Category: Tea Reviews

Tea reviews and tea tastings

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Kathryne Earl Grey black tea from justea – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Kathryne Earl Grey is a handmade earl grey blend from justea,  a Vancouver Canada based tea company supporting fair trade efforts for Kenyan Tea Farmers. This special earl grey is made with fair trade, hand processed Kenyan black tea and cold-pressed organic Mediterranean bergamot oil. justea crowd funding campaign ends TODAY (October 18th 2013)! Check it out justea‘s site if you haven’t yet! Their campaign is basically this: I’ve been meaning to get this review out sooner, but I had some unexpected computer issues causing me to ugggg… the horrible “R” word.. (reformat! wahh!!!) The Tea Owls have been helping me today with handing me… Continue reading, hoot!

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Da Hong Pao Oolong from Teavivre – Tea Review

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Da Hong Pao Oolong (aka Big Red Robe) is a Wuyi Rock tea from Fujian, China. This oolong is sold by Teavivre, online tea seller of Chinese teas. Yes, I need to drink an oolong right now! Yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving, and I demanded my family/friends celebrate despite us not being in Canada. Felt a little warmer and less fall-like to celebrate here in California, but the timing felt more what I was used to. I summoned the Tea Owls to come help with an oolong tea review, but they are all passed out. The Tea Owls spent the night… Continue reading, hoot!

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Raspberry Vanilla Mint Green tea from Simple Loose Leaf – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Raspberry Vanilla Mint Green Tea is a Young Hyson Chinese Green Tea blend with peppermint, raspberry and vanilla Flavor and raspberries. This tea is part of Simple Loose Leaf‘s huge line up for their tea subscription plan. Tea Owls – Simple Loose Leaf! This place is brilliant! Admittedly, I was confused at first glance on how their tea subscription works, but it’s because I was thinking of typical tea subscription methods that I’d get stuck with volume than variety. Simple Loose Leaf tea subscriptions works by you pick out the tea and they’ll send you tea every month. If you… Continue reading, hoot!

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Black Jasmine Cream from New Mexico Tea Company – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Black Jasmine Cream  is a black and green tea blend with jasmine flowers and vanilla flavoring. This tea is from New Mexico Tea Company. Black Jasmine! I’ve noticed once in awhile people asking around Steepster for Jasmine Black teas. It’s a tea combination that seems uncommon to find. The first black jasmine I’ve tried was Jasmine Black Pearls from DAVIDsTea, which was really good. New Mexico Tea Company is another place to find a Black Jasmine tea, which I managed to get my Owl claws on it! Dry Leaf Black Jasmine Cream smells like a jasmine lovers dream! Lots of… Continue reading, hoot!

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Lemon Rose White tea from Whittard of Chelsea

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Lemon Rose White tea features Silver Tips White tea, Green Tea, Peony Petals, and Lemongrass. This tea is from Whittard of Chelsea. From what I can tell, I only see Lemon and Rose White tea listed on the UK side of the site and not the US side. Actually, all the interesting blends are on the UK shop side – I hope they bring those teas to their US shop! I always have a lemon green or white tea on hand – they make great iced teas! I also enjoy a lemon tea when I’m sick – I can doctor… Continue reading, hoot!

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Let’s Blend Genmaicha – Yunomi September 2013 Tea Samplers Club

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Wow, Yunomi.us out did themselves for the Tea Samplers Club for September! For the month of September, Yunomi.us Tea Samplers Club  included: Organic Autumn Bancha from NaturaliTea. The leaf has an interesting mix of yellow and lower saturated green, compared to sencha, with a herb and celery scent. Organic Autumn Hojicha from the Takeo family. This tea as a lovely roasted scent with a great colour of fall: light greens and browns, a little lighter and delicate appearance than other hojichas I’ve seen. Genmai (toasted rice)  from Kyoto Obubu Tea Plantations. The genmai features petite roasted rice with the odd mini… Continue reading, hoot!

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Afternoon Loose Leaf Oolong from teascent – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Afternoon Loose Leaf Oolong Tea is a handpicked A Li Shan Oolong from Taiwan. This oolong is sold by teascent, a UK based online tea seller. First off – yea, I got my troutie bag! There is something just crazy weird yet awesome about this tote bag. It is perfect for carrying your Tea Owl and a couple large tea tins! Dry Leaf Tightly rolled, lushly dark green tea here that is lightly scented of butter and grass. Steeping Instructions I followed teascent’s brewing method for loose leaf. I steeped 3grams of tea with boiling water for 3 minutes. With… Continue reading, hoot!

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Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish Green Tea from 52 Teas – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish Green Tea is an unique green tea blend from Zoomdweebies / 52 Teas. Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish tea? Are you freaking serious? Yes! This is actually a new version, as 52 Teas first made a Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish Black tea. I purchased the green tea version as I’m more of a green tea person. How can a tea taste like a danish? The owls are excited to test this tea out! Dry Leaf Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish Green Tea appears to be a mix of green teas, accented with the occasional large blueberry! yum! Very… Continue reading, hoot!

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Goji Pop from DAVIDsTea – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Goji Pop is a herbal tea blend of apple, goji berries, hibiscus, roships, and honeydew. This caffeine free tea is from DAVIDsTea. Goji Pop is an Oolong Owl favorite. I’ve must of purchased this tea about 4 times now. I tried a sample of it and WOW very good! I then promptly bought a 100g tin worth and have been refilling it every since. Annoyingly, my local DAVIDsTea was always sold out of this tea, so I’ve bought it online most of the time. Dry Leaf Very chunky appearance. Lumps of apple, goji berries, and hibiscus that have petals stuck… Continue reading, hoot!

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Thai Chai from The Persimmon Tree – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Thai Chai Black Tea is a spiced black tea chai with coconut and lemon grass. This chai blend comes from The Persimmon Tree. MMmmm, Thai Chai Black Tea. Thai food is something I should really have more of. I LOVE burn your face off spicy food! I’m hoping this chai is nice and flavorful! Dry Leaf Very fragrant tea! Can I also have this tea as a lotion? Thai Chai Black Tea smells strongly of spices and lemon grass with a cocobutter like finish. Appearance wise, Thai Chai Black Tea has lots of busy looking bits, heavy on the coconut strips and… Continue reading, hoot!