A blog about tea.
Category: Tea Tasting
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Phoenix Hong Cha Tea Tasting (Teamania)
The Phoenix Hong Cha from Teamania starts out with highly aromatic flavours like a dan cong oolong and slowly transforms into a sweeter and malty tea.
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2010 King of Pu-erh Raw Tea Tasting (Hey China)
The 2010 King of Pu-erh from Hey China is an Yiwu sheng puerh from 2010. It’s mainly about a mellow and fruity sweetness in combination with a smokiness.
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2021 First Flush Long Jing Tea Tasting (Teasenz)
This 2021 First Flush Long Jing from Teasenz feels fresh and green at the start but has a prominent nuttiness and sweetness towards the end.
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Dong Ding Tea Tasting (Terre de Ciel)
The 2019 Dong Ding from Terre de Ciel is a tea full of floral notes and butter. The later infusions had a green edge with a long-lasting aftertaste.
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2018 Pasha Gushu Tea Tasting (Teamania)
The 2018 Pasha Gushu from Teamania is a delicious young sheng puerh. It was almost as if I was drinking champagne. Sweet and fruity with a sour twist.
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2007 Mengku Raw Puerh Tea Tasting (Yee On Tea)
The 2007 Mengku Raw Puerh from Yee On Tea is a balanced puerh with an impressive aftertaste. Strawberry tobacco with sweet summer fruits in the aftertaste.
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Shikoku Temple Tea Tasting (ANMO)
The Shikoku Temple Tea from ANMO is a Japanese sencha from 2020. It comes from the main Buddhist temple on Tsurugi mountain and is grassy, nutty and sweet.
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2019 Berlin Flows Ailao Gushu Tea Tasting (Xian Tea)
The 2019 Berlin Flows Ailao Gushu from Xian Tea is really sweet with dominant notes of red summer fruits. This went on long into the aftertaste.
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2020 Jin Jun Mei Tea Tasting (Characteas)
The 2020 Jin Jun Mei from Characteas finds a nice balance between price and quality. Sweet lychee with a dark sugar undertone and citrus towards the end.
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2008 Simplified Word Sheng Tea Tasting (ANMO)
The 2008 Simplified Word sheng is really fruity with pleasant notes of incense at the start. This slowly evolves into dark berries towards the end.
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2018 Rong Pu Ripe Tea Tasting (Chen Sheng Hao)
The 2018 Rong Pu Ripe from Chen Sheng Hao is a perfect shou puerh for beginners. It has basic but really enjoyable flavours throughout the session.
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Sencha Saemidori Kagoshima Tea Tasting (ANMO)
The Sencha Saemidori Kagoshima from ANMO is a truly delicious Japanese green tea. It starts with umami flavours and changes into a sweet fruitiness.
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2014 Wang Bing Zi Juan Purple Tea Tasting (Vin-Satori)
The 2014 Wang Bing Zi Juan Purple sheng puerh from Vin-Satori was really fruity in the early infusions with an impressive aftertaste.
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Premium Lapsang Souchong Tea Tasting (Hey China)
The Premium Lapsang Souchong from Hey China is a delicate but fruity tea. It offers an explosion of fruits and a dark sweetness beneath the surface.
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2005 4 Gold Coins Liu Bao Tea Tasting (Lao Tea Shop)
The 2005 4 Gold Coins from Lao Tea Shop is another fantastic Liu Bao. It’s full of camphor and a lubricating creaminess that just keeps going.