Month: August 2013

  • Taiwanese Tea Vendor Guide

    Taiwanese Tea Vendor Guide

    There are a number of vendors in the western world that offer Taiwanese Oolongs. Prices vary dramatically vendor to vendor and tea to tea (cheap, expensive) and there are even Taiwanese tea forgeries (i.e. grown in China/Thailand, harvested in a Taiwanese style and marketed as Formosa/Gaoshan Oolong). Navigating the online vendor landscape can be a…

  • Oriental Beauty Oolong [Episode 15]

    James & Denny are joined by a guest Zach for a three-episode series on the diverse selection from Teavivre.  Episode 15 covers their Oriental Beauty offering.

  • Four Seasons Oolong [Episode 14]

    Another Oolong from Tea from Taiwan! We move from the ultra-premium Da Yu Ling to popular Taiwanese daily drinker, Four Seasons Oolong. In episode 14, Denny and James covers this fruity, inexpensive tea.

  • The Price of High-Mountain Tea

    The Price of High-Mountain Tea

    Buying tea and shopping for deals can be confusing. The landscape of vendors is intimidating and oftentimes a simple purchase at the cheapest price can be a mistake. Complicating matters, there are no consistent quantity standards and varying shipping policies only add to the already-considerable confusion. This article will attempt to illuminate many of these…

  • Da Yu Ling Oolong [Episode 13]

    James & Denny do a short series on some wonderful Oolongs from Tea from Taiwan.  Episode 13 covers the very-famous, very-premium oolong from Taiwan, Da Yu Ling.

  • Oriental Beauty Oolong [Episode 12]

    In episode 12, James & Denny engage in a longer-form podcast while drinking Floating Leaves‘ Oriental Beauty covering topics like how they drink tea, learning about tea, brewing parameters, etc.

  • Taiwanese Oolong Compendium

    Taiwanese Oolong Compendium

    Taiwan has been described by Marshaln as “The Tea Shop Island” and is truly a tea lover’s heaven. Like Japan and unlike China, the standards for authentic Taiwanese tea are quite high. This doesn’t necessarily mean that all tea marketed on the internet as Taiwanese tea is extremely high quality (or even grown in Taiwan!),…

  • Den’s Hashiri Sencha Japanese Green Tea [Episode 11]

    James & Denny complete their series of Japanese green teas with Episode 11 and another sencha. This time it’s from state-side based vendor Den’s Tea. They drink Den’s most premium Shincha (first harvest) offering the Hashiri Sencha.

  • O-Cha’s Chiran Sencha Japanese Green Tea [Episode 10]

    James & Denny continue their series of Japanese green teas with Episode 10 and an offering from long-time vendor of Japanese greens, O-Cha. In this episode they drink O-Cha’s lovely Shincha Chiran Sencha.

  • Ryu Mei’s Matcha [Episode 9]

    In episode 9, James & Denny start a new series on Japanese green tea with a fresh, highly energizing Matcha from Ryu Mei.