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Review: KTeas English Breakfast

English Breakfast is the second breakfast tea I’ve tried from KTeas.  I find that these blends are nice “go-to” teas and I tend to have many varieties stashed away in the cupboard.  This particular blend includes tea from Ceylon, Assam,... about 4 hours ago From Teaviews

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Tea Review: TeaFrog Genmaicha Organic

Category: Green Tea Company: TeaFrog (website) Ingredients: Organic Sencha, Organic Roasted Brown Rice Vendor Suggested Preparation: 1 tsp/cup, 80 deg 3-5 minute steep I am obsessed with genmaicha and try to drink it every day. Needless to... 6 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Review: Zhi Zheng Tea Song Lao Ban Zhang 2009 Spring Tea

Pu-erh has always intrigued me.  I don’t have a ton of experience with this type of tea but I have tried enough to know that I prefer the raw (sheng) varieties to the cooked (shou).  I thought it would be nice to start rounding out my... 1 day ago From Teaviews

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Tea Review 238: PeLi’s 1st Place Pu’er 96

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 90 Price (as of post): NA . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings. Operated... 1 day ago From Walker Tea Review

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Review: Tiger Spring Tea Lazy Green Tea

Sometimes I want a green tea, and sometimes I don’t want to put any effort into said cup of green. This combination usually results in my drinking genmaicha, but every once in a long while I crave a more pure tea experience, and those days... 2 days ago From Teaviews

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Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad Summer!

Madam Potts is on vacation and will be back soon enough.  But first a trip to Cape Cod, Camping in North Jersey and then off to the Newport Jazz Festival.... There are a line of new Signature Mad Tea blends to share with you based on some... 2 days ago From Mad Blog of Tea!

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Review: BourgeaTEA Kyoto Cherry Blossom

BourgeaTEA uniquely describes this tea as having a distinct rose flavor with a hint of cherry. I couldn’t tell that from the scent of the dry presentation. The leafy fragrance was all candy; cherry fruit bar-ish. On first appearance, though, I... 2 days ago From Teaviews

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Review: KTeas Orange Spice Black Tea

Caught in up in the hooplah with flavour A.D.D, sometimes one can forget about the classics. So it is a special kind of lovely to revisit the classics to remember why they are in fact classical combinations rather than mustering through cilantro... 3 days ago From Teaviews

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Review: American Tea Room Ruby Black

First and foremost, I recommend checking out the American Tea Room site for the bio on this tea. It has a rich and colorful history. Cultivation is also a fairly new occurrence. This is only its third year in production. Claims made on the site... 3 days ago From Teaviews

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Tea Review: Rishi Tea Jade Cloud Organic Fair Trade Green Tea

Category: Green Tea Company: Rishi Tea (website) Ingredients: Organic Fair Trade Certified green tea Vendor Suggested Preparation: Water: 180°F / Leaves: 1 tablespoon per 8 ounces / Infusion Time: 3–4 minutes I am having a hard time... 7 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Review 236: PG Tips’ Loose Black

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = NA Price (as of post): 52.8oz = $31.94 . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea... 7 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Tea Review: Red Leaf Tea Ginger Peach

Category: Black Tea Company: Red Leaf Tea (website) Ingredients: Black Tea, Ginger, Peach Pieces Vendor Suggested Preparation: Boiling Water, 1tsp, 3-5 minutes Ginger Peach is a popular flavor combination.  It’s also a very difficult one... 9 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Review: Zhi Tea Berry Hibiscus

Category: Herbal Tea Company: Zhi Tea (website) Ingredients: Elderberry, Red Currant, Cranberry, Hibiscus and Rosehips Vendor Suggested Preparation: Iced: 2tsp/cup, boiling water, 5 minutes I was recently contacted by Zhi Tea about sampling... 14 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Review: Adagio Keemun Rhapsody

Category: Black Tea Company: Adagio (website) Ingredients: Black Tea Keemun is a variety of Chinese black tea, possibly China’s most famous.   The region centered around the town of Qimen, between the Yangtze and the Yellow mountains,... 17 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Teatulia Tulsi Infusion Tea - Power Plant Protectant

Mike: Teatulia tea is sending us love all the way from Bangladesh. We recommend you stop by their site and check out what's good with this pretty unique tea brand. We don't do shameless plugs when we do tea reviews but you got to drop a name here... 16 days ago From TeaAmigos Daily Tea Reviews

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Madam Pott's Peach Tea Cooler

The tea used in this recipe is LeafSpa's Organic Peach White Tea Prep Time:  6 minutes Difficulty:    Easy Madam Pott's Summertime Peach Tea Cooler Ingredients 2 parts Peach White Tea 2 parts Peach Schnapps ... 22 days ago From Mad Blog of Tea!

