Category Archives: TeaStories

Smokey and Sweet – Just Sit Right Back…

The hunt for the perfect black tea base for a boba black milk tea can lead you into uncharted waters. And while I would like to fancy myself the Ginger of Gilligan’s ill-fated crew [cue Gilligan’s Island theme song], I’m more of a blend of the Professor and Gilligan when it comes to tea investigationsContinue reading “Smokey and Sweet – Just Sit Right Back…”

We are a ritualistic people…

I’ve finally fallen into a bit of a tea rhythm…in process and spread… Method and order – tea measured. Water heated and poured. My little phone timer set just right for periodic agitations… My novice tea ceremony… Hello Queen Catherine – it’s been awhile…having been dwelling in the world of strict Yunnan blacks, I findContinue reading “We are a ritualistic people…”