My mental tea queue was interrupted yesterday when my husband returned home from a business trip to Boston bearing gifts from Tealuxe, which is a wholesale and retail tea store in Harvard Square. He found a nice gift box with a glass mug, an infuser ball, and a 50-gram blue tin (as seen in the [...]
Another Stash tea, so it’s consistent, and while it’s not the cream of the crop, it’s very enjoyable. It makes the room smell amazingly yummy, so this is a favorite as far as aroma goes. It has a fairly low astringency, even when left in the cup for over 5 minutes. It has a touch [...]
This tea gets five stars in my book, and it’s a Northwest favorite. It’s an amazing blend of black tea with cinnamon oil, cloves, and orange peel. It comes in (steam-processed) decaf, too – and it’s a good thing, since the regular version is pretty potent stuff! I prefer the loose tea, though it does [...]
Revolution makes an Earl Grey Lavender which is more grey and less lavender. It comes in nylon infuser bags, and contains the usual bergamot oil over full-leaf oolong, ceylon, and darjeeling leaves. It has a light body; definitely not dark enough to add milk. Sweetening is unnecessary. I lean toward something stronger, but this is [...]
