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Trying a Bizenya – Hand Picked Fukumidori – Sayamacha White Tea For The First Time
for me, 2022 among many other things is about trying to allow myself to have as many new tea experiences as possible, of which I have luckily already had a few in just the first two months. Today I wanted to add to that list of new tea experiences in 2022 with another tea first…
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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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Dark Roast vs Light Roast Hojicha – How Roasting Times and Temperatures Affect Flavour Profile
Hey Everyone! Today’s post is all about Hojicha which is a tea a lot of people associate with this time of the year so I thought that now was the best time to do this post and assist those of you out there who love hojicha in learning more about what goes into creating it…
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Side By Side Matcha Comparison – Featuring Three Mystery Matchas From Happuan Souen
Recently I was asked by Happuan Souen, who is a Omotesenke instructor and Matcha Seller over on Instagram, if I would be willing to try out three mystery matchas and compare them and send my feedback to them. Two of the matchas are low-pesticide and one matcha is for the Japanese domestic market. When I…