Having wound my through the vast tea plantations of the Hill Country by train, I was itching to actually get into a tea garden. Our friends, Kim & Paul, told me about a Tamil tea community perched on top of a nearby hill. As so often is the case in Sri Lanka, the journey was as memorable as the destination.
Oolong, Black tea, China, Finland, Green tea, Taiwan
Last week, on 6th February, it was Finland’s National Tea Day. To celebrate I went along to a little tea party thrown by TeeMaa and Muyo in downtown Helsinki. In just over one hour, Xinyuan from TeeMaa took us on a whistle-stop tour of five very different teas.
Black tea, China, Tea review, White2Tea, White tea
Well, hasn’t it been a while. After the craziness of Christmas, I admit, it’s taken me some time to get back into the blogging groove. In the meantime, my White2Tea tea club packages, previously taking their very sweet time to get over here from China, have unblocked. I now have a big stack of intriguing teas to dive into. Here’s the lowdown on September 2021 tea club.
Oolong, Japan, China, Finland
Curious Cultivars: Oolong Tea Tasting [Japanese Oolongs and Dan Cong]
My interest was most certainly piqued when I saw that my favourite teahouse in Helsinki, TeeMaa, was putting on a tea tasting of Japanese oolongs. Oolong teas are unusual in Japan, a country most famously known for its green teas. So I was very intrigued to taste some Japanese oolongs. Plus we were going to taste them alongside a favourite category of oolongs for me, Dan Cong.
Kombucha
Kombucha has seen a huge rise in popularity over the last few years. Once an obscure potion on the shelves of health food stores, it’s now gone mainstream! Known for its probiotic health properties, Kombucha is a slightly sparkling fermented tea drink made with a live culture called a Scoby. I’m a relative newcomer to kombucha. It’s only over the past couple of years that I’ve started to drink and appreciate it. And now I decided to give home brewing kombucha a go!
White tea, Tea review, China
I’ve been meaning to join White2Tea Tea club for some time now. So this year I gave myself a birthday present and signed up! That was back in July, just in time for August's tea club. I knew it was going to be a waiting game, what with the state of shipments from China. So I was pretty excited when the notification of its arrival came towards the end of August.
