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Hime – Genmai Cha
This hardly merits a review. Genmaicha is a lower grade bancha mixed with toasted brown rice kernels. The point of the toasted rice is to…

What Does “CTC Tea” Mean?
CTC means “crush, tear, and curl”. Teabag tea is also called CTC tea. Orthodox Teas are whole leaf teas manufactured using the traditional process of…

Starway Tea King of China – Tie Kuan Yin Oolong Tea
I’m not an expert or even an intermediate level tea drinker, so I’ll try to keep my opinions out of this. This is the second…

Twinings Chai (Tea)
I know almost nothing about Indian tea, except that it’s called chai. My ignorance is profound, so I asked on Quora a little bit, and…

ABC Tea – Formosa Pouchong
This is a new, semi-regular feature where I’ll review teas from the supermarket. It’s not high end gourmet tea reviews. It’s just tea from the…

Friday, April 19, is National Rice Ball Day
While this isn’t a food blog, I will share the basic riceball recipe. Several sites out there have it very, very wrong. Riceballs, or onigiri,…