Today we look at two very different Oolong teas. First up is Formosa Wenshan Baochong Choice by AuraTeas and then Tankha Oolong from The Simple Leaf. Both have their own special taste, but which is more oolong and, more importantly, which is better?

Special Note: The Formosa Wenshan Baochong Choice is AuraTea’s current tea of the month.

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Quick quick quick, people! First five people to email Summer with the subject “Free Floral Jasmine” get free samples of the Floral Jasmine tea that STeaP is going to be reviewing on the show for July 28th.

If you don’t make it into the first five and you’d still like to participate in the sip-along, you can still purchase a $2.00 sample tin. Make sure to order quickly, since the episode is coming up in the next couple weeks!

Summer has also released details for her newly revamped Bigger Better Coffee to Tea Convert Contest and anyone who enters gets a free sample from Felicitea, so get cracking on those entries! This contest is for tea drinkers and coffee drinkers alike, and the prizes are quite nice if you win.

Today we’re rocking the genmai cha a second time, with Upton’s Gen-Mai Cha (3 minutes, 180º) and Choice Organic Genmaicha (3 minutes, 180º). Joe and Brandice each enjoyed one more than the other, but as usually, disagreed on which one. You can see which one might be a cha-cha-liscious option for you by watching the episode.

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This episode is a smörgåsbord of random conversation, peppered with some ice tea tastings here and there and chock full of every topic imaginable. If you’ve ever wanted to see Brandice and Joe just sit around with some iced tea and just chat about life and all things geeky, then this is likely to be one of your favorite episodes. Iced tea seems to generate lots of conversation, so prepare yourselves for a lack of tea talk (aside from one of the iced teas drawing some angry berating) and an abundance of random chit chat.

Iced teas sampled: Honest Tea’s Just Green Tea, Upton Kirkoswald Estate FBOP, and Upton Midsummer Dream (all iced).

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After more than 42 weeks of non-stop action, we’re going to have to take a week off. With Brandice’s wedding and PodcampOhio organizing, we just won’t be able to bring you a quality show. We will be back next week with an Iced Tea episode and hopefully won’t have to skip again for another 42 weeks.

Until then, Drink More Tea!

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Brandice is back from her wedding and we’re trying two new flavored Green teas; serendipiTea Fiji (3 minutes, rumbling water) and Tea Frog Kiyoto Lemon Flavored Green (3 minutes, rumbling water). Joe also nearly chokes to death, but whatever.

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Today, we’re having two Caffeine-free, fruit-based Rooibos teas from Dragonwater. The first is Dragonwater’s Green Rooibos Strawberry Peach (7 minutes, boiling water) and the second is Dragonwater’s Rooibos Apple Cinnamon (7 minutes, boiling water). Will we finally like a fruit-based tea on the show?

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We once again have two Earl Grey’s duking it out for our affections. Can one of them pull ahead of the other? The first contender is TeaFrog Earl Grey Special Flavored Black (4 minutes, boiling water). And in the silver shorts is Dragonwater Earl Grey de la Creme (4 minutes boiling water). Who will win the battle of the Greys? Let’s watch.

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Brandice is now a happily married woman! Be sure to congratulate Brandice and Jim on their marriedness in the comments.