Category Archives: review

Vietnam Suoi Giang Black Wild Tea

I bought this tea at the same time as I purchased its “sister” tea – the Suoi Giang Green Wild Tea.

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Jungpana Emperors Cup First Flush

These leaves landed on my tea table in the form of a free 3 gram sample that was kindly included in a purchase I made over at House of Tea.

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Vietnam Suoi Giang Green Wild Tea

This tea is one half of one of my recent purchases from House of Tea.

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Tie Guan Yin Gan De Topgrade

I threw these leaves into my cart over at House of Tea at the same time as I was buying that delightful Shan Lin Shi Hong Cha I wrote about recently.

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Shan Lin Shi Hong Cha – Part 2

Previously, on “Diary of a Northern Teaist…” – click here to read part 1 of this post…

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Nepal Golden Meadow Second Flush

In a recent post I wrote about the fantastic impression a free sample I received made upon me – I was so taken with the tea that I ordered a full sized batch of those leaves as soon as I … Continue reading

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Shan Lin Shi Hong Cha – Part 1

This was yet another tea that was included as a free sample in a recent order I placed over at House of Tea.

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Vietnam Moc Chau Oolong

This was the other half of my early March order at House of Tea, both of which were Oolongs; one pretty – Wu Yi Bai Rui, and one unusual – this’un.

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Wu Yi Bai Rui

Sometimes a teahead will, for reasons they can never fully understand, get a craving for some leaves or other, and be left with an itch that they are going to have to scratch, whatever the cost, literally or figuratively.

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AriZona Tea Drinks

Over the years I’ve grown accustomed to feeling somewhat nervous when Teaist Junior goes shopping “for just a few things…”

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