Yue Guang Bae, or Yunnan white, is not, as you may think from the name, a truly white tea. It’s processed like a Pu’er tea, but isn’t a true Pu’er either. It’s complicated. It exists in a world where people get into arguments over technicalities and…
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The Zomba Pearls are an African-grown white tea. Like Jasmine Pearls, they come rolled up. Zomba Pearls don’t so much as come in balls as little tubes. After hitting the water, they begin to unfurl a bit from their initial state. Each infusion pulls it apart a bit more. It’s expected as part of the…
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