Author: Jillian
Website: http://steepster.com/JillDragon
Biographical: I'm a Canadian university student plodding my way towards a Natural Resource Science degree. I was exposed to tea at a very young age through my paternal grandmother, an Irishwoman raised in England, and she would often have my mother and I over to her house for tea. It wasn't anything exotic, Red Rose orange pekoe, in my case with tons of sugar and milk - but to me drinking tea seemed very grown-up. Plus I loved the little ceramic figurines that came in the boxes of Red Rose in those days. It wasn't until I started university that I started drinking loose leaf tea and became aware of things like steeping time and water temperature. Let's just say that tea has been a minor obsession for me ever since.
It was also around that time that I became interested in the medicinal aspect of various herbs and tisanes. I have always loved plants and gardening and today I keep a modest collection of dried herbs in my tea cabinet to use for things like headaches and colds. The natural world has always held a lot of fascination for me.
Why do I love tea? I love the sense of history and culture behind it, and I love the diversity - there's always a new blend to try.
Recent Posts by Jillian:
| Tea Review: Rishi Tea Bergamot Sage – 2 | 24 Mar 2011 |
| Tea Review: Tea Forte White Ginger Pear – 3 | 21 Mar 2011 |
| Tea Review: Lochan Tea Thurbo FTGFOP 1 CL – EX 5 | 16 Feb 2011 |
| Tea Review: da.u.de Xaouen 3 | 21 Dec 2010 |
| Tea Review: Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Vanilla – 2 | 18 Nov 2010 |
| Tea Review: zhenas Gypsy Tea Peach Blossom Oolong | 20 Sep 2010 |
| Tea Review: Den’s Tea Sencha Fuka-midori | 17 Sep 2010 |
| Tea Review: 52 Teas Malted ChocoMate | 14 Sep 2010 |
| Tea Review: Adagio Xue Ya Ballad | 20 Aug 2010 |
| Tea Review: Mark T. Wendell Imperial Gold Oolong | 28 Jul 2010 |
| Tea Review: Leaf Spa Tea Organic Silver Needle | 21 Jul 2010 |
| Tea Review: Tea Forte Orchid Vanilla | 23 Jun 2010 |
| Tea Review: Lochan Tea Goomtee FTGFOP-1 | 21 Jun 2010 |
