TEA 103

As a child, I was first introduced to tea through afternoon dim sum with my family. I recall the dark murky bitter pu-erh liquor and I couldn’t fathom why anyone …

A few years ago, I tried Balhyocha for the first time and developed a fondness for Korean teas. I then meet Soo a few years later and I’ve had the …

Two months ago I restarted my TEA 101 series that I originally began to explore teas more in depth! I enjoyed the Question and Answer format of the last post, …

Tea is a beverage that has many complexities. Therefore, I wanted to break down one question spanning three countries (China, Japan and Korea) and answer why countries have such different teas! …

While summer has already come, I still wanted to share this tea from spring because I helped pick the Cherry Blossoms last year when I was an intern at Obubu!

Tea provided for review I have only tried Korean teas one other time in the past, so, when Soo reached out to me and offered to send me some teas …

Teas Provided by Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms Kyobancha is a green tea that is unique to the Kyoto region. I was fortunate enough to experience this tea from farm to …

Teas Provided by Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms For the last two weeks, I have talked about matcha tea ceremonies, matcha tea utensils, and now it is finally time to talk …

Teas Provided by Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms Last week, I wrote about shaded (Kabuse) green teas and I said that I would talk about unshaded (Roji) teas this week. However, …