Tea Talk

This tea is all hand picked and produced by a single monk who lives and studies in a small hermitage, Am-Ja, atChil Bul Temple (Chil Bul Sa). This monk only ...

Remember consuming the 2011 release of this same tea last year at this same time. Autumn harmonizes nicely with Korean balhyocha (Yellow tea) so naturally it...

First things first... Yes, there is an obvious mis-translation here. The translation of this tea should actually be "Roasted Sejak" not "Roasting Sejak". The...

So here's the follow up to yesterdays post. In yesterdays post we tried Jukro's 2011 Sejak. Today lets get into Jukro's 2011 Jungjak. Sejak is typically the ...

Like me, this tea is getting to be quite elderly but not quite ready to retire. Good Green Tea is offering a line of Jukro teas, as well as Hankook and Ssang...

Here's something tasty for us to try today, Ssangke's, Black Tea Sejak. In my opinion, Korean black tea's have absolutely nothing common with western style b...

This tea comes from the same small family farm, is made in the same style, and uses the same tea bushes, as the 2011 ZeDa hwang cha. Just like the 2011 balhy...

Sam, the owner of Good Green Tea, sent this box of micro farm balhyocha which he glowed about weeks before over email. Later he reported that he acquired it ...

This jungjak grade tea comes from famous tea producer Jukro and, as usual, is a completely hand produced affair. The dry leaves give off a deep, musty-evergr...

One had posted about the 2009 production a few years ago. The 2009 offering was of very high quality compared to previous years and other producers of the sa...

Hankook is one of the oldest tea companies in Korea and have been producing tea since the 1950s. They are famously known as the first Korean tea company to s...

Today the azaleas in front of the house are just starting to bloom a healthy vibrant pink- this feels right. The recent bloom of flowers is starting to feel ...

Is it Spring or still Winter? The movement of the seasons seems confused, this Winter, this day. Late afternoon snow falls on chilly cherry blossoms outside-...

The dry leaves have dry earth-wood spicy notes. The odors come in layers with some being creamy, nutty, almost, but not quite chocolaty. They have a woody-nu...

Ssangkye is one of the most popular producers of green tea in Korea. This is partly because of the care they take in production. The tea is picked and proces...