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Review ― Formosa Oolong from The English Tea Store
Tea Name: Formosa Oolong Estate Tea Tea Type: Oolong from Taiwan The British found out centuries ago that tea drinking was essential and drinking good tea was even more essential. How do you have...
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The Mystery of Milk Oolong
Milk oolong is a tea that has generated a loyal following, but also a lot of controversy and confusion. There are countless online discussions asking, “what is milk oolong?” and about as many...
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More “Cheesy” Tea Time Pairings, Part I
A little over a year ago I took a closer look at the issue of pairing tea and cheese. The topic was hot then and seems to be getting hotter every year. So, it’s time to take a look at more “cheesy” tea...
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Tea and the Olympics: Triathlon
The triathlon is an event that requires both endurance and physical versatility. It consists of three sections where competitors must swim 1.5 km (0.93 mile), cycle 40 km (25 mile), and finally run 10...
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Oolong Blasphemy
Ever ones to experiment with our teas, hubby and I came up with a different way to approach multiple steepings of oolongs. It’s a bit unorthodox. Some might even call it oolong blasphemy. Multiple...
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Some Popular Taiwanese Oolong Cultivars
The more I look into the details of tea, the more complex it is. My recent foray deep into the “jungle” of information about oolong cultivars revealed even more complexity. There is quite a variety of...
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What is High Mountain Oolong?
For many years now I’ve seen the term “high mountain oolong” being bandied about, but I never really gave it much thought. Until recently, when I started to wonder exactly what that meant. Obviously,...
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This Tea Is Bugging Me or The Secret of Oriental Beauty Oolong
Does your tea bug you? It would if it’s Oriental Beauty Oolong, one of the most exotic teas and a bit of a rarity, with only about 20 kilograms of leaves processed per hectare. But it might not be so...
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The Mystery of Pouchong
Maybe for some of you out there pouchongs hold no mystery. You know what they are, you have always been clear on the details, and you actually have no need to read this article and are about to leave...
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Bragger’s Tea
One of the stranger types of tea I’ve written about was poo poo puerh, a curious variety also known as grain moth tea, chong cha or worm tea, among other things. Not to be indelicate about it, but it’s...
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Oolong Tea – Broadest Segment in Tea, Smallest Segment in the Market?
Oolong tea, or “Wu-long tea” (Chinese: 乌龙 = “Black Dragon”), as opposed to green tea (non-fermented) or black tea (fully-fermented), is tea that is only “semi”, or better, “partly” fermented, whereas...
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Tea in the Movies — “Three Strangers”
Being a bit of a movie buff, I tend to watch those black and white classics, and recently caught a very interesting tea connection in one of them. The movie Three Strangers had a rather oblique...
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Oolong Tea – from Wuji to Alishan
Currently, Oolong teas, covering the wide spectrum of part-fermented teas on a scale ranging from ca. 10-85% degree of fermentation, are increasingly gaining popularity in the west. As for the origins...
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Teas of the World: TTES Teas
Tea in Taiwan is serious business, so much so that they are constantly working on developing new cultivars of Camellia Sinensis (the tea plant) that will yield certain characteristics for both the...
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Teas of the World: “Black Oolong” Teas
To some of us the term “black oolong” can be a bit of a puzzle. We know black teas as one thing and oolong teas as another. Time to take a closer look. First, we here in North America and much of...
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Review of Spring Pouchong from The English Tea Store
I investigated Pouchongs in some depth a while back on this blog, having previously not known very much about them. However, although I had researched them thoroughly, I had not had a chance to sample...
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Some History of Tea in Taiwan
There are a few significant tea producing countries or regions that have changed their name since tea began to be a significant industry there. Probably the most notable example is Sri Lanka. It used...
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3 Reasons You Should Let the Vendor Bake Your Tea
There is a trend toward people trying to bake their own tea. I like that “do it yourself” spirit, but there are 3 reasons why you should let the vendor bake your tea. There may even be more. No, we’re...
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5 Tasty Teas for Your Thanksgiving Dinner
Whether you have a more traditional, Norman Rockwell-esque Thanksgiving dinner or something very untraditional and unique, tea is an important part of that feast. And serving the right tea can make the...
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NovelTea – Bubble tea
One of my favorite ways of enjoying tea may not be familiar among the British but it is beginning to sweep the United States by storm. Bubble Tea, or Pearl Tea and Boba Tea (boba is what bubble tea is...
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