One of the teas I received in a recent box from my monthly Tea Runners subscription is White Pearls. I’m a fan of white teas and I was definitely interested in trying this one. White tea is harvested from the spring buds of the tea plan, and this tea is peony silver needles. When I… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Runners, White Pearls
I’m awash in samples from Tea Runners! This week I brought Water Sprite Oolong to work to try. Water Sprite Oolong is pure oolong tea from a family farm high up in the mountains of Southeast China. The first thing I noticed when I opened the bag is how smoky this tea is. The packaging… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Runners, Water Sprite Oolong
Many, many months ago (I’m ashamed to count how many) my friend Ana brought me a few bags of Tea-Historic tea that she had picked up at a local festival. I pulled them out for sampling in the next few weeks and went to the website to do more research and learned that Tea-Historic is… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea-Historic, Cretaceous Cinnamon
My husband knows me so well. He wanted to buy me some tea for Christmas so he checked out Adagio Teas where he found a whole sampler set of 12-teas for fans of Critical Roll. I photographed them all for fun, and I’ll be sampling a few over the next few weeks on the blog.… Continue reading Drink Me: Adagio Teas, Cri-Tea-Cal Role
Another tea I added to my recent order from David’s Tea is their Lemon Pound Cake tea. From the ingredients list, Lemon Pound Cake contains oolong, lemongrass, lemon peel, sunflower blossoms, white hibiscus and natural and artificial poundcake and lemon flavor. It comes in multiple increments of 2 oz. for $10.98 per 2 oz. When I first… Continue reading Drink Me: David’s Lemon Pound Cake
A friend recently placed an order with David’s Tea and I couldn’t resist getting a few more to try. I’m always asked about unflavored teas, so I decided to try David’s Breakfast Tea. From the ingredients list, David’s Breakfast Tea contains organic black tea from India and Nepal. It comes in multiple increments of 2… Continue reading Drink Me: David’s Breakfast Tea
When I received Mystic Mint from Rishi Tea in one of my Tea Runners boxes, I wasn’t sure whether I would like it or not. Mystic Mint contains organic peppermint, organic cardamom, organic licorice root, essential basil and clove leaf oils. It is available in a variety of sizes: teaser for $2.00, 1/4 pound for… Continue reading Drink Me: Rishi Tea, Mystic Mint
In one of the recent Tea Runners boxes I found a delicious looking tea from the American Tea Room called Organic Bliss. I was actually surprised to see that the American Tea Room has locations in Los Angeles. I will have to try and visit the next time I go! From the website, Organic Bliss… Continue reading Drink Me: American Tea Room, Organic Bliss
When I placed my last order with Tea Embassy, I decided to order some unflavored black tea to review. I settled for the Capital Blend. From the website, the Capital Blend is a blend of Assam, Kenyan and Ceylon teas. They consider it a Scottish Breakfast Blend. Capital Blend is available in 1oz increments for… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Embassy, Capital Blend
The second tea I ordered in my recent order from T2 was their Chai. From the website, T2 Chai includes black tea, cloves, cardamon, star anise, cinnamon, ginger, natural and artificial flavor. Chai comes in two sizes: a 100g cube for $13.00 or 250g for $31.00. When I opened the package I was quite impressed… Continue reading Drink Me: T2, Chai
