Category: Teabento

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Dark Oolong Teas from TeaBento

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Continuing on from my review of TeaBento’s Black Teas, here are reviews of their Oolongs! As with their other teas, each tea is paired with an animal. Today we will be reviewing Little Dog Red Oolong and Scared Boar Shuixian. I have even more oolongs to review, but for simplicity I’ll just be reviewing the darker, more oxidized ones I have. By the way, TeaBento‘s steeping instructions are the complete opposite of what I do. TeaBento leafs a lot lighter and goes lower temperature (195f/90c). I found with the black teas it was worth dropping the temperature. I will not budge for oolongs as they… Continue reading, hoot!

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Black Teas from TeaBento

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With fall here, I’m in the mood for darker teas. I’ve been drinking all the black and shous lately. Today’s review is black teas from Teabento – a new seller based in Germany. Teabento has a really cute website with fun photos of teas as animals. Their tea selection is primarily unflavored, with a few floral teas. Teabento also carries a number of uncommon and rare teas. Today I will be drinking Happy Panda, Red Panda, and Plum Rooster. Teabento’s Happy Panda Black Tea Happy Panda is a non-smoked Lapsang Souchong. I love seeing traditional Lapsangs as I dislike the… Continue reading, hoot!