Tea-Guy

My background

I am a 26 year old technologist living in Cincinnati, Ohio. In love with tea, I am on a quest to learn everything there is about tea culminating in my completion of The Project!

I’ve ‘liked’ tea since I was a kid. Though honestly, my idea of tea at the time is nothing what it’s like today. I drank a lot fewer premium teas and didn’t give much thought on teas from other cultures and the powerful meaning of the experiences tea can bring with it.

During the past few years I’ve grown from a relative Tea Newbie into a Tea Hobbyist and now onto a Tea Enthusiast. My goal is to grow into blending my own teas, running my own tea shop and enjoying an even greater variety of teas from cultures around the world.

A little about my process

When reviewing teas, I follow a process which helps to ensure a more objective review. By providing ratings for the Flavor, Aroma and Boldness (or strength) of a tea on separated zero to five (0-5) scales I break up the three most important aspects of each tea for the vast majority of tea drinkers, enthusiasts and purveyors.

In addition to how I rate each tea, I also make certain to avoid unintended skewing of results by tasting the teas on multiple days separated by a minumum of seven days. This helps to avoid issues with health or mood, both of which happen to factor into taste and smell to a fairly large degree.

As you can see, my process is fairly extensive and extremely unique amongst the tea blogging community.

FTC Disclaimer

The teas I review are almost universally donated to me for that purpose by the brand which is under review. This does not sway my decision on the tea and my more scientific reviewing process helps to ensure short-term bias is removed from the equation.

If you have concerns or questions on how a particular rating was obtained, feel free to ask by writing to chris@tea-guy.com. I am more than happy to explain my process and the conclusions on a specific decision.