Tea Blog

With hundreds of teas available out there, both straight (nothing but tea of a particular type), blended (various teas mixed together), and flavored (non-tea “stuff” added to the tea), it’s hard to remember them all. As an exercise of your memory, see how many different teas you can name before reading on. It’s okay. I’ll wait.

*Interlude music*

All set? How did you do? I can usually only name a few dozen. You can always go by the alphabet, starting with A as in Assam and winding up with Z as in Zhen Shan Xiao Chung (Lapsang Souchong). Or you can start by general tea type such as green as in Sencha and going through white, black, oolong, and pu-erh. To me, that seems the best way, so here goes:

Green Teas

• Sencha
• Gunpowder
• Dragonwell
• Chun Mee
• Dragon Pearls
• Ceylon Green
• White Monkey Paw
• Gyokuro
• Matcha
• Gen Mai Cha

White Teas

• Snow Dragon
• Gong Mei (Tribute Eyebrow)
• Adams Peak
• 100 Monkeys
• Darjeeling White
• Ceylon White
• Pai Mu Tan (Bai Mu Dan, White Peony)
• Yinzhen Silver Needle
• Drum Mountain White Cloud
• White Pearls
• Shou Mei (Noble, Long Life Eyebrow)
• Assam White
• Snowbud

Black Teas

• Golden Yunnan
• Keemun
• Ceylon black
• CTC Assam
• Kambaa Estate (Kenyan)
• Darjeeling
• Nonsuch Estate

Oolong Teas

• Ti Kuan Yin
• Formosa Oolong Estate Tea
• Oolong Orange Blossom Estate Tea

Masala Chais (Spiced Teas)

• Le Marche Spice
• Chai Green
• Vanilla Chai

Flavored Teas

• French Blend
• Buckingham Palace Garden Party
• Angels Dream
• Jasmine with flowers green tea
• Granny Green Apple

Blended Teas

• Irish Breakfast (Kenyan and Assam)
• English Breakfast Blend No. 1 (Indian, Ceylon, Kenyan)
• Yorkshire Harrogate (luxury black teas)

I could keep going, but my teacup is empty and when that happens I get a bit cranky. Don’t worry. There’s tea in the pot and some fresh fruit in the frig. Snack time!

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