StripTea, DemocraTea and RoyalTea: The Wonderful World of Novelty Tea Ware #3
There are some strange, strange souls out there. Take Donkey Products, for example. Inspired by the humble teabag, Donkey Products have come up with three lines of novelty tea bags.
Tea Bloggers: Interview with Jason Walker
One of the wiser voices in the tea blogging world is Jason Walker, who discovered tea while living in China. After returning home, Jason started Walker Tea Review, a website designed to help tea drinkers find good teas available online. He regularly posts video reviews of teas, which are a great learning tool because they show you how an experienced tea drinker prepares his tea.
I thought I’d catch up with Jason — digitally, of course — to learn more about his blog, the tea industry and more.
Tea: A Photographic Journey from the Garden to the Cup
Kilinoe: A lettuce garden turned tea farm on the slopes of Mauna Loa, Big Island, Hawaii.
Kilinoe: Hawaiian Green Tea (review)
It’s been a long time since I sat down and reviewed a tea, which can largely be blamed on the fact that we’ve been down with some sort of flu for most of August and a good chunk of July. But the sinuses are cleared and the taste buds are active again, so today Bec and I sat down to enjoy a cup of Kilinoe green tea — the first Hawaiian green tea to be sold in the mainland USA, thanks to Narien Teas.
Big Island Tea: Interview with Eliah Halpenny, a Hawaiian Tea Farmer
A few weeks ago I wrote about Kilinoe Green Tea, a Hawaiian-grown tea sold by Narien Teas. Today, I’m really pleased to publish an interview with Eliah Halpenny, the tea farmer running Big Island Tea, the small eco-organic tea farm producing Kilinoe and other tea varieties. Eliah has a busy life — as you’ll gather from reading the interview — so I’m very thankful she took the time out to share more about her personal journey towards becoming a tea farmer, and her thoughts on the future of the Hawaiian tea industry.
Tea Finely Brewed hits 100 subscribers
I was thrilled this weekend to see that the subscriber count for Tea Finely Brewed has jumped up to 100. When I first started this blog back in December, I figured it would be fun to write about tea — but I didn’t really imagine a simple blog about tea could develop a readership. It’s humbling to know that this blog has, slowly but surely, attracted a small band of readers.
To those of you who are subscribed: Thank you!
New Tea Community, a year's supply of tea and 30% off Vintage Oolong from The Tea Spot
There are a few exciting things going on in the world of tea at the moment. Fellow tea bloggers Griffin Kelton (from Tea Time Tuesday) and Tony Gebley (from World of Tea) launched a tea community earlier this week, called The Tea Roundtable. I signed up but haven’t had time to post anything yet, though it’s clear there’s a real buzz around the forums. That may be due to the site’s current competition: the first person to post 25 times in the forums will win themselves a year’s supply of tea from Narien Teas. Nice one!
The other thing that I quickly wanted to mention is that The Tea Spot have slashed 30% off their Vintage Oolong, which is a single-estate, medium-bodied oolong from Taiwan. Here’s how The Tea Spot describe their tea:
With a sweet, nutty flavor, this tea captures the subtlety of what amazing, full–leaf tea should taste like. Hints of ripe apricots and lilacs combine to produce a tender, timeless green oolong; hence the name! This tea yields a bright, amber liquor and should be re–steeped multiple times. Each successive steeping will unveil new flavors & aromas, until the leaves are fully opened. Delicate, refined, and understated – this is the true connoisseur’s tea!
Head over to The Tea Spot now.
What's the strangest thing you've ever associated with tea?
I’m not sure how it happened. It belies logic. They’re strange, these associations our mind creates.
But here’s the thing: I associate Narien Tea’s Earl Grey tea with Helvetica Neue font.