Monday, May 26, 2014

Serious Tea

Lately I've discovered that tea is about one-thousand times better than I knew before.

I'm going to share with you a few links and advise you to try this. Why?
1. it's delicious
2. it's likely excellent for your health (go to informationisbeautiful and filter on plant/herb)
3. you need another reason?

If you decide to buy some really nice tea (available in links below) you should observe the recommended brewing practices, such as:
1. water quality (spring, filtered or well water)
2. water temperature
3. steep time

And also remember that the fine quality loose-leaf teas can be steeped multiple times, which can really change the price-per-cup equation.

Here are some sites with really nice tea.
Red Blossom...I haven't tried any of their tea yet, but my instincts tell me they have some of the finest tea available in the US.

Red Blossom Oolong:
http://www.redblossomtea.com/tea/oolong.html?limit=all

Red Blossom Green (loads of Dragonwell)
http://www.redblossomtea.com/tea/green.html

Ten Ren's Tea
I have tried the Supreme Ti Kuan Yin and it really is superb.
http://www.tenren.com/chinatikuanyin.html

Tea Zone in Portland, OR
I just tried their Dragonwell last night and it was exquisite. You can dine-in and/or buy loose-leaf from them.
http://www.teazone.com/teas/green-teas/

Sakuma Bros.
I haven't tried this yet either, but tea grown in my home-state has great appeal to me. I'm sure it's inevitable I'll try it:
http://shop.sakumabros.com/tea.aspx

1 comment :

Lief said...

I'm not even a foodie/tea lover and I can recommend the Dragonwell we had last night. It was fantastic.