Steep Stories

Tag: Japanese tea

  • Whiskey Smoked Tea

    Whiskey Smoked Tea – The Tea-Totaler Trilogy, Part 3 This is a parable about poor impulse control. I was having a conversation with Mizuba Tea’s Lauren Purvis about experiments regarding matcha, smoke and wine. She asked me if I’d seen a recent article posted by The Japanese Tea Sommelier. I’d heard of this blogger before,…

  • Three Words: Japanese. White. Tea.

    This all started a year ago, and it’s all Greg’s fault. By “a year ago”, I literally mean a year ago! Like, last August. And by “Greg”, I mean the dude behind Norbu Tea. One fateful day, in August of 2013, I noticed he had retweeted something interesting. Alas, I’d seen the update too late.…

  • Oolong for the Old Otaku

    I have always had a fascination with Japan for as long as I can remember. The first seeds of wonder were planted by early-80s dubbings of Robotech, and continued on well into my teens and twenties with samurai films galore. One could even say my otaku (read: fanboy) brain was hardwired to like everything Japanese…