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Flirt with Me from Steep City Teas – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Flirt With Me is a green rooibos tea blended with mango, papaya, orange, passion fruit pieces and rose petals. This exotic fruity blend is from Steep City Teas, Florida based tea seller. Yay, a caffeine free tea! I’ve been dropping the ball on reviewing rooibos and herbals these days – I always want to drink these teas at night, but I run into lighting issues for blog photos. Steep City Teas has some great teas (if you follow my blog for awhile, I have a love affair with Steep City Teas’ Blushing Geisha), so I’m excited to review another of their teas!… Continue reading, hoot!

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Glass Tea Thermos from Mandala Tea – Oolong Owl Teaware Review

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I’ve had a couple blog posts now showing off my Mandala Tea’s Glass Tea Thermos in action, so I think it is time to review how nice of a tea thermos it is! I am a big Mandala Tea fan. Great teas and customer service! I found their Glass Tea Thermos and purchased it for my first cruise so I can have a pretty tea thermos. I have quite a few travelling tea steeping items, but I wanted something attractive and stylish that could also double as a tea pot in a pinch. Mandala Tea’s Garret has a pretty handy video on using… Continue reading, hoot!

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Nonpareil Yunnan Dian Hong from Teavivre – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Nonpareil Yunnan Dian Hong is a top grade Red Black tea from Teavivre, online seller of Chinese teas. Dry Leaf This particular Nonpareil Yunnan Dian Hong was harvested in March 2013, but most interestingly from oolong trees. The dry leaf here is interesting: wirey, thin ribbons of twisted black tea with the odd brown tip. The scent of Nonpareil Yunnan Dian Hong is quite strong, filling my kitchen with the scent of floral of fruit. Steeping Instructions Teavivre has excellent steeping instructions, and always includes western style steeping as well as gong fu. I’ll be doing gong fu steeping today with my gaiwan. With that… Continue reading, hoot!

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Cockatiel’s Tea from Pelican Tea – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Cockatiel’s Tea is a white peony tea infused with habanero peppers, blended with freshly dried ginger. This tea is blended and sold by Pelican Tea, online US seller of spicy teas. More habanero infused tea! Time for more spicy burning tea love! Previously on Oolong Owl, I reviewed Pelican Teas’ Tentacle Tea, on the spicy end of medium heat. Today’s tea, Cockatiel’s Tea is rated as “mild” with only 1 hot pepper on the packaging. Of course, from the previous tea, these are spicy food lovers terms of heat. Boy do I need some hot food right now to add some pep… Continue reading, hoot!

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Dong Ding Oolong from Single Origin Teas – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Dong Ding Oolong is a 30% oxidized oolong from the Nantou region. This oolong is from Single Origin Teas, online tea seller based in Texas. Dong Ding Oolong is a new tea to Single Origin Teas‘ lineup. This oolong is hand picked and is a bigger leaf than other oolongs. I do love a good roasty oolong and Dong Dings are very tasty! Let’s give this oolong a go! Dry Leaf The dry leaf of Dong Ding Oolong has an intense roasty scent, like the clumps of oolong came right out of an oven baking roasted chestnuts. Steeping Instructions There wasn’t any steeping instructions,… Continue reading, hoot!

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Gong Fu Tea Tray from Music City Tea – Oolong Owl teaware review

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Tea Peeps – I finally got a gong fu tea tray! I’ve wanted one since I got my first gaiwan! I’ve been looking on and off for deals on tea trays. They tend to run up in price, especially if you want one that holds more than a cup or two. I wanted something bigger for Oolong Owl. I was checking amazon.com for tea trays, since I’ve seen yixing pots there, and a found a great price for a medium sized tray – $39.95!. However, I decided to look up the company and found their website. I purchased off the… Continue reading, hoot!

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Pumpkin Milkshake 2.0 from Butiki Teas – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Pumpkin Milkshake 2.0 is a Doke Rolling Thunder Oolong with vegan pumpkin flakes, organic lotus stamens, organic vanilla beans and organic natural flavors. This unique tea blend is by Butiki Teas, online tea seller based in New Jersey. I recently received my small order from Butiki Teas, as I was unable to resist some of her new blends. My household loves pumpkin pie. In the event I have leftover pumpkin, I make pumpkin milkshakes, saving me calories. Even off pumpkin pie season, I do like a good pumpkin tea, DavidsTea’s Pumpkin Chai as a good standby. By the way, I try to… Continue reading, hoot!

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Jin Xuan Oolong from Eco-Cha – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Today’s tea is Jin Xuan Oolong – a lovely milk oolong sold by Eco-Cha, online seller of Taiwanese oolongs. This Jin Xuan Oolong was grown at 400m elevation by a co-op farm that does not use chemical weed killers and little or none chemical fertilizers and water soluble pesticides. I’ve been feeling in an Oolong mood lately. Last week I reviewed, by accident, all Pu’er teas. After that, I feel I need to go binge on some oolong while I do some spring cleaning. Dry Leaf What a smell! Jin Xuan Oolong smells amazing! There is a strong floral creamy butter scent coming from the tight clumps… Continue reading, hoot!

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Chocolate Strawberry Puer from Lupicia – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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Chocolate Strawberry Puer is a pu’er, chocolate and strawberry tea blend. This decadent dessert tea is from Lupicia. Chocolate Strawberry Puer has been on my tea bucket list for a long time! I don’t know why, but I kept passing it up or forgetting about it when I was visiting my local Lupicia. When I was in Hawaii, I snagged a bag of Chocolate Strawberry Puer at Lupicia’s Honolulu store. I’ve been wanting to explore pu’er blends, which have been popping up more and more these days, which also can be hit or miss. However, I have faith Chocolate & Strawberry Puer will be good, as… Continue reading, hoot!

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April Simple Loose Leaf Selection Club – Oolong Owl Tea Review

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A new month, a new box of teas from Simple Loose Leaf! To recap on Simple Loose Leaf‘s selection club. Each month you get to choose from a selection of 5 teas. You may also select the option of sampling all 5 teas, or choose 2 you like. Each tea is 1 to 2 oz, or for the sampler, a 4 oz sampler pack. Simple Loose Leaf also gives you a quick preview of the teas for the following month and lets you also get a 6 grams sample to try ahead of time. Within the 5 teas, Simple Loose Leaf aims to have a good… Continue reading, hoot!