A blog about tea.
Category: Tea Tasting
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Best Teas of 2020
In this article, you have an overview of the best teas of 2020. All the teas on this list have affected me in any way so I really enjoyed drinking them.
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Huang Mei Gui Tea Tasting (Teasenz)
The Huang Mei Gui from Teasenz is a floral yancha with a prominent butteriness. The aftertaste was sweet, buttery and long-lasting.
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Rou Gui Tea Tasting (Teasenz)
Rou Gui is a famous Wuyi Yancha and this one shows why. Prominent sweetness with cinnamon notes that flow through the infusion into the aftertaste.
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2015 5501 Nanyang Story Zhong Cha Liu Bao Tea Tasting (Lao Tea Shop)
The 5501 Nanyang Story Zhong Cha Liu Bao is quite young, but it has great potential. Creamy flavours of camphor and mossy forest floor with a certain freshness.
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Sun Moon Lake Ruby Tea Tasting (Tee Kontor Kiel)
Tee Kontor Kiel’s Sun Moon Lake Ruby was such a pleasant experience. Menthol with something sweet and a maltiness during the first infusions.
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2001 XY Yiwu Gushu Shu Puerh Tea Tasting (Lao Tea Shop)
The 2001 XY Yiwu Gushu Shu Puerh from Lao Tea Shop is a sweet shou puerh with strong camphor notes in the finish and long-lasting aftertaste.
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2019 Ripe Puerh Royal Tea Tasting (Biochi)
The 2019 Ripe Puerh Royal from Biochi is an interesting shou puerh. It’s only a year old, but it doesn’t bite your face off and it’s gentle and sweet.
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2004 Shi Kun Mu Yibang Gushu Tea Tasting (Lao Tea Shop)
The 2004 Shi Kun Mu Yibang Gushu from Lao Tea Shop was good but subtle. I got a combination of dark honey and sour apples.
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Wu Di Hong Cha Tea Tasting (Essence of Tea)
The Wu Di Hong Cha from Essence of Tea is one of a kind. A hong cha from Wuyishan that was produced very similar to yancha with a long-lasting sweet aftertaste.
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2007 Suiyuan Guangxi Liu Bao 0506 Tea Tasting (Lao Tea Shop)
The 2007 Suiyuan Guangxi Liu Bao 0506 from Lao Tea Shop is all about body experience and sitting in front of a fire under a blanket. Really warming tea.
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2020 ZSL Mahei Tea Tasting (Tea Encounter)
The 2020 ZSL Mahei from Tea Encounter is a fresh young puerh from spring 2020. It has some traces of Mahei sweetness but there is also something fresh going on.
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2007 Changtai Cha Hu Chen Nannuo Raw Puerh Tea Tasting (Lao Tea Shop)
The 2007 Changtai Cha Hu Chen Nannuo Raw Puerh from Lao Tea Shop is fruity and sweet after the initial bitterness. Traces of apples and a very strong energy.
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2018 TdC Ailao Shan Sheng Puerh Tea Tasting (Terre de Ciel)
The 2018 TdC Ailao Shan Sheng Puerh from Terre de Ciel is a tea that made me feel as if I was walking on a cloud. Subtle, sweet and fruity.
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2005 Zhong Cha Duoteli Grade 3 Liu Bao Tea Tasting (Lao Tea Shop)
The 2005 Zhong Cha Duoteli Grade 3 Liu Bao is a tea that goes the distance and is there when you need it. Solid tea with a betel nut flavour profile.
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Si Fang Aunt Ming Shu Puerh Tea Tasting (Tea Joint)
Tea Joint’s Si Fang Aunt Ming Shu Puerh is a fun tea to discover. It starts out with some edgy notes but becomes really comforting towards the end.