About this Blog

My love affair with green and Chinese teas began in 2010 when I found myself on holiday in San Francisco's Chinatown. My companion and I were looking for a tea house to try out some teas. We wandered into Vital Leaf Tea and were treated to the trademark style of Kenny, surely one of the quarters most idiosyncratic sellers. 

I left after some hours with a lot of tea and a lot more knowledge. The first teas I sampled and liked were oolongs and in particular Te Guan Yin (Iron Goddess), I also left with some basic black tea (Aroma Red Jacket) and basic green tea (Thousand Mile). 

When I first tried LongJing (Dragon's Well) in San Fran I did not like it but I later developed a palate for it. This blog speaks to my journey with high quality teas since the trip to SF, written from a beginner-amateur perspective...hopefully others will find it useful and I'm particularly interested in other opinions and suggestions on teas. Please take note of my preferences and biases when reading my reviews. 


Confession: I really hate fruit teas and many of the mixes that are popular in tea stalls. Especially if there are many flavours in a tea mix, black tea mixes seem particularly prone to this. Apologies to all fruity tea lovers out there but you wont find many reviews here on fruity teas or blends...there are simply too many flavours going on for me to enjoy them!




CLAIMER: I have no affiliation with any tea company or vendor mentioned on this blog, should this change I will state it clearly here.