365 Teas Challenge > Day 346 - Pangdahai (Sterculia lychnophora Hance) Tea
This was one of the bizarre teas I have ever drunk. I found it in China, but I understand that it grows and is consumed in other south...
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- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 340 - Goji Berry Tea
I have seen these berries quite often in China. Sometimes in soup sometimes in health tea mixtures. I wanted to taste them alone and got...
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- Jan 9, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 333 - Honeysuckle Tea
It has been a while since I reviewed a tisane. Today I could have my tea session very late, and I chose a tisane which happens to be...
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- Dec 20, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 315 - Gushu Ya Bao from Yiwu
This is the third ya bao of this challenge. The first one was written by our guest blogger, and it was very informative. The second one...
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- Dec 11, 2020
- 1 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 307 - Roasted Buckwheat Tea
II found another heavenly tisane which is very commonly consumed in China, Japan and Korea. Buckwheat is a crop that comes from China,...
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- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 300 - Fermented Kuding Tea from Guizhou
This challenge made it to day 300! Yay! Interesting choice for the day, I have a slightly off-putting tisane from Guizhou to review. It...
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- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 283 - Wild Schisandra (Magnolia vine) Tea
Schisandra (Schisandra Chinensis) is an evergreen climbing vine that is native to China and Russia but can grow in many soils. It has...
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- Nov 8, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 276 - Liquorice Root Tea
This is another tisane, commonly consumed in China where it is known as Gān Cǎo 甘草 (sweet herb). It is made out of the roots of the...
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- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 268 - Corn Silk Tea
It made me smile when I found out about this tea. In Turkey, we do produce corn, and we can buy them with their silk. The latter goes to...
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- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 257 - Mulberry Leaf Tea
This just looks like oolong tea, but it is not. It is the leaves of the mulberry plant rolled into ball shapes. Mulberry leaf was...
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- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 246 - Eucommia Male Flower Tea
I am visiting Hunan, where I came across a strange-looking tea. It had tiny green needles, and at first, I got the impression that it...
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- Sep 26, 2020
- 1 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 237 - Trollius Flower Tea
Had I not been to Inner Mongolia a few weeks ago, I do not think that I could have discovered this tea. I saw the vast orange fields...
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- Sep 12, 2020
- 1 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 224- Dandelion Leaf Tea
This looked like tea from a tea plant. Pretty much. You need to look very closely and smell to notice that it’s not a tea. I bought it in...
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- Sep 3, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 215 - Sweet Osmanthus Flower Tea
Harney and Son’s Guide to Tea defined osmanthus as “A native to China, the osmanthus flower is apricot-scented with a fetching...
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- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 207 - Monk Fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii Lt) Tea
At the end of last year, I was travelling in beautiful Guilin around Yangshuo and rice terraces, I was offered a fruit tea. It was so...
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- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 201 - Chrysanthemum Blossom Tea
As far as I could observe, chrysanthemum is one of the most common tisanes in China. In Guangdong, if you go for a dim sum experience,...
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- Aug 13, 2020
- 3 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 194 - Moyeam (Ampelopsis grossedentata Lt) Tea
This is the tea that convinced me to include the tisanes as a category of 365 Teas Challenge. I will tell you how. Last year, I went to a...
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- Aug 4, 2020
- 2 min
365 Challenge > Day 185 - Chaste Berry (Vitex agnus-castus L.) Tea
Chaste tree is a shrub endemic to the Mediterranean region. Its hard, black, round berries and seeds are used medicinally for centuries....
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- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
365 Challenge > Day 182 - Yerba Maté (Ilex paraguariensis L.) aka Paraguay Tea
I knew of yerba maté but never had an opportunity to try before. With a total ignorance and due to lack of equipment, I prepared it in...
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- Jul 27, 2020
- 2 min
365 Challenge > Day 177 - Rooibos (red bush) Tea
I have heard a lot about rooibos, but until today I have not tasted it. It is a popular drink from South Africa. Made from an indigenous...
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- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
365 Challenge > Day 169 - Pomegranate Flower Tea (Punica granatum L.)
When I lived in the UK, one of my colleagues mentioned that ‘pomegranate’ was an exotic fruit when he was growing up (50 plus years ago)....
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- Jul 16, 2020
- 2 min
365 Challenge > Day 166 - Cleavers Tea (Galium aparine L.)
Endemic to Europe and Asia, cleavers now grow all over the world. It has been used in multiple civilisations to treat various diseases....