Author: Oolong Owl

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August White2tea Club featuring Dahongpao and Clover Patch Oolong – Tea Review

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OMG This month’s White2tea club is awesome! I cannot contain my joy when I saw what I got. OOLONG! This month – Fresh Dahongpao, Aged Dahongpao, and Clover Patch Oolong. DROOL! Can I drink them all at once? I quite enjoy these tasting sets for education – I get to learn, try new teas (that some don’t get to try) and drink all the tea! I’ve never had Fresh Dahongpao nor even seen it for sale (apparently for good reason). Tasting of August White2tea Club – Fresh & Aged Dahongpao and Clover Patch Oolong Let’s start with drinking the Fresh and… Continue reading, hoot!

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Matcha Brand Comparison 2, Round 3 – High End $17 to $48 per ounce Matchas

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So you are looking for a great matcha and you are willing to spend more for it? This Matcha Brand Comparison will be looking at the $17 to $48 per ounce Matcha range! Amazon Matcha Comparison Round 1 – Matcha Brand Comparison under $9.99 an ounce Round 2 – Matcha Brand Comparison $9.99 to $16.99 an ounce I’ll admit, this set up isn’t that great. There is 24 matchas in this Round and simply TOO MANY matchas for me to deal with at once and keep my own review standards intact. I’m sure as readers it would be hard to believe my ratings of 24… Continue reading, hoot!

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Crimson Lotus Tea 2014/2015 Jingmai Sheng Comparison – Tea Review

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I thought it would be really cool to do a side by side sheng pu’er comparison session. I had planned to do a side by side tasting with a pair of shou pu’er I have, but Crimson Lotus Tea was sending me some samples and I thought it would be cool to compare their Jingmais together. The two Crimson Lotus Tea sheng pu’ers are: 2015 Spring Jingmai “Midas Touch” 2014 Planet Jingmai Ancient Tree Single Serving Pu’er  I was planning to just drink a small sample each, say 5 grams. I didn’t realize after the fact that Planet Jingmai is a weighty 8 gram… Continue reading, hoot!

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2015 If You Are Reading This It’s 2 Late Sheng Pu’er from White2Tea – Tea Review

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I recently did a big White2tea order. When I opened the box there was something in there that smelled really pungently strong.  Upon sniff testing every tea in my box, this was the cake! If You Are Reading This It’s 2 Late! I kept smelling the cake it over and over, curious how a promise of sweet sheng smelled so pungent. This much confusion meant I needed to drink this ASAP. If You Are Reading This It’s 2 Late is an interesting name. I’ve already trolled people on instagram with it! With all these White2Tea cakes, I got lots of potential… Continue reading, hoot!

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Sunday Tea Hoots 6 – Cruisin’ to Alaska

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If you caught my Drink Militia Interview, I mentioned I have been DYING to go on a cruise. I’ve been putting off booking one for awhile since I had some green card stuff I had to deal with. So I had to wait to book anything until I got my green card extension and fingerprinting appointment taken care of. Now that I did my appointment and now sitting around waiting for mail, I can go on a cruise! I right away booked a cruise to Alaska for the end of August! YES! I will also be back home in Vancouver for a few days. I’ve… Continue reading, hoot!

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Lime Jello Salad Green Tea from 52 Teas – Tea Review

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I remember going to a buffet with my little 5 year old cousin. Buffets, especially back in the early 90’s, always had jello but this buffet in particular only had jello salad. The jello was lime with streaks of red and green cabbage and a little carrot in it. I picked out a large wiggly cube for my little cousin. Turned out, he never had jello before. He cried right after noticing it wiggle around on his plate, but we finally convinced him since that his older cousin liked it, so will he. He caved and finally tasted it, ending up… Continue reading, hoot!

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Limited Edition Qimen from Joseph Wesley Black Tea – Tea Review

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When Qimen came out it perked my interest. Then a bunch of my tea friends told me Qimen is amazing and they were buying more as it was a limited edition tea. Then I caved and bought 2 packages – recently ran into some bad tea luck on stuff selling out on me before I could buy it (I shake my fist at white2tea’s bang dong hong!) so I decided I wasn’t going to take any chances. It wasn’t hard to cave in for a purchase at Joseph Wesley Black tea – I love everything I’ve tried so far. The packaging on… Continue reading, hoot!

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Sunday Tea Hoots 5 – Daiso Green Tea Food Haul!

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I love Daiso! I’ve purchased a number of cute little tea pots and cups for cheap. Daiso is a Japanese Dollar store. I first encountered them years ago in Richmond, BC, near Vancouver. I was very happy to learn when I moved to SoCal they opened Daiso stores and they are spreading like wild fire – I got 2 stores close to me! I crashed a new one that opened nearby and they had a special display of different green tea and matcha foods. Green Tea Pastry Roll Weird warnings on package. The warnings did not lie, the pastry smelled a… Continue reading, hoot!

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Matcha Brand Comparison 2, Round 2 – Mid-range price $9.99 to $16.99 an ounce

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It is time for the mid-range matcha brand comparison! For this Matcha Brand Comparison Round, the price point is $9.99 to $16.99 per ounce, average 13.69 price tag. Amazon Matcha Comparison Round 1 – Matcha Brands Comparison under $9.99 an ounce Round 3 – Matcha Brand Comparison $17 to $48 per ounce For full disclosure, like the other Matcha comparisons I’ve done, this is brought to you by Red Leaf Tea. Sadly, it looks like this price point is mostly Red Leaf Tea Matchas as well. Testing Procedure Every matcha is labelled by number or letter. I do not know what brands… Continue reading, hoot!

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July White2tea Club with 2015 Green Shroom Pu’er – Tea Review

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Tea readers, I am very satisfied with this month’s White2Tea Club – having fun exclusive pu’er cakes is really awesome! In July’s White2Tea Club – 2015 Green Shroom 250 grams and  a sample of 2005 Rocket Yiwu. Look how sweet this pu’er shroom looks! I’ve never owned a mushroom shape and the video game nerd in me loves the design! 2005 Rocket Yiwu is also a fantastic offering for this month’s tea club, many people have told me that it is really good. However I could not resist the shroom and I spent way too much time messing around with my… Continue reading, hoot!