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Review: KTeas Rooibush Ginger
KTeas Rooibush Ginger exceded my expectations! I am always on the lookout for a good ginger tea… one that is not so gingery that it bites the tongue with every sip, but gingery enough to tingle. Ginger...
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Review: KTeas Morawaka Ceylon FBOPF-1
The Morawaka estate is a low-altitude op that was converted from a rubber plantation to one of tea in 1908. It is presently run by the descendent of the original founder. That means, it’s been a...
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Review: KTeas Hawaii Mauka Oolong
In recent years, Hawaii has developed a knack for tea. I had the pleasure – about a year ago – of sampling some Hawaiian-grown black put out by San Fran’s Samovar Tea. It was an odd but exquisite...
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Review: KTeas 03-March Glenburn First Flush Darjeeling Spring Leaf Tea FTGFOP1
It’s been a good year for Darjeeling. This year’s first flush teas (while they had a late start) imparted all the spice and majesty one comes to expect from the region. In all, I had the pleasure of...
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Review: KTeas Glenburn Estates 06-June Khongea CTC-BOP Chai Assam Tea
The Scottishly-named Glenburn estate is the only Darjeeling collective – that I know of – that also has a leg in the Assam game. The Khongea tea estate is also run by the folks at Glenburn. The...
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Review: KTeas 06-June Khongea Golden Tips Second Flush Assam TGFOP1
Up until trying this, I had no idea that Assam identified growing periods by “flushes”, similar to Darjeeling. I guess I should’ve known that, since both regions are part of the same country. But...
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Review: KTeas Hawaii Makai Black Tea
This marks the fourth Hawaiian tea I’ve tried. (How many people get to say something like that?) Of those, this was only the second black tea. This one was produced by the “Johnny’s Garden” tea estate...
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Review: KTeas 2010-October Glenburn Autumn Oolong (Darjeeling)
Until a year ago, I didn’t even know India did oolongs, now I was up to my chin in ‘em. This was the fifth on my roster; my fourth from Darjeeling. The Glenburn estate really impressed me with their...
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Review: KTeas Morawaka Ceylon OP-1
KTeas mentioned that this orange pekoe was from the lowland country of Ruhuna in Sri Lanka. I lost count of how many Morawaka estate Ceylons I had tried from them, but I liked almost all of ‘em. I...
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Review: KTeas 05-May Glenburn Second Flush Darjeeling Summer Leaf Tea FTGFOP1
This marked the last of my Glenburn samples provided ever-so-kindly to me by KTeas. This was an estate I was previously unaware of prior to this year’s set of offerings (and one ’10 oolong). The first...
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