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Single Cultivar Japanese Oolong Comparison – Ft Two Osada Tea Oolong From Shizuoka
You all know me well enough by now to know that I love doing side by side comparison tastings and using them to learn more about tea. With that in mind, when I made my last order with Yunomi I purposefully bought teas I could do comparison tasting with. I’ll be covering them all on…
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What Is Gao Shan Cha / High Mountain Tea?
What is high mountain oolong / high mountain tea? What makes it so special? Why is it so well-loved within the tea community? Why it is sold at a high price point? Why is it getting harder and hard to find? Those are all questions I am going to be answering in this post, I’ll…
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Tasting Sessions – Masters Tea – Rohini First Oolong
Wow it’s been a little bit since I last posted hasn’t it! I 100% didn’t plan on there being this much time between posts but I just haven’t been able to work on writing blog content recently because I’ve been coming off my current medication for my chronic migraines and the side effects of slowly…
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What is Milk Oolong? Uncovering the truth and exposing inauthentic practices.
What is Milk Oolong? Despite what a lot of companies out there would have you think, it is not oolong that has been watered with milk or steamed with milk like you will hear rumours of or a rolled green oolong that has had an artificial flavour derived from lactose added to it. What milk…
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Tasting Sessions – Trying an aged Japanese oolong for the first time ever!
If there’s one thing we all know well enough by now it’s that Japan does green teas perfectly. They have their methods and productions perfected and they have every right to be well know because of their many incredible varieties of green tea. But as we have discussed previously, they also have a long history…