I’m always surprised by how dark of a color white teas tend to have. While the greens, oolongs, reds and puer for the most part have colors that match their names, white teas look yellow. The color of the steeped…
White teas and New Year
Category: Teance
Jin Shuan oolong winter 2015 and return of the mochi
A photo posted by Mai Truong (@flavorblvd) on Nov 21, 2015 at 6:59pm PST A light, easy-going green oolong, this Jin Shuan (also known as “milk oolong”) just arrived at the shop last night. After a trek to the tea…
Professional tea tasting event at Teance – Recap Part II
Last week Eons ago I wrote Part I, which was an overview of the event’s atmosphere, to publish on The Daily Cal. Since the beginning of this semester I have been terribly slacking in literally everything with the excuse of…
How about a cup of story?
Recently, I attended Teance’s 2nd yearly Professional Tasting event, thoroughly impressed by the teas and inspired by the professional tasters. “One day, I would like to be a tea sommelier”, I thought. Even if that dream doesn’t come true, it’s…
Spring unfolds in yellow, green and white
The new spring harvest teas are arriving at Teance, and so am I. I tried three teas earlier today, a yellow tea, a green tea and a white tea, all of which I have had from previous seasons, but a…
The Time for Tea
Once a week last spring, I took the 51B line to Teance at 5 p.m. so that I could make it to TeaCal by 5:30. TeaCal is a DeCal class on tea, and last spring was the first time it…
The secret to a good infusion of Anji Bai Cha
Contrast to its name, Bai Cha, which means “white tea”, is a green tea. And unlike other green teas, the Anji Bai Cha must be steeped for a long time to release its full potential. Anji Baicha is delicious and…
Shincha of Spring 2012
“Shincha” means “new tea”. It’s popular in Japan, but outside of the Japan, it’s the kind of “insider tea” that only a regular would know because the host whispers to her “hey we just got a small bag arrive in…
Phoenix Oolongs
When I hear charcoal fire roasted, I don’t think of light and floral. I think smoky. That certainly has to do with the Charcoal Fire Roasted Tung Ting, the first charcoal-fire-roasted tea that I ever tried, and it’s everything but…
A sure sign that you’re a tea addict
You give yourself a monthly allowance. $70 from that goes to a tea set. Then you have 67-cent cup noodles for dinner, the American kind. All the while marveling at the celadon color, the smooth glaze, the delicate tasting cups.…