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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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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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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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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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January White2Tea Club

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I savored this month’s White2Tea monthly tea subscription club – all the teas sounded great to me! For the White2Tea club, every month you get teas that are curated by White2tea. These teas are samples from their current line up, previews to new teas to their shop, as well as some private stash and discoveries. The subscription is month to month, cancel any time. So far, all the teas I’ve received has been pretty good – I recently dropped a bunch of cash for a group order, buying more teas that I received in previous months. Good stuff! For the month of… Continue reading, hoot!

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Nonpareil Anxi Qing Xiang Tieguanyin Oolong from Teavivre – Tea Review

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Nonpareil Anxi Qing Xiang Tieguanyin Oolong is a hand crafted oolong harvested from Anxi County, Fujian Province, China, sold by Teavivre. My sample came in mega vacuum packed packaging. Inside, the tea was wrapped in more vacuumed packaging. These vacuumed oolongs look and feel so cool, irresistible to squeeze like bubble wrap. Vacuumed Oolongs are also known Tea Owl weapon alternative to rocks in socks (I am unsure why a Tea Owl would need a weapon…) Dry Leaf Nonpareil Anxi Qing Xiang Tieguanyin Oolong leaf is in large clumps of oolong. Some of the tea is wadded in balls, while others… Continue reading, hoot!

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Oolong Tea from Buddha Teas – Tea Review

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There’s only been a handful of tea bag reviews here at Oolong Owl. Honestly, I’m a loose leaf tea drinker and I do not purchase bagged tea. My tea bag collection is mostly samples and really old teas leftover from my tea bag days. I just realized I should probably throw out those old tea bags – they are probably really old! I tend to drink bagged tea on really lazy and tired mornings. Those days I toss in a tea bag, add water and check my email while my tea bag over steeps. Anyways, I wouldn’t review a bagged tea… Continue reading, hoot!

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White2Tea Club for November 2014 – Tea Review

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I have a lot of tea, so much I didn’t buy anything during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, despite the awesome sales. My last tea purchase is the White2Tea Club, a subscription tea of the month club from the awesome White2tea. When I got the package, I was very impressed with the variety I got. I’m late with this review as I took my time, saving drinking these teas for the right day I felt like treating myself. I got around to trying 3 out of 4 of the teas for this review. Inside the November White2Tea Club: 2014 Yesheng Qiaomu 50gram… Continue reading, hoot!

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Asian Beauty Oolong from Beautiful Taiwan Tea Company – Tea Review

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I’m still on the quest for an Oriental Beauty oolong that knocks my boots off and so far it has been a delicious tea quest! Today’s oolong is Beautiful Taiwan Tea Company’s Asian Beauty Oolong. This Taiwanese oolong is from XinZhu (North Central Taiwan) harvested the Summer of 2013. Dry Leaf Asian Beauty Oolong’s tea leaves has a soft roasty scent. As with most Asian Beauty oolongs, the dry leaf is gorgeous. Beautiful Taiwan Tea Company’s Asian Beauty Oolong looks like a rainbow of tea with silver tipped, gold accented, reddish brown and dark leaves. Steeping Instructions I decided to steep this Asian Beauty… Continue reading, hoot!