By A.C. Cargill
Recently, I revisited some teas from Japan that I had tried previously and had reacted to with less than a positive and enthusiastic manner. The results were a revelation.
Part of learning and growing is re-trying something you tried years (or maybe even only months, weeks, or days) ago all over again to see [...]
By William I. Lengeman III
As we’ve noted here before, what type of tea you drink probably has a lot to do with where you were born and what type of culture you grew up in. If you’re from the United States there’s a good chance that you don’t drink tea. If you’re from the United [...]
By William I. Lengeman III
There are those tea drinkers (myself among them) who believe that a good cup of tea needs nothing else, whether it be milk, cream, sweeteners, or lemon. But everyone likes what they like, and, of course, there are many people who could not even conceive of drinking a cup of tea [...]
By A.C. Cargill
Making sense of Sencha (a style of Japanese green tea) can be a bit tricky for many of us tea drinkers used to Indian, Ceylonian, African, and Chinese teas. Where tea is concerned, Japanese teas seem a world unto themselves.
Processing Sencha is the “secret of its success” for the most part. The first [...]
By A.C. Cargill
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The Subject: Genmaicha Tea from The English Tea Store.
Rating:
Water temperature: 180° F
Steeping time: 3 minutes
Tea type: Green (Japanese)
Scents, flavorings, etc.: Toasted rice kernels
Aroma, dry: Planty, grassy [...]
By William I. Lengeman III
For some tea drinkers the vast number of options provided by the hundreds or even thousands of unflavored varieties are more than enough to keep their taste buds satisfied. The addition of various herbs, spices and fruit flavors allows for a nearly infinite number of combinations, but there are several flavored [...]
By Stephanie Harkins
Just getting acquainted with the wide, wide world of tea? Have you only just started to branch out beyond the familiarity of bagged tea or realized that tea comes in a lot more varieties than black or green? Tea can be very intimidating to someone just learning about it, because there are [...]
By Stephanie Harkins
Not many people are familiar with the different types of tea available, let alone the different grades of tea, however, I would like to introduce you to a very special Japanese tea called ‘Bancha’, or what the Japanese would call common, everyday ‘tea’.
Strangely, Bancha is a low grade of green tea. While [...]
