Live Your Best Tea Life
This Taiwanese black tea had all of the morning feels to me. Sunbather Red from Austin's was a wonderful surprise to my palate. When drinking Taiwanese tea, I'm usually deep into my oolong stash. However, one of the great things about tea from Taiwan is they often have some incredibly well-done roasted or baked teas. Sunbather Red was no different. This black tea had a super interesting flavor profile to me that I was happy to enjoy over and ... Read the Post...
Stress is something we all experience. I tend to have more of it than usual because I have higher anxiety. If you read more about my story in my post about how I started drinking tea, you'll see that coffee had turned on me. Tea came into my life more after deciding to move away from coffee. After drinking tea more seriously, I experienced less stress and less anxiety. It doesn't happen that way for everyone, but that is my journey. What is it ... Read the Post...
You may be surprised to hear this, but tons of tea books exist. Tea books range from purely informative to stories of individuals' tea journies. Although I had been drinking tea, I didn't know how vast tea was until I read my first book. That catapulted me into my passion and nerdy obsession with it today. Over my journey, I have collected many tea books. However, there are a few that I often reference for information to help broaden my ... Read the Post...
Shino is a green tea I wasn’t expecting, in a good way! I drink Many Japanese green teas that tend to be in the Sencha or Gyokuro processing style, not Shino. It brings a different perspective and new flavor profiles. Shino is an award-winning competition-grade Kamairicha by Ikkyu. Kamairicha is pan-fried, which is part of the difference from other Japanese green teas, which tend to be steamed. The difference is noticeable in the cup that you ... Read the Post...
