mssnglnk:

I became a tea person last year, in the way that people become winos or beer folk. I can’t explain it, but it’s where I’m at. Boulder Blues is my favorite tea of the moment. It’s got an amazing smell to it and the taste is hard to explain — in a good way.

Oh, I wrote this when I was talking to someone about tea. The point of this post was to tell the story of the other day when I tried to buy tea from the supermarket and realized none of the packaged teas would do, that I needed the real thing. I preferred to drink tea out and about anyway, so it never occurred to me to start buying them for home, but the season and other factors make having them at home a lot better (and cheaper, too..) so I’ve decided to get all over it.

Green Anji, green tea from the Zhejiang region of China. The name translates to ‘safety and prosperity,’ a gentle reminder of green tea’s health benefits.

The 10 Famous Chinese Teas

Brewing up some acai green tea.

Nishi First Flush Sencha Green Tea

I had this tea when I visited The Samovar Tea Lounge in San Francisco back in April. First Flush/Pre-Rain teas are simply the first batch of leaves picked for the season, and are often considered the sweetest and most flavorful.  You can buy this tea online.

Kukicha Green Tea

The light green pieces are actually stalk from the tea plant mixed in the the tea leaf. Stalk provides a sweeter light woody taste to the tea so the flavor is much lighter than a sencha but deeper than a white tea.