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Tasting Sessions : Ogura Tea Garden: First Flush Yabukita Wakocha

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve done a tasting sessions post hasn’t it! Totally not an intended break at all, but one I just had to take due to medical issues. However I recently tried a new First Flush, Yabukita Wakoucha from Ougra Tea Garden. Over the years I’ve tried a fantastic selection of…
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What is Amacha? – A Japanese Herbal Tisane

What Is Amacha? How do you steep it? Is there more than one way you can use it? Those are all questions I’ll be answering in todays post about a phenomenally under rated traditional Japanese tisane. The Amacha I’ll be featuring in this post was purchased* via Yunomi and you can find it on their…
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Blending Experiment Featuring Daily Duck Shit & Monbloom Bloom Dancong From White2Tea

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a long time now will know that I have championed experimenting with teas since the very start of my tea journey. While I haven’t had flavoured teas in a long time now as I now just drink traditional teas, that doesn’t mean that the side…
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Tasting sessions – Moonbloom Dancong – White2Tea
Well it’s been a while hasn’t it… I really wasn’t planning on there being this much time between posts here on my blog but sometimes things don’t go to plan. I’ve been focusing on other projects and trying to balance those with this blog and also work everything around the health issues I have, just…
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Tasting Sessions – Tsujki: Heritage Grade Uji Hikari Matcha
Recently I was given the chance to try an incredible matcha by the team over at Yunomi and I knew from the instant I took my first sip that I was going to end up writing a long form post about my experiences with this tea. The matcha in questions is a Modern Heritage Grade…