Wojciech Bońkowski
Master of Wine

Impressive tea from Nepal

The power of blogging. Although I don’t write about tea in Polish, my tea reviews on this blog …Continue Reading

2009 Darjeelings (2): Castleton

Castleton is one of the most famous Darjeeling tea gardens and according to a self-description you can read …Continue Reading

2008 Rougui

Let’s continue the Wuyi theme with another classic tea from this region of China: Rougui. The name means …Continue Reading

A Tale of Three Shuixians

Comparative tasting rocks. Tasting different things together is a perfect wake-me-up. You become more perceptive to the minute …Continue Reading

2007 Heavy-Roasted Winter Shanlinshi

Outstanding roasted oolong from Taiwan – perfect tea to drink on today’s chilly weather.

Beautiful tea

Oriental Beauty (a.k.a. Baihao) is one of the most renowned tea ‘appellations’. And it’s also one of the …Continue Reading

Tea and chocolate

An exercise matching tea and chocolate. Can this work at all? Isn’t chocolate too powerful to have with tea? I try some artisanal chocolate pralines with green, oolong, black and puer tea.

Tea on the move

How to brew decent tea while travelling? Without access to infinite tea supply from your own tea cabinet and 25 brewing utensils. The answers are: keep it simple; carry your own tea; choose a tea that will perform well in less-than-perfect circumstances.

2008 Fenghuang Winter Hungshui

I feel a little strange after my recent Japanese green tea overdose (see this link for a list …Continue Reading

(8) 2008 Otowa Karigane

Other posts in this series:2008 Gyokuro Kame-Jiru-Shi (O-Cha)2008 Gyokuro Tama Homare (Marukyu)2008 Kabusecha Takamado (Marukyu)2008 Sencha Miyabi (O-Cha)2009 …Continue Reading