I’ve been drinking two teas recently, both from Essencha back in Cincinnati. The first is White Peony, also known as Pai Mu Tan or Bai Mu Dan. Its a classic Chinese white tea, and its one I’ve had many times before. The White Peony from Essencha is noticably better than the same kind of tea […]
Category Archives: Tea
Brewing Tea
There are plenty of ways to brew tea out there: you can use tea bags, tea balls, loose leaf tea in a strainer, loose leaf tea directly in the pot, a french press, gaiwan, etc., etc., etc. And I admit, the way that I judge a place that has tea is by how they serve […]
Colonille black tea
Today I’m trying a new kind of tea, Colonille black tea which is made by serendipiTea. I usually don’t really like black teas, and recently I think I figured out why. Its the same reason I don’t like coffee: I think that its the fact that both of these drinks are roasted before you brew […]
Globalization
Sometimes, globalization fractures my tiny mind. When drinking my daily cup(s) of tea today, as well as other days, it really comes home to me. Looking into my tin of tea, I realize that a couple of months ago a person in India or China (depending on which tea I’m drinking), who probably makes like […]
Mill Mountain Coffee
Christi and I went to Mill Mountain Coffee yesterday, which is a local chain of coffee shops in the Roanoke/New River Valley area. The tea experience that I had at the one in Blacksburg was interesting. They had a wide selection of tea, including white tea. However, when I asked what kind of white tea […]