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Tea Review 231: Canton Tea’s Keemun Hao Ya

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 88 Price (as of post): 10g = $4.47 . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings.... 16 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Tea Review 229: Adagio’s Wuyi Da Hong Pao

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 84 Price (as of post): sample = $9 . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings.... 22 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Sales and News

I just wanted to let you know about a couple things going on right now. Teatulia is selling a "red, white, and blue" set in honor of this month's earlier holiday. The set includes Earl Grey, white, and neem nectar... 13 days ago From The Tea Scoop

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I'm trying out Zhi Tea's Tropical Green Iced Tea out today. This is my first time trying any of Zhi Tea's products so I'm excited about it. Image provided by Zhi Tea The Nose and Color: This tea smells great with a nice fruity component. This... 10 days ago From Indie Teas

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Review: TeaGschwendner China Lung Ching

TeaGschwendner is one of my favorite sources for Indian teas, particularly first- and second-flush Darjeelings. They have a large variety of flavored teas (which I shall not be reviewing on this site), as well as a number of unflavored greens... about 1 hour ago From Teaviews

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Review: Chah Dragon Phoenix Pearls

At some point I should just get over the seemingly countless tea merchants in existence today, but today as I sampled Chah’s Dragon Phoenix Pearls, I marveled at the fact that there was (yet another) new-to-me tea vendor. Chah is a UK-based... about 6 hours ago From Teaviews

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Tea Review 239: Wendell’s Extra Fancy Formosa

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 87 Price (as of post): 1/4 lb = $33.50 . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea... about 11 hours ago From Walker Tea Review

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Review: Boston Tea Company Bentley’s Blueberry & Cranberry Tea

“Your senses will pop with this perfect berry-blended brew! Dark red cranberries and bright beautiful blueberries produce powerfully sweet, tart flavors that add a savory essence to our premium high-grown Indian and Chinese black tea.” ... 1 day ago From Teaviews

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Review: Organic4Tea.com Dragon Well Green Tea

Dragon Well, or Long Jing, is arguably the best known Chinese green tea. The first Long Jings were made from trees grown near West Lake (Xi Hu), by the village of Long Jing, in the province of Zhejiang. These ancient trees still exist, their... 1 day ago From Teaviews

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Review: SerendipiTea Darjeeling Selimbong Estate 2nd Flush

The dry leaf of Serendipitea’s second flush offering from the Selimbong Estate has a sweet, lush scent replete with sparky notes of dry fruit and woody hints that draw the soon to be drinker in from the start. The leaves are short, dark and... 2 days ago From Teaviews

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Review: Organic4Tea.com Fragrant Green Tea

I have to start this review by saying that this is one of the best green teas that I have sampled in a very long time. My main (and probably only) issue with this tea is that I can’t figure out how to acquire some for myself. The... 2 days ago From Teaviews

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Tea Review: Golden Moon Tea Sinharaja

Category: Black Tea Company: Golden Moon Tea (website) Ingredients: Black Tea Vendor Suggested Preparation: Brew 1 tsp of leaves per cup in boiling water 3-5 minutes. For Sinharaja we use rich, dark loose leaf tea leaves that are nourished by... 3 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Review: Adagio Bengal Green Chai

Category: Green Tea Company: Adagio (website) Ingredients: Unlisted Vendor Suggested Preparation: Unlisted I love the look of the leaves! The leaves are a nice dark green, long stems and mixed in are big chunks of spices. The smell of the... 7 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Review 235: Naivetea’s Dong Ding Oolong

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 91 Price (as of post): NA . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings. Operated... 8 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Tea Review 234: Wendell’s Gyokuro Jade Dew

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 88 Price (as of post): 1/4 lb = $26 . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings.... 9 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Tea Review: Canton Tea Co. Jade Sword | Mao Jian

Category: Green Tea Company: Canton Tea Co. (website) Ingredients: Green Tea Vendor Suggested Preparation: 1-2 tsp per cup (200ml); water temperature 70 degC (158 degF): infuse 2 minutes Ok, so as I embark on my first official tea review, I... 13 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Store Evaluation- Harney

Part of a series on evaluating online tea stores. A look at Harney & Sons in the areas of quality, selection, and tea community. Quality: Harney has done well in telling the story of how they travel to origin to source their teas. As a result,... 13 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Tea Review 233: China Cha Dao’s Ming Qian Xi Hu Long Jing

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 92 Price (as of post): 125g = $19.99 . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings.... 14 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Tea Review 232: Safa Himalaya’s Himalayan Night Oolong

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 90 Price (as of post): 50g = $20 . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings.... 15 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Guest Tasting: Sam Ritchey of TeaGschwendner

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene. TeaGschwendner had their grand opening at Rockefeller Center on 16 July. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings. Operated by Jason... 10 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Tea Review: Red Leaf Tea Silver Star

Category: Black Tea Company: Red Leaf Tea (website) Ingredients: Black tea, black currant leaves, strawberry leaves Vendor Suggested Preparation: Boiling water, 1tsp of tea, steep for 3-5 minutes I’ll start off by saying I wasn’t exactly... about 7 hours ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Review: American Tea Room Choco Laté

American Tea Room refers to this as a “premium botanical infusion”, and they weren’t kidding. With no flavoring agents to speak of for the blend, it packs a wallop of a whiff with the ingredients alone; organic cacao husks, organic vanilla... about 9 hours ago From Teaviews

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Tea Review: Drink The Leaf Hong Tao Mao Feng

Category: Black Tea Company: Drink The Leaf (website) Ingredients: Black Tea Vendor Suggested Preparation: Boiling water, 4-5 minutes Noticing that the last tea I drank that had “Mao Feng” in the title was a green tea, this made me... 3 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Review: Chateau Rouge Jasmine Downy Pearls

It’s no secret that jasmine teas are my ‘comfort food’ in the world of teas. They are a great way to relax and recharge my batteries. Today is such a day that it is needed. So I was very happy that when I dug through my samples, I came... 1 day ago From Teaviews

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Tea Review: Mark T. Wendell Imperial Gold Oolong

Category: Oolong Tea Company: Mark T. Wendall Tea Company (website) Ingredients: Oolong Tea Vendor Suggested Preparation: 90deg C, steep for 4 minutes Argh! I had a nice tasting notes written up for this tea when Bob the computer decided to... 1 day ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Review: Canton Tea Company Jasmine Pearls

Category: Green Tea Company: Canton Tea Co. (website) Ingredients: Green Tea Vendor Suggested Preparation: Use just a few pearls (1tsp) per cup (200ml) and brew cool, around 75 deg C (167 deg F), allowed to steep for 2-3 minutes and infuse at... 2 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Review: The Path of Tea Organic Monks Sacred Blend

Category: Black Tea Company: The Path of Tea (website) Vendor Description and Ingredients: One of our most flavorful teas. Light fruity grenadine lifts exotic caramel vanilla creating a unique heavenly flavor. Excellent smooth and mellow... 2 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Review 237: Grand Tea’s Yun Qi Supreme Dragonwell

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 92 Price (as of post): 25g = $7.90 . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings.... 2 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Review: Chah Lapsang Souchong Premium

I really have come to enjoy Lapsang Souchong tea, which is surprising to me given my mixed feelings after my first tasting of it. I always look forward to trying them now, though. Something about the piney, permeating smokiness really appeals to... 3 days ago From Teaviews

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Tasting Notes: Makaibari Estate 1st-Flush Darjeeling 2010

There was a little girl who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very, very good; but when she was bad, she was horrid.Behold the little Infanta Margarita at the center of Velázquez's masterpiece,... 6 days ago From The 39 Steeps

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Oregon Chai Goodies

"You have to try this," Kristen said as we stood at the counter at Cosi one wintry afternoon before a movie. She was talking about chai lattes, something I had never experienced. I ordered one and was rewarded with a... 7 days ago From The Tea Scoop

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Tea Review: Leaf Spa Tea Organic Silver Needle

Category: White Tea Company: Leaf Spa Tea (website) Ingredients: Organic White Tea Vendor Suggested Preparation: Brew Temperature: 180 deg Brew Time: 7 minutes The smell that came wafting out of the canister when I opened it up reminded me... 8 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Tea Review: Lochan Tea Phuguri SFTGFOP 1st Flush 2010 Darjeeling

Category: Black Tea Company: Lochan Tea (website) Ingredients: Black Tea Vendor Suggested Preparation: Not Listed I didn’t know what to expect from a 1st Flush Darjeeling, but I could have sworn it was a black tea. I did a bit of research... 9 days ago From It's All About The Leaf

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Sipping Tea @ the Cathedral

One of my last nights in Paris, my friend and I went out at night, hoping to catch a glimpse of the City of Lights all lit up - and preferably from the top of the Eiffel Tower.  There is a reason this structure is so iconic - the strength... 15 days ago From Mad Blog of Tea!

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3 Little Tea Pots

The teapot is as much fashion as it is form and function. Decorative styling is a natural extension of one’s own personality. While some tea lovers will fawn over antique china tea sets with the gold leaf and floral designs, others will... 17 days ago From Mad Blog of Tea!

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Taking Back the Tea Parties: AGREED

I know I am not the only one in the blogger or the tea community that feels the angst against the political movement, and I have been encouraging people to throw tea parties whenever they can. So I was particularly satisfied to read this... 19 days ago From Mad Blog of Tea!

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Tea Review 230: Tea Needs’ Dong Ding

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene: . Score = 84 Price (as of post): 50g = $9.95 . Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings.... 21 days ago From Walker Tea Review

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Guest Tasting: Michael Harney of Harney Tea

Click the vid to watch. Click on the dots (on the video timeline) to jump to a scene. Find out more about Matsuda’s Sencha. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea tastings. Operated by Jason Walker. Subscribe in a reader or by... 17 days ago From Walker Tea Review