I have a confession to make – actually, two confessions. First, I adore the scent of jasmine. Regardless of whether it’s coming from a perfume, body wash, or candle, the lilting and exotic fragrance draws me under its spell every time. Second, I love jasmine tea, and not just because of how it smells. It’s an…
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Tea Time at Reverie: Yezi Tea’s Da Yu Ling Oolong Tea
Some of you may have read the above title and thought, “What on earth is oolong tea?” Well, it sits somewhere between black tea and green tea, because of the oxidation process. While black teas are fully oxidized (thus giving the leaves their characteristic black color), oolongs are only partially oxidized. As a result, their coloring is…
Tea Time at Reverie: Tazo®’s China Green Tips Green Tea
So far at Tea Time, we’ve covered three different teas flavored with floral, fruit, or herbal notes. Today we’re going back to basics. I’ve been craving green teas recently, and one of the choices in my current supply stash is Tazo®’s China Green Tips Green Tea. According to Tazo®’s website, this tea is made from…
Tea Time at Reverie: Stash Tea Company’s Vanilla Nut Creme Decaf Black Tea
Welcome back to a new edition of Tea Time at Reverie! One quick note before we get started: You’ll notice an addition to our Recommendations section at the end of this review. Going forward, I’ll offer possible book pairings with each subject tea. And why not? A Bibliophile’s Reverie is first and foremost a book…
Tea Time at Reverie: Teavana’s ToLife® White Tea
Before diving into our next Tea Time review, I want to give our readers at ABR a huge hug of gratitude! Your enthusiastic responses to our first Tea Time review (Tea Forté’s Oasis Green Tea) blew us away, and I really appreciate (and did my best to reply to) all of the comments you left….
Tea Time at Reverie: Review of Tea Forté’s Oasis Green Tea
Welcome to our first edition of Tea Time at A Bibliophile’s Reverie! Every now and then we’ll feature tea reviews written by our resident tea enthusiast (and fellow writer and book lover) Sara Letourneau. We’re very excited to have this new article series for you, and we hope you enjoy it! * * * What’s…
