Long Jing West Lake

Long Jing West Lake vs. Long Jing Ming Qian

Horizontal session of two Long Jing teas: Long Jing West Lake and Long Jing Ming Qian. Two samples of the same tea that come from different locations.

The Thing Still Is white2tea tea adventures

The Thing Still Is ______ Tea Tasting (white2tea)

Tasting session of the white2tea club May tea! A Sheng Puer cake that will improve through ageing. The Thing Still Is ______!

Junshan Yin Zhen Mei Leaf tea adventures

Yellow Tea

After buying some Junshan Yin Zhen, I thought it would be interesting to find out what yellow tea is exactly. Read this post to read all about it!

Nuzzle Diver mei leaf tea adventures

Nuzzle Diver Tea Tasting (Mei Leaf)

Mei Leaf’s Nuzzle Diver is a Sheng Puerh is all about a green creaminess. It feels like a green tea with a lot of depth to it.

Tropical treasures green tea

Tropical Treasures Ltd #1

Today’s session was about African teas. I got some samples from Specialty Tea Ltd and drank some Kilimanjaro black and Usambara green tea.

Zhang Ping Shui Xian Floral tea adventures

Zhang Ping Shui Xian Floral Tea Tasting (Curious Tea)

I tasted the Zhang Ping Shui Xian Floral, which is an unusual oolong tea that was pressed into small bricks and I was pleasantly surprised by the combination of floral sweetness and honey.

Qing Xin Gan Zi curious tea tea adventures

Qing Xin Gan Zi Tea Tasting (Curious Tea)

A subtle Taiwanese green tea made from the Qing Xin Gan Zi cultivar. This results in an interesting combination of sweetness, roasted nuts and green flavours.

Silver needle mei leaf tea adventures

Silver Needle Tea Tasting (Mei Leaf)

I opened a 2017 batch of Mei Leaf’s Silver Needle (Bai Hao Yin Zhen) and was rewarded with a subtle sweetness of meadow flowers and dry grass.

Darjeeling Gopaldhara Maharaja Curiois Tea Tea adventures

Darjeeling Gopaldhara Maharaja Tea Tasting (Curious Tea)

A second Flush Darjeeling oolong tea that tastes like a black tea with a slice of lemon. Darjeeling Gopaldhara Maharaja is an interesting tea that offers a combination of pleasant flavours.

Santikhiri Four Seasons Oolong curious tea tea adventures

Santikhiri Four Seasons Oolong Tea Tasting (Curious Tea)

Tasting session of a high mountain oolong tea from Thailand. The Santikhiri Four Seasons Oolong proved to be a complex floral tea with green notes to it.

Lu an gua pian Curious Tea tea adventures

Lu An Gua Pian Tea Tasting (Curious Tea)

Lu An Gua Pian (or Melon Seed) is a delicious green tea with vegetal notes that transform into a soft creaminess. It is Spring in your teapot.

Free yixing tea set

Free Yixing Tea Set!

All the information you need to get a free Yixing tea set. Umi Tea Sets is offering free Yixing tea sets for people who share their website on social media.

Organic Milk Oolong curious tea tea adventures

Spring Break Session #7: Organic Milk Oolong (Curious Tea)

Tasting an organic and unflavoured milk oolong from Curious Tea. It’s a subtle but really delicious oolong tea from Taiwan.

Fujian Baroque Adagio teas

Spring Break Session #6: Fujian Baroque (Adagio Teas)

Pleasantly surprised by this black tea from Fujian Province. Sweet cherries with some woodsy notes as well.

Wild Tianjian Exquisite Leaves tea adventures

Spring Break Session #5: 2015 Wild Tianjian (Exquisite Leaves)

2015 Wild Tianjian proves to be a warming tea that goes back and forth between smoked salmon and smoked pinewood. Definitely a top quality dark tea from Anhua.