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Tasting Sessions – Trying An Aged Japanese Black Tea For The First Time!
2021 is coming to an end now but we still have some time left and what better way to finish off the year than with another brand new (to me) tea experience. So today this post is going to document my first experience with a 2019 aged Japanese black tea, which again found it’s way…
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Tasting Sessions – Trying an aged Japanese oolong for the first time ever!
If there’s one thing we all know well enough by now it’s that Japan does green teas perfectly. They have their methods and productions perfected and they have every right to be well know because of their many incredible varieties of green tea. But as we have discussed previously, they also have a long history…
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Hojicha Powder | A Great Low Caffeine Matcha Alternative
Happy Matcha Monday Everyone! You all know that I love Matcha and that I love to prepare it traditionally as often as I can, but I can sadly only have one bowl a day because more than that and it will react too harshly with the medication I am on for my chronic migraines. So…
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What is Batabatacha? – A Traditional Japanese Herbal Blend & A Fermented Tea
Not too long ago now I was able to purchase(*) Batabatacha through Yunomi. I took a risk with this blend because I had never tried anything like this before, but I’m always looking to learn more about Japanese tea traditions and to try them out for myself so I wanted to give it a go…
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Matcha Monday | Which Fruits Pair Perfectly With Koicha?
Hey Everyone! Happy Matcha Monday, For today’s post I’m coming to you with something a little bit different that usual as today we are going to be talking all about tea and food pairings, specifically looking into which fruits pair well with Koicha. I was inspired to do this little experiment by Nio Teas over…