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Garden Glimpses – Azuma Tea Garden

The main focus of my blog over the last few years has been to shine a light onto Japanese tea and help as many people as possible gain in depth knowledge of the Japanese tea industry while aiming to support Japanese tea farms / farmers of all sizes. So during this year I’ll be continuing…
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Women in Tea – Yunomi.Life Sampler Gift Set | Review

Yunomi’s founder Ian Chun launched the Women in Tea Collection back in October 2021 in efforts to spotlight and encourage the women who have taken on leading roles in their businesses. They wanted to shine the light on these passionate women, and help connect their customers to some of these inspiring women. While women in the Japanese…
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Tasting Sessions – Amethyst Gaba Oolong (Mei Leaf)

I’m sure that it will come as no shock to any of you that I’m writing a tasting sessions post for yet another tea from Mei Leaf. I didn’t plan on this when I last ordered a bunch of samples as I had no idea what to expect from what I had ordered. I had…
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Blending Experiment Featuring Daily Duck Shit & Monbloom Bloom Dancong From White2Tea

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a long time now will know that I have championed experimenting with teas since the very start of my tea journey. While I haven’t had flavoured teas in a long time now as I now just drink traditional teas, that doesn’t mean that the side…
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Single Cultivar Japanese Oolong Comparison – Ft Two Osada Tea Oolong From Shizuoka
You all know me well enough by now to know that I love doing side by side comparison tastings and using them to learn more about tea. With that in mind, when I made my last order with Yunomi I purposefully bought teas I could do comparison tasting with. I’ll be covering them all on…