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OMG IT’S LIME JELLO SALAD TEA!!!!!!!

This is the reblend from the 52 Tea kickstarter, made by Liberteas (Anne)! I never had a chance to drink the original, but I always wanted to as this blend just sounds wild enough for my liking.

This tea indeed works – it’s fruity citrus. There’s some pineapple and lime flavor, with a grassy lime finish. The sencha is smooth, probably from the marshmallow root. This tea is really good iced as well. A super fun tea!

Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/lime-jello-salad-green-tea-from-52-teas-tea-review/

Sooo goood! Qimen is gorgeous – delicate leaf with a honey, fruity, and dark chocolate flavor with a hint of smoke and floral. I did mine gongfu style for 8 infusions and even with a really long final infusion it didn’t get overly dry. Nice complex black that is easy to drink.

Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/limited-edition-qimen-from-joseph-wesley-black-tea-tea-review/

I got a small sample of this pu’er from the Steepster Sheng and Shou Pu’er Travelling Tea Box!

This is a really nice, easy to drink sheng. I’m a mouthfeel addict, and I love how fluffy each sip is. The pu’er starts out light and a little fruity, buttery and smokey, with later steepings developing a nice apricot flavor. Final steeping are mineral and a bit of bitterness.

GREEEEN SHROOOOOM! The wrapper is super cool! Breaking off pieces from a mushroom was a little difficult.

This young sheng is delicate with vegetal, peachy and amber notes. Moderate amount of dryness in the later steeps. I’m going to stash my shrooms away and see how they taste in a few months.

I tried it cold brewed as well and it was interesting as it was really thick creamy texture that was very nice!

Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/july-white2tea-club-with-2015-green-shroom-puer-tea-review/

I scored this pu’er at the World Tea Expo, but it looks like LongRun sells their teas on Amazon.

This raw pu’er starts off with an unripe sour fruit flavor and smoke with a moderate dryness. With each infusion the pu’er gets more peachy sweet with wisps of smoke. Lots of tea drunk in this one as I had constant thoughts of Bigfoots.

I steeped this with boiling water, though I think I need to try it with cooler water for less dryness.

Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/2011-chunhui-unfermented-sheng-puer-from-longrun-tea-tea-review/

Floral white tea lovers get your hands on this one! I found this white tea a tasty bouquet of flowers with honey notes and silky texture.

Out of the two white teas I had from The Tea Shelf, I liked this one the most, though I think it’s personal taste due to my love of floral teas. The price is quite steep though, $41 for 100g at this time.

Full review on Oolong Owl http://www.exoticmeatmarkets.com/lionmeat.html (I compare this white with the other white The Tea Shelf carries)

A solid white tea! The one I had is a 2015 winter flush. I got creamy, straw, corn stalk and leafy green notes. The tea is sweet, thick creamy texture and very fresh clean in taste.

Full review on Oolong Owl http://www.exoticmeatmarkets.com/lionmeat.html (I compare this white with the other white The Tea Shelf carries)

This young pu’er is really sweet! It was sweeter than expected that I accidentally poured it on myself (and prior to that stabbed myself with a pu’er pick). Besides sweet, the tea is a bit floral, kettle corn and steamed vegetables. I personally loved the sweet start of this pu’er but undecided on the vegetal final infusions, I think I need to play with times and temperatures a bit. The sweetness alone is enough to convince me I should buy a cake (and the sweet as f wrapper design)

Note – I’m referring to the 2015 Teaclub gourd, which is the same material. I’m curious how the cake may differ in taste due to tightness of pressing.

Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/june-white2tea-club-tea-review/

Nice, super thick sheng with citrus, stone fruit, straw and steamed vegetal notes. The texture is my fav part of feeling fluffy and thick. I got 12 infusions via gaiwan. It does get pretty dry in the later infusions, so if I were to have this again I’d probably not carry it as long.

Big leaf too!

Full review and pictures on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/2010-kunlu-spring-sheng-puer-from-wymm-tea-tea-review/

This travel tea tumbler is sweet! It does the job mixing matcha (as well as other tea/chocolate/protein mixes) and has a nifty pressure release valve so the unit doesn’t leak or explode in your face. I love it even as a regular tea tumbler as it’s light weight, durable non glass and it can roll around my purse without leaks or threat of air expansion.

The big problem with this travel tumbler is cleaning it (so many nooks and crannies in the froth attachment thing) and if you use it with hot milk you need to be extra careful. I use soy milk and it froths up a lot, so it goes past the safe line and will hiss out the button if you aren’t careful.

Full in depth review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/davidstea-matcha-maker-travel-tea-tumbler-review/