Ruby 8 Black - Totem Tea

Totem tea contacted me about trying their tea and incense and I could not refuse! 

Reading Nook Blend - Plum Deluxe

 Alright - just do yourself a favor, and skip the review and purchase this tea here

Crimson Lotus Gongfu2go and 2013 Xiaguan Shou Puerh

 So todays review is going to be a little different. Why? Because I’m also reviewing teaware! I was surfing /r/tea on reddit and someone posted a link to Crimson Lotus’ Gongfu2go portable tea brewer. Well… there’s nothing other to say than I HAD to have it.

In Nature Tea’s Nai Xiang Oolong (Milk Oolong)

 In Nature teas contacted me on my instagram to review a tea from them!

Yuuki-Cha Organic Gyokuro

Yuuki-Cha is a Japanese tea store. I was after their kyusu but decided to pick up some green tea while I was there!

Teavana's Maharaja Chai Oolong & Samurai Chai Mate

Maharaja Chai Oolong is comprised of Cinnamon, oolong tea, ginger pieces, carob pieces, artificial flavoring, chicory root, pepper, cloves, cardamom and Samurai Chai Mate has Green maté, green rooibos, cinnamon, candied pineapple pieces (pineapple, sugar), candied papaya pieces (papaya, sugar), orange peels, artificial flavoring, lemongrass, anise seed, coriander, cardamom. Needless to say. There is A LOT OF FALVORS going on. 

Teavana's Jasmine Silver Needle

Okay, so someone requested that I do a review on jasmine pearl tea, and I said of course! Thinking I had some (because at one point I did!) buttttt, I already drank the sample a while ago .-. SORRY. It’s also been a very off day for tea review so bare with me haha.

Teavana's Royal English Breakfast

I actually picked this tea up from starbucks! I noticed they were selling cans of Teavana tea and this was my very first English Breakfast tea.

Crimson Lotus 2006 Yunnan Shou Puer

Today’s review is on Yunnan Puer Special Tea Factory - 2006 Shou/Ripe Puerh. I’m still very new to Puerh tea so this is a sample that I bought. Crimson Lotus Tea has amazing customer service and is very active on reddit.com/r/tea if you ever have any questions about diving into Puerh tea or gongfu brewing!

Teavana's Tulsi Dosha Chai Tea

Tulsi Dosha Chai is a spicy Rooibos Tea for those wanting to warm up on a crisp fall day.

Butiki's 2003 Reserve Four Season Oolong

This is that kind of tea that you stash for forever because you never want to run out. Especially since it was harvested in 2003 and YOULL NEVER GET IT AGAIN. Once the supply runs out, it’s gone. But oooo it’s so worth the drink.

Harney & Sons English Breakfast

If I said this wasn’t my go to tea for when I want to be classy AF in the morning, then I would be lying. I like to pretend I am sipping this during a overcast, threatening to rain, british kind of day. But alas, I live in Texas and this is as good as it’s going to get. 

Butiki's Three Friends

Hello tea lovers, this is another Butiki tea review! Three friends smells heavily of dark chocolate orange zest, which bytheway.. smells AMAZING!

Butiki's Watermelon Xylophone

So it’s pretty easy to say that this would make a great summer drink hot or cold! It's a shame Butiki closed down but since I'm rolling out reviews from my tumblr starting from the beginning, here it is regardless! Butiki’s Watermelon Xylophone is a unique blend of white tea that refreshes you on your hottest day! (Also, aren’t the little clay teapots adorbes?)

The Tea Farm's Peppermint Green Tea

I loveeeee this tea. Gunpowder by itself has a very light earthy flavor and paired with peppermint it’s so amazing! For a while I drank this tea exclusively, would come home from work and immediately make it because it was so refreshing and clean tasting. 

Teavana's Jade Citrus Mint

As I've gone through my tea journey, I have moved away from Teavana but I have to say that Jade Citrus Mint is one of my favorite teas from there.

Mandala's Milk Oolong Tea

OH MY GOSH. Is this my favorite oolong? Most definitely. You can find this awesome tea here. Their website is currently down but if you email them they can send you some :)

Butiki's Caramel Apple Tea

Caramel Apple is another one of Butiki’s awesome tea blends. Unfortunately they are officially closed! This tea smells strongly of a sweet oolong with apple tones.

Butiki Lemon French Macaron Tea

This is my all time favorite tea. So much so that when I learned that Stacy was closing Butiki - I ordered 4oz of it!