Featuring a video by our viewer, Christopher Masto, in which he receives a HUGE shipment of delicious sounding teas from Upton Teas. We’re excited for all the TeaTodays we’ll hopefully see, Chris!!

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Today we’re trying a straight, one region Black Tea from the Assam district in India. Most Black Tea are a mix of different regions’ teas, Assam being one of many. And we try it Tippy GFOP, which is a very high grade of tea.

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Tea samples have arrived from Aura Teas (www.aurateas.com). You’ll be seeing them reviewed in an upcoming episode! :)

One of our viewers, Gamwyn, tries a new tea called Arctic Fire, which sounds really quite tasty!

Thanks for sharing your first tasting of this new tea, Gamwyn. :)

One of our very knowledgeable viewers, Christopher Masto, describes the different types of chai, while actually drinking a cup of chai. :) Very informative!

To participate in the Tea Showdown here at STeaP, you only need to do a few things:

• 1. Tell us about your favorite tea, what it is, where to buy it and how to make it to perfection.
• 2. Send us an email about it to steap@steaptv.com with subject “Tea Showdown”

That’s it! In a future episode we will have to ultimate tea showdown with all of the teas being sampled blind! Brandice and Joe will rank the teas on a 1 to 10 scale and the tea with the highest score will win! If there is a tie, the disembodied voice will select the winner from the highest ranked teas. And only one entry per person, please!

The winner will receive the following prizes via mail:

• Ingenuitea
• A Guide to Tea

December 21st will be your last day to submit entries, so give it some thought and then throw us an email asap! The Tea Showdown will be our first episode of the New Year.

Let the battle begin!

Today we try the peasant tea, Genmai Cha. This green tea is unique in it’s use of popcorn and puffed rice. It’s not just for cereal anymore!

We also announce the Tea Showdown Giveaway. Does your tea have what it takes to survive a no holds barred tea tasting extravaganza?!

Really interesting tea that I tried a few days ago, called Pu-Erh, from Upton Teas. Very unique taste, and the tea leaves are (from what I’ve read) actually let to ferment/biodegrade before preparing. Unique tea to try!

Here’s some interesting info on pu-erh tea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu-erh_tea