Posted on November 17, 2010
This posts lists tidbits of mis-information or other strange items I have come across. (I don’t spend time searching these out.) Some are mere slips and are humorous; some are outright inaccurate, and some confuse when the intent is to educate and inform. I also include prices that startle (me, at least), and other eye-opening [...]
Posted on October 14, 2010
This Procol Harum song came to mind because a series of teas I was sampling all shared either very lightly colored brews or had “white” in their names, whether or not they were actually White teas. Given that many tea names are created by those who market them, it is often difficult to match such-and-such [...]
Posted on September 19, 2010
For any company that develops flavors for tea blends and attuned to the latest trends, the continuing popularity of pomegranate must be particularly welcome. A new example I saw today: gummy candy that has pomegranate and white tea! What a felicitous pairing - since both tea and pomegranates are high in anti-oxidants (a compound [...]
Posted on July 4, 2010
As I tasted a newly arrived sample of Green tea, I was curious about how the tea got its name, AnJi White Green. Most White teas don’t look white. Here before me was a Green tea that looked white (more on this below). In the specialty tea industry, defining White tea is a work in [...]
Posted on June 17, 2010
Last month (May) I gave a tea talk at UCLA along with a tasting that was part of the school’s annual “Asia in LA 2010″ day-long program. Most of the material I presented has been covered in various earlier posts, but I provide here the teas that I brought for the tasting and my reasoning [...]