Category: Tea Tasting
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2016 Menghai Parfum de Jujube Ripe Tea Tasting (Terre de Ciel)
Terre de Ciel’s 2016 Menghai Parfum de Jujube ripe is such a good shu puerh. It offers sweet flavours that are full of dried fruits.
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Taiwanese GABA Grape Oolong Tea Tasting (Tea Joint)
Tea Joint’s Taiwanese GABA Grape Oolong has flavours that like to play hide and seek. Roasted cherries and fresh appels take turns in showing themselves.
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Wuyi Yancha Tieluohan Tea Tasting (ANMO)
ANMO’s Wuyi Yancha Tieluohan is a creamy and sweet Zhengyan Cha. At some point, it was almost like eating strawberry ice cream.
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2013 Bingdao Gushu Tea Tasting (Nannuoshan)
The 2013 Bingdao Gushu sheng puerh from Nannuoshan is a subtle tea that offers a pleasant fruitiness. It’s the perfect tea to calm down after a long day.
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2009 Liubao Tea Tasting (Nannuoshan)
Nannuoshan’s 2009 Liubao is a tea that doesn’t want to let go. It’s mainly dry wood, but the texture is rich and full-bodied. You just can’t stop drinking.
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2011 Kunlu Shan Tea Tasting (Terre de Ciel)
Terre de Ciel’s 2011 Kunlu Shan has smokey and incense notes to it, but you can also feel some traces of a sweet fruitiness.
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Pine Sap Lapsang Tea Tasting (white2tea)
White2tea’s Pine Sap Lapsang is a lapsang souchong that was roasted over pinewood. It’s a basic tea that offers flavours of smoked charcoal.
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Kuradashi Gyokuro Uji Tea Tasting (The Japanese Tea Hub)
The Kuradashi Gyokuro Uji from The Japanese Tea Hub is like an Espresso shot full of umami. Besides that, you get some subtle grassy notes as well.
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2015 Liubao Shu Cha Tea Tasting (Moychay)
Moychay’s 2015 Liubao Shu Cha is an excellent daily Liu Bao tea. The early infusions were syrupy, creamy and sweet. Herbal notes were present in all steeps.
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TdC NAKA 2012 Tea Tasting (Terre de Ciel)
The TdC NAKA 2012 is a sheng puerh that has potential for future ageing. It starts out fresh and vegetal, but changes into a sweet and fruity brew.
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Guangxi Silver Needle Tea Tasting (Mei Leaf)
Mei Leaf’s Guangxi Silver Needle is a rewarding tea. It offers a sweetness in combination with chrysanthemum flowers and even oranges if you pay attention.
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Jin Guanyin Xiao Zhong Tea Tasting (Moychay)
Moychay’s Jin Guanyin Xiao Zhong is the perfect everyday hong cha. It offers sweet floral notes, a deep roastedness, and a long-lasting aftertaste.
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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.