Single Origin Teas

Single Origin Teas packs their tea in a paper bag that looks like a smaller version of my school lunch bag from a million years ago. Except this has a little window in the front. The interior of the bag is lined. The reason for the long comment on the bag is that, except for the wire tie, the entire thing is compostable. The plastic lining is made from some kind of plant material.

Anyway, this is my first Ceylon green. Dry it smells grassy. The wet leaf scent is stewed beef. The taste is harder to tie down. It has leather qualities beneath lighter floral notes. Brisk and slightly drying, but not bitter.

Full review: http://theeverdayteablog.blogspot.com/2013/07/single-origin-teas-idulgashinna-ceylon.html

Keep the water temp low for this one and you will be rewarded with a sweet spinach/buttery cup of yum. A very nice inexpensive cup.

All I could think of last evening was how good this tasted. I woke up at 4:00 thinking, I need more. So Here I sit at 4:45 re-steeping the leaves. Yeah, it is that good. It looks like sunshine and tastes like heaven in a cup. I looked this morning, it is $6.50/2oz. If you are a buttery spinach kind of green tea lover this stuff is excellent for the price.

No I don’t work for Single Origin Teas. I just think this one deserves to get noticed.

I finally located my old Pur water pitcher. It cleans up the county water fairly well but it does not change the PH of our ultra hard water. Not sure what I can do about that.

Wet leaf is steamed broccoli. The sip is fresh, green, and buttery with a nice bite at the end. The aftertaste is really helped with the aid of filtered water. Yum, that’s what I’m talking about. Excellent everyday green. Nudging the rating.

This is from a new company. They aim for a balance between cost and quality. I have tried three of their offerings and enjoyed them all.

This is a good everyday Chinese green. Buttery spinach does describe the first cup well. There is a bite at the end that is nice. The aftertaste lingers long and pleasing. Green and fresh.

The dry leaf is dark and shiny with green stripes. Kind of cool looking. The first cup is buttery spinach. The second is seaweed. This is a sweet tea with enough bite to be interesting. The aftertaste lingers. A solid everyday Chinese green. Full review: http://theeverdayteablog.blogspot.com/2013/07/single-origin-teas-palace-needle-organic.html

Wow, did it rain. I don’t know if it is a record for the date but probably close. Feeling kind of blue this morning. It’s almost Christmas and I know so many people who are struggling themselves or have family members struggling with cancer. Others who are just trying to survive financial hardships. Sorry to bring you down this early in the morning but I just got an email that bummed me out.

This tea and a pumpkin Pop Tart are helping to brighten my morning. Malty, grape-y, and now gone.

Sitting in a warm house while rain is causing some grassy spots to emerge beneath the snow cover. I’m practicing Christmas songs on guitar for church tomorrow, checking Steepster, and sipping a very pleasant tea. Feeling blessed.

I was reading the company description of this one and they mention maple. At first I’m thinking, maple? I don’t taste maple. Then I realized I associate maple with sickening sweet syrup. But if I strip away the overly sweet aspect then yeah I get the maple idea now. This is slightly sweet, mildly drying, woodsy, fruity, and maple! A nice everyday Nepal second flush.

Rearranged my den a bit. It’s still a mess. 30 years of office collection, plus my guitars, combined with 20 years of this being my wife’s junk room – and can’t move some of it out yet. Got an antenna on my radio so I now have K-Love.

Finally sitting with a cup of this. Lightly sweet, lightly malty and fruity. I iced it after it started to cool. I like it iced. A nice Nepalese tea.

This is one of the rare times I get to introduce a company to the database. Single Origin Teas is in Texas. This tea is a nice Nepal offering. Its taste is a combination of elements from Darjeeling, Fujian, and Formosa teas. I actually caught the subtle floral notes of rose late in the sip. A nice introduction to Single Origin Teas. A full review: http://theeverdayteablog.blogspot.com/2013/07/single-origin-teas-jun-chiyabari-second.html