Author: Oolong Owl

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Tea Infused Pears – Canning Recipe by Oolong Owl

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I’ve recently fallen in love with canning. My tea-hating husband and I love to cook and we get all frugal crazy sometimes, so venturing into home canning was inevitable. We’ve so far canned tomatoes, pizza sauce, spicy vegetable mix, dilly beans, nectarine conserve, nectarine vanilla maple jam, watermelon jelly, pomegranate jelly, salsa and pineapple. My local grocery store had some great looking pears for really cheap, so I purchased 9lbs for canning. I love canned fruit for on top of ice cream, yogurt or even cottage cheese. I was inspired by Coconut & Lime‘s recipe Tea Pear recipe, as well… 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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Oolong Owl Visits the 2013 Los Angeles International Tea Festival

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I was lucky enough to visit the 3rd annual 2013 Los Angeles International Tea Festival on Saturday, September 28th! Well, I bought tickets off Living Social for a 2 for 1 deal, so I brought my tea hating husband along.. to carry my spoils and steal extra samples! First off, my Owl tea manicure for the event! The 2013 Los Angeles International Tea Festival was held at the Japanese American National Museum. The festival had booths outside as well as inside the museum, with about 20 booths along with seminars and workshops going on. I’ve been to other festivals and trade… 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!

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Oolong Owl’s Disneyland Club 33 Experience

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Hi Tea Owls! Recently, I was able to go to Disneyland’s Club 33 and have tea there! What is Club 33? It is a member’s only club/dining room and the only place at Disneyland that serves alcohol. This place is not open to the public and you’ll need to be a member or invited. Eating at Club 33 is quite pricey, over $80 minimum for lunch kind of pricey. There is a dress code to eat at Club 33 which I found annoying to deal with. It was A. Pack extra clothes and shoes to change into or B. Wear… Continue reading, hoot!

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Ethical Agriculture’s Wild Grown Pu’er from Tea Setter – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Ethical Agriculture’s Wild Grown Pu’er is a 2010 pu’er. This tea is from Tea Setter, an online tea seller. I was really curious of the name of this tea “Ethical Agriculture” which prompted me to contact Tea Setter. “Ethical Agriculture” is the name of the chinese tea producer, translated into English. I also found out Ethical Agriculture’s Wild Grown Pu’er  tea leaves were picked from wild tea trees on a remote mountain area in the Yunnan Province. Very cool! Dry Leaf The leaf is lightly earthy pu’er scent. I could barely smell the leaf unless my nose was right on the… Continue reading, hoot!

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Kenyan Black Tea from Justea – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Kenyan Black Tea is a fair trade, hand processed tea by Kenyan farmers, which is directly sold by JusTea, a Vancouver Canada based tea company. First off, a cheer from Oolong Owl for a Vancouver based tea company – My hometown! Second, JusTea has just started a crowd funding campaign. Here is the model they are aiming for: You can access the campaign by visiting the JusTea site or via JusTea’s Facebook page. Let’s check out the tea! Our Great Horned Owl is going to help with the review! Dry Leaf The Kenyan Black Tea has a light scent woodsy scent… Continue reading, hoot!