Month: June 2017

  • A Wild Darjeeling

    This is an awkward statement to make right now . . . but . . . I’ve been on a bit of a Darjeeling kick, lately. Especially given recent (at the time of this writing) news reports. And I’m not going to delve into any of that. This is a tea blog; I tell tea…

  • A Kazuo Kit of Sencha from the Land of Bears

    Let’s get right to the point, I’ve been a fan of the sencha brand, Mellow Monk, for years. Pretty much since the early days of my tea blogging career. The only one who seemed unaware of this, however . . . was Mellow Monk.

  • Singpho Phalap

    Back in 2015, I was reading one of Nicole “Tea For Me Please” Martin’s weekly roundups. In those, she lists off her five favorite tea blog articles of that week. I happened to be reading it that day to . . . see if I made the cut. (Yes, I’m narcissistic.) But I soon got…

  • Heicha Happy Hour

    For most of this spring, I’ve been on a bit of a heicha kick. Not puerh . . . heicha. As in, dark (or fermented) teas not from Yunnan province, China. I’m not sure when it all started, but I have a feeling this dude had something to do with it.