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Taiwan Dongding Oolong Tea (Light Roasted)
20% oxidized from the Dongding area of Nantou County in central Taiwan. Clear, pale yellow touched by green, Dongding oolong immediately engages with a nose of sultry blooms, mown grass and water...
View ArticleA Mighty Fail
It seemed for a while that bagged tea was becoming passably drinkable. Restaurants were carrying Jasmine Oolong and White Tea in little silk bags with extra room to allow the broken leaves the chance...
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A Few Tips for Quality Kombucha Tea
I have been making kombucha tea long enough that my mother culture has spawned multiple babies, many of which have gone to friends. I even know of a grandchild. It is one healthy SCOBY, indeed....
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Detroit Zen Center Teuk Seon Green Tea
When the students and monks of The Detroit Zen Center in Hamtramck aren’t meditating, they’re drinking and selling organic Teuk Seon green tea. Hand harvested from the Korean mountainside “Bright Eyes”...
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Kombucha Tasting Note: GT’s Multi-Green
The fact that GT’s Multi-Green kombucha looks extraordinarily like a vernal pond doesn’t have a thing to do with its flavor, sort of. It starts with a contrasting sweet and tart fruit flavor, something...
View ArticleCrab Leg
I’m swigging crab legs. And it doesn’t involve some sort of new aerosol fish product that you might find on the shelf between Chee-Z-Whip and Krab Stix. It’s one of the newer tea selections available...
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Lab: More Eventuality than Experiment
Needing a cup of tea a few weeks back, I hopped into a new cafe in Ann Arbor and quickly sucked down a cup of Bao Zhong. The tea, a light Taiwanese oolong, had a delightful fruit sweetness, enough so...
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Last night, I swung by Royal Oak’s Goldfish Tea to grab some bags of tea to brew at home, and I couldn’t help but order a cup to go. After my typical albeit momentary fit of indecision, I elected to go...
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A Handful of Premium Chinese Tea
Yunnan is the southern Chinese province bordering Vietnam and believed to be the birthplace of tea. It produces more black tea than any other part of China. For a unique cup try Yunnan’s black tea...
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A Trio of Teas
Coffee has dominated my consumption of caffeinated beverages of late. I bought the proper pourover gear from my pal James at Great Lakes. Then I got a burr grinder and Chemex to make coffee in the...
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