A blog about tea.
Category: Tea Tasting
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2018 Gong Ting Ripe Stuffed Mini Citrus (The Tea Guru)
Trying the 2018 Gong Ting Ripe Stuffed Mini Citrus was a clear win. Musty notes of citrus that add to the already deep complexity of this tea.
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2018 Red Water Oolong (The Tea Guru)
The 2018 Red Water Oolong from The Tea Guru is a highly oxidised tea from Taiwan. It combines buttery maltiness and sweetness with floral notes in between.
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Wen Shan Bao Zhong Tea Tasting (Curious Tea)
Wen Shan Bao Zhong is a green oolong tea from Taiwan. It’s a crossbreed between a fresh green and a floral oolong as it offers the best of both worlds.
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White2tea Club July 2019: Unsmoked Lapsang Souchong
Tasting unsmoked Lapsang Souchong teas from white2tea’s 2019 July tea club. Traditional, Fruit Bomb and Herby Lapsang Souchongs are definitely not the same.
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Lu Yan Xiang Tea Tasting (Wudong Tea)
Lu Yan Xiang or magnolia flower fragrance is a Dan Cong oolong tea from Chaozhou Province. The buttery magnolias will take you to faraway flower gardens.
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Yunnan Silver Needle vs. Zhejiang Silver Needle
Despite both being silver needle tea, there are major differences between silver needle from Yunnan and silver needle from Zhejiang Province. How can one and the same tea be so different?
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Makinohara Benifuki Oolong Tea Tasting (Curious Tea)
The Makinohara Benifuki oolong is a tea that is unlike any other oolong tea I have drunk before. It’s a green oolong with a vegetal flavour profile in combination with floral notes.
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Yakushima Sencha Tea Tasting (Nio Teas)
Yakushima sencha is a Japanese green tea that promises to be sweet. It’s a typical Japanese green that tastes like a fresh breeze on a hot Summer’s day.
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Hai Lang Hao As You Like Tea Tasting (The Tea Guru)
The 2010 Hai Lang Hao As You Like is a shou Puerh tea that contains older material. Ageing has softened the sharp edges to make it a perfect every day shou.
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2019 Green Hype Tea Tasting (white2tea)
The 2019 Green Hype was featured in white2tea’s tea club for June 2019. It’s a sheng Puerh tea with plenty of aged maocha. Is it the perfect daily sheng?
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GuShu NaKa 2016 Tea Tasting (Pu-erh.sk)
A GuShu NaKa from 2016 is a Sheng Puerh tea that combines bitter and sweet. The sweetness goes back and forth between the different steeps.
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2017 Qianliang Little Cubes Tea Tasting (Exquisite Leaves)
Tea session of Exquisite Leaves’ 2017 Qianliang Little Cubes. It’s one of the top quality dark teas (heicha) from Anhua in Hunan Province.
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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.
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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 ______!
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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.