Category: Tea Tasting
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Watanabe Shimadori Kabusecha Tea Tasting (The Japanese Tea Hub)
The Watanabe Shimadori Kabusecha from The Japanese Tea Hub is a tea full of umami and candy sweetness. Drinking this one feels delicate and silky smooth.
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Miuori Kirishima Sencha Tea Tasting (The Japanese Tea Hub)
The Miuori Kirishima Sencha from The Japanese Tea Hub is delicious. I experienced grassy notes, umami, and a long-lasting sweet aftertaste.
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2017 Jianyang Lao Bai White Tea Tasting (ANMO)
The 2017 Jianyang Lao Bai white tea from ANMO offers a combination of sweetness and notes of hay. The combination is just about right.
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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.