Category: Tea Tasting
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2010 Yiwu Ancient Trail Tea Tasting (ANMO)
ANMO’s 2010 Yiwu Ancient Trail is a remarkable sheng puerh. It makes you feel energised while being very calm and composed.
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2019 Spring Singularity Gushu Tea Tasting (The Essence of Tea)
The Essence of Tea’s 2019 Spring Singularity Gushu is a real treasure. An initial punch that is just right changes into a subtle and sweet fruitiness.
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If You’re Reading This Tea Tasting (white2tea)
Brewing White2tea’s If You’re Reading This was a challenging experience. It offered sweet and floral notes and had more bitter flavours in the middle.
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2013 Sunsing Aged Tree Shou Pu-Erh Tea Tasting (ANMO)
ANMO’s 2013 Sunsing Aged Tree Shou Pu-Erh tea is a perfect harmony of wet leaves, mushrooms, cherry wood and a sweet earthiness.
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2015 Jianyang Lao Bai White Tea Tasting (ANMO)
The 2015 Jianyang Lao Bai White Tea from ANMO is a combination of sweet notes and subtle hay. This slowly changes into roasted notes towards the end.
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2014 Jianyang Lao Bai White Tea Tasting (ANMO)
ANMO’s 2014 Jianyang Lao Bai White Tea is a fantastic tea. It’s almost like a rock oolong with a sweet undertone that lingers through the infusions.
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Best Teas of 2019
In this article, I discuss the best teas I drank in 2019. I picked a 2017 Silver Needle, a Yakushima Sencha and a 2003 Ban Zhang sheng puer.
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2019 Tea Encounter Gua Feng Zhai Tea Tasting
The 2019 Tea Encounter Gua Feng Zhai is a complex tea that is perfect for a hot day in Spring. You get a fruity sweetness with the freshness of green pears.
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Aged Tie Guan Yin Tea Session
Verdant Tea offers several aged tie guan yin teas. I teamed up with a friend to compare what ageing does to tea and we tasted six versions of the same tea.
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2013 Fangmingyuan Nannuo Tea Tasting (Tea Encounter)
Tea Encounter’s 2013 Fangmingyuan Nannuo started out with dominant tobacco flavours and changed into a really sweet brew with a bite in the finish.
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Masuda YuDi Sencha Tea Tasting (Nio Teas)
Nio Tea’s Masuda Yudi Sencha is a really warming Japanese sencha. It is sweet in combination with a grassy undertone, which makes it perfect for rainy days.
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2015 Nannuo Duo Yi Zhai Tea Tasting (Tea Encounter)
Tea Encounter’s 2015 Nannuo Duo Yi Zhai is an interesting and fun tea to drink. It is a journey into the unknown that offers a subtle sweetness and tobacco.
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GuShu HeKai 16 Tea Tasting (Pu-erh.sk)
Pu-erh.sk’s GuShu HeKai ’16 is a wonderful sheng puer that takes you on an adventure. Flavours go from sweet to herbaceous and back to a fruity sweetness.
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2013 Yong De Blue Label Ripe Pu-er Tea Tasting (Yunnan Sourcing)
Yunnan Sourcing’s 2013 Yong De Blue Label Ripe Pu-er is a good everyday shou. It starts out earthy with notes of camphor and becomes really sweet.
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Kaori Black Tea Tasting (Mei Leaf)
Mei Leaf’s Kaori Black from Japan is a refreshing tea that starts out malty and slowly changes into a sweet and fruity tea.