A blog about tea.
Category: Tea Tasting
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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.
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2019 Bang Dong Tea Tasting (Tea Encounter)
Tea Encounter’s 2019 Bang Dong is one of the most fun sheng puers I have ever tried. Discovering the different flavours was a true adventure.
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2013 Chen Xi Hao Gao Shan Zhai Tea Tasting (Tea Encounter)
Tea Encounter’s 2013 Chen Xi Hao Gao Shan Zhai is the perfect everyday sheng puer. It’s nothing extraordinary but just subtle flavours of golden raisins.
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Bai Yin Shan Yesheng Tea Tasting (Tea Enounter)
Tea Encounter’s Bai Yin Shan Yesheng is both refreshing and warming. It has complex flavours that go from fresh and green to a warming and subtle sweetness.
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Wild Orange 2009 Ripe Puer Tangerine Tea Tasting (Teasenz)
The Wild Orange 2009 Ripe Puer Tangerine from Teasenz is the perfect introduction to shou puer tea. There is a subtle earthiness and an orange sweetness.