Chicago Tea Garden
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When you start reviewing a large number of teas, it may feel like you are reviewing many that are just mediocre and coming across a real gem may seem hard to come by…
Read More...When the average American first learns of tea, then tend to learn about black tea (often Lipton-eqsue types of black tea) or herbals. If they’re lucky enough to start to explore the genre of tea, then the worlds of greens, whites and oolongs come into focus, but the pu-erhs often remain uncharted…
Read More...“Tuo Cha” means block of tea. Tea blocks are compressed tea made from the leaves of wild trees, not cultivated tea bushes. The leaves are harvested and steamed into shaped molds. There is usually an indentation in the mold to prevent the tea from sticking. Thus, you will…
Read More...I was extremely curious to try Wild Orange Pu-erh, when I saw the photo of dried tea leaves stuffed in an orange on the Chicago Tea Garden website. The vendor generously sells samples for $3 (including shipping); so I could not resist a purchase…
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