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Teatulia Oolong Tea – Tea Review

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A lot more bagged tea has been coming my way these days and I’m not sure why. Rest assured, it’s all been really good bagged tea! I do have some bagged teas in my collection (73 according to my tea collection spreadsheet) with a mix of old stuff from big brands at the grocery store to samples that happen to be in tea bag form. However, with all these really good bagged teas I’ve been getting lately, those grocery store bagged teas have been demoted from “I might drink this or give it away” to “to be used as tea paint”. So,… Continue reading, hoot!

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February White2tea Club – Bulang!

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February White2tea Club! If you haven’t been following my previous reviews for White2tea Club, it is a curated $29.99 monthly tea box. The teas are awesome quality with mostly pu’er, but also some oolongs and blacks. For this month the teas are two Bulang pu’er – 2012 Bulang Raw 100 gram mini cake and 15 gram sample of Spring Laochatuo from Bulang and an Orchid Dancong oolong sample to make this month less bulang crazy. I was super excited when I saw what I got this month from White2Tea. I’ve had bulang pu’er a few times, mostly stuff aged from late 2000s and… Continue reading, hoot!

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52 Teas Sampling and Kickstarter

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I have a couple really good looking flavored tea blends that I’ve been meaning to open and sample. S’mores Chai and Tiramisu Oolong! Very unique teas. 52 Teas have some really neat tea blends that I hope will continue. With that said, there’s a kickstarter going on for the 52 Teas Great Take Over, by the lovely LiberTeas at the SororiTea sisters! Man, I hope this kickstarter gets funded, I want that Maple Cheesecake Tie Kwan Yin! Anyways, the teas I have today aren’t for sale at the moment, though you can wishlist and request them to be reblended, or pledge… Continue reading, hoot!

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Eastern Beauty Oolong from Green Terrace Teas

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I love a good Oriental Beauty! Leaf Hoppers for the win! Let’s sample Green Terrace Teas’ Eastern Beauty Oolong, which is from Emei Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. Dry Leaf Eastern Beauty Oolong has a sweet fruity and bready scent. The leaf is smushed but has gold silver brown black and olive colors. Looking at the website, the tea looks full leaf. I wonder if my sample got rolled on in post? Steeping Instructions I used a gaiwan and steeped Eastern Beauty Oolong in 200F water after a quick rinse. I did 20 second infusions to start, increasing with each infusion. Tasting of Green… Continue reading, hoot!

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Rabbit Tea Pet

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I am always on the look out for a cute tea pet! I am kind of picky with tea pets, I like really only owls, octopi, turtles, dinosaurs, and rabbits. Out of all of those, the turtle is the most common find, and I already have one. Anyways, I found this really cute Rabbit Tea Pet on aliexpress. This cutie sports an ice crackle glaze, which the cracks will darken with tea stains over time! Rotate the rabbit tea pet! The seller also had a white rabbit tea pet, a ru kiln glaze similar to one of my gaiwans, which I think… Continue reading, hoot!

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Whispering Pines Tea’s Golden Orchid Tea – Tea Review

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Vanilla is amazing! I buy my beans 1lb at a time and add to things as simple as Rice Crispy squares to make my treats extra special. I make my own vanilla extract out of various liquors, which gives great flavor to my cookies. Vanilla teas are awesome – and a real popular one is Whispering Pines Tea Co’s Golden Orchid tea. I kept hearing so much about it, I snagged an ounce not too long ago to see for myself. Golden Orchid tea is a blend of Dian Hong and Fujian Xiao Zhong Black Tea with Hand Cut Grade A Madagascar Vanilla… Continue reading, hoot!

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February Simple Loose Leaf Tea Coop Club

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It’s February! Time for a short month with both Lunar New Year and Valentines Day! Because of the short month, I feel my monthly boxes are coming so fast and with less time to sample them. This month for the Simple Loose Leaf Tea Coop Club – Lapsang Souchong, Lemon Grass Herbal, Gyokuro Green Tea, Sheng Cha Oolong and Mint Chamomile Rooibus (probably mean rooibos).  They also included more of those cloth infusers. The Tea Owls have been doing their potato sack racings, so they have plenty of cloth infusers. Since the salad spinner has been put away (the salad spinner being… Continue reading, hoot!

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Teatoxy Detox Tea

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There’s been a few times on Oolong Owl I dip into diet and detox teas. Today’s tea review is of a detox tea line from Teatoxy – three herbals teas. I’m not into the whole detox thing. I’m more of a “get healthy by attempting to eat less cookies and lift heavy weights or sweat in brazillian jiujitsu class” kind of weight loss person. With that said, I’m just going to review the flavor of these herbal teas. I imagine if you are going to drink tea in larger amounts on a regular schedule it should taste good. I have the whole… Continue reading, hoot!

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Tea Ave Oolong preview!

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I’ve been excited for Tea Ave, a new online tea seller based in Vancouver, BC Canada, to launch. Since I am originally from Vancouver, I like rooting for my home town. However, Tea Ave also has something really cool about them – ALL OOLONGS Yes, I’m down with all oolong! Anyways, Tea Ave is very new, launching soon! In the upcoming months there will be MORE oolong! Tea Ave will be carrying both tea bags and loose leaf. This special tea blogger got the tea bag sampling of Tea Ave’s first lineup of 12 oolongs. Today is also the new Tea Owl, Zeus’ first day! He is overwhelmed… Continue reading, hoot!

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Many Tea Pots!

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My Grandmother in law has been collecting tea pots, displaying them on a shelf in her kitchen. Awesomely, she offered to give me some of her tea pots the next time I visit. Back in August, my husband’s family and I drove out to Utah to see her for her 90th birthday. I brought home two boxes full of tea pots! It took me a couple months to unpack the tea pots as I had no space to display them. For Christmas 2014, my dad bought me a spiffy new shelf from IKEA to display all my tea goodies. With that… Continue reading, hoot!