Hawaiian tea
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From Mauna Kea Tea comes this 2010 first flush oolong tea, a Hawaiian-grown, organic tea. This oolong reminds me of a cross between a bai hao oolong and a traditional green-style ti kuan yin, like Chicago Tea Garden’s competition-grade ti kuan yin. It has a markedly faint dry aroma which blossoms with plum-like notes upon infusion.
2010 First Flush Hawaiian Green Tea from Mauna Kea Tea
In Hawaii, 2010′s first tea harvest has come. The kind folks from Mauna Kea Tea, a small family-owned and operated tea company in Hawaii, sent me a sampling of this year’s first flush teas, as well as their sweet roast green tea. Today’s tea is their first flush green tea.
Right off the bat, I should note one thing: this tea doesn’t come cheap. At $20 for a 15-gram bag, each cup is costing a few dollars (depending on how many steepings you can get out of your leaves). But there are a few good reasons for this: the tea is organic; the cost of labour in Hawaii is higher than in India or China; and the tea is in short supply. This is the kind of tea you buy out of curiosity, to see what Hawaiian tea tastes like.
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.
Kilinoe Green Tea: Hawaiian Grown Tea
I was surprised a few months ago when Billy from Narien Teas told me where he was going on his latest tea finding mission: Hawaii.
Apparently the island state known for brilliant beaches, great surf and volcanoes is now dipping into the gourmet tea market. Kilinoe Green Tea is a hand-harvested, hand-rolled and hand-fired tea grown on a small eco-organic tea estate on Big Island, Hawaii. According to Narien Teas, it’s “a mildly-sweet and fragrant tea that never over-steeps.”