Category Archives: review

2009 Meng Song Bamboo Sheng

I’d had my beady, thirsty little eye on this tea for a while, and while I was ordering an aged Oolong over at House of Tea I thought that this’un might as well come along for the ride.

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Bodum Pavina Glasses

The other day Mrs. Teaist and I were accompanying Teaist Jr. on a short lunchtime excursion to the nearby town of Lund.

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2001 Aged Oolong

If you read enough blogs and hang out in the right on-line forums then you can’t help noticing certain trends in the tea world.

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Huang Guan Yin

I received this tea in the form of a 3 gram sample that came with a recent order I placed over at House of Tea.

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Himalayan Secret

Note – this post was started at stupid o’clock one midsummer’s morn when my creative juices and decision making processes alike were under the twin influences of sleep deprivation (cause:cat) and an awful lot of sheng Pu-erh, so if it … Continue reading

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2005 Nantou Aged Oolong

This Oolong came to me in the form of a 3 gram free sample that was kindly included in a recent purchase I made over at House of Tea.

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2013 Xiaguan T8653

I’ve actually had this cake for some time now. I bought it in January 2017, after spotting it on the old Canton Tea site.

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2015 Dayi V93

I found this 100 gram tuo at local tea shop Möllans Te.

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Jeju Do Sejak

Regular readers might remember that some time ago I popped over the Öresund strait and paid a day visit to Copenhagen in search of interesting leaves and cool tea toys.

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2015 Nepal Himalayan Flowery

My stash is quite modest compared to some folks – I guess that on average I have about 20-something teas in at any given time – and yet sometimes teas still get bought, sampled, and then quietly forgotten about.

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