honey pistachio biscotti from Tea Guys
The dry leaf smells a lot like butter pecan flavoured coffee which reminds me a little of this wonderful woman I worked with when I was in university. She often brought me food and coffee when I worked...
View ArticleRose Scented Oolong Lot 317 from Taiwan Tea Crafts
The makers of this tea did a nice job of scenting this tea. They managed to keep the rose subtle, juicy and spicy and minimised the bitterness you can sometimes get in rose teas. The rose in this tea...
View ArticleHand Made Organic Jin Jun Mei - Wuyi Rock Milk Tea from Ken Lee - Aliexpress...
This tea reminds me of the corn syrup my mother used to pour on ice cream as a child. It has a rich sweet flavour, mixed with roasted notes, cocoa, a hint of malt and sweet dried fruit. It is really...
View ArticleDian Hong Congfu from Joseph Wesley Black Tea
This one definitely fallks into the fruity spectrum of Yunnan's with the brewed tea smelling of apricots along with something a little bit sharper, leather, malt honey and grain. I steeped 1 TSP in...
View ArticlePineapple and Peach from Bonomelli
Once again the smell of this tea is almost bang on. Both the peach and pineapple are present. The peach smells a little like Tim Horton's peach drink and the pineapple is juicy and slightly floral in...
View ArticleCarävan from Andrews & Dunham Damn Fine Tea
This might be my favourite Andrews and Dunham tea so far. It is a nice moderately smoked tea where the smoke is strong enough to leave a slight tingle at the back of the throat but not enough to...
View ArticleDa Hong Pao Rou Gui Flavour from Fu Tea Store
The Tea fairy and Dexter inspired me to have this today. Still love it. The first steep is reminding me of black forest cake with a chocolate sacher torte, vanilla cream and kirsh vibe happening. The...
View ArticleFirst Flush Darjeeling from DAVIDsTEA
I got this in store when I picked up some tins in store the other day. This tea is sourced from Chamong Estate in darjeeling. For those who are curious here's a link to the Estates website and a...
View ArticleFeng Qing Ye Sheng Hong Cha - Wild Tree Purple Black Tea from Yunnan Sourcing
This tea has wonderful and unusual tones of blue fruits (Loganberry, blackcurrants and concord grapes), tempered by honey, cocoa and an unusual tone of musk. I was attracted to this tea by its...
View ArticleSourenee Estate ORGANIC 2nd Flush Darjeeling FTGFOP1 (CL) SPL from Capital...
Dry Leaf: roughly wound thick but small, chocolate to black brown leaves with prominent scattered gold to silver green downy tips. The leaves smell of fruit and hay. Broth: clear copper orange Scent:...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
This tea is a sample given to me by an aliexpress seller. Sheblefy know psarticular identification on it except to say it's a Dian Hong so I can't identify which particular one iit is. The tea is a...
View ArticleYunnan Super Biluochun Green Tea from Han Xiang Ecological Tea
I think this is the correct tea. I received this as a sample from the seller. The little snails are very furry and reasonably tightly curled. They are mostly all bud but some have a single leaf wrapped...
View ArticleDragon Lychee Pearls from Tealux
This tea is lovely with good fruity lychee notes that persist through many steepings over cocoa, butter, honey and malt. It has immediately gone on my wish list! The pearls are about the size of a...
View ArticleTangerine Blossom from Shang Tea
I really liked this tea and feel it would also appeal to those who enjoy Jasmine black teas as it shares some characteristics with the more fruity, candy