Category Archives: review

Guang Xi Huang Ya

Maybe it’s something to do with the onset of Autumn, and a subconscious desire to hold on to the fading greenery outside a while longer, but I’ve recently gone on a bit of a lighter tea buying splurge – Japanese … Continue reading

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2007 Hua Teng Wu Liang Ripe Tuo

More often than not when it comes to purchasing tea, I’m an easy mark.

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2015 Bancha Goishicha

Bancha Goishicha is a dark or post-fermented tea from Japan. This particular tea originates from Otoyo town, which lies in Kochi prefecture on Shikoku island, and was produced in February 2015.

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Canton Tea Co. Cooked Mini Beeng Cha

Here we have another one of Canton Tea Co.‘s line-up of cute little 100 gram mini-beengs.

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2014 Chawangpu Ban Payasi

Alistair of What-cha fame certainly gets his hands on some interesting teas, and this is one of them.

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2001 Xia Guan Jia Ji

Yet another House of Tea purchase.

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Hangzhou Jiasheng Tea Co. – CPT7016

Let’s get the obvious out of the way before we go any further – this tea is never, ever, going to win any kind of award.

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Gopaldhara Red Thunder Gold

These leaves arrived on my tea table in the form of a generously sized 10 gram sample that was kindly included in a recent purchase I made over at the very highly recommended What-cha web shop.

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Canton Raw: Wu Jia Zhai 2012

This is one of Canton Tea Co.’s range of very nice 100 gram Single Mountain sheng Pu-erh mini-beengs.

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What-cha Taiwan Roast Oolong

I received this tea in the form of a generously sized 10 gram sample that was included in a recent order I placed with What-cha.

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