Face the Day (Green Grey Ginger Jasmine) (8-390)

My notes for where this tea came from are irritatingly sparse. I know it happened in late 2020 – which, admittedly, makes it at least a little understandable that the details may have gotten lost in the ether. I have the name of a tea person. A suggested name for Continue Reading →

LV-426 (7-311) (Organic Lapsang and Genmai)

The story of this tea is a relatively short one. In my quest for decaffeinated versions of the teas, I realized that I could make my own decaffeinated genmaicha. This was a staggeringly cool concept as I need to cut back on the amount of caffeine I intake and one Continue Reading →

(Named) Journal 2, Page 97 – Teas in Progress

This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series Tea Naming

One of the recurring inspirations for tea ideas is people talking about food on Twitter. I will read a description and some aspect of it (sometimes the entirety of it) will provoke the thought of “I bet this would make a good tea.” Most of the time when this happens, Continue Reading →

The Monthly Brew – February Recap

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series The Monthly Brew

February was quite a full month – despite a relatively late start. The short sum-up is: I put a bunch of teas in the Sale Bin, I took a first stab at some new platforms for social media presence, there was a post!, and I opened up some Tea of Continue Reading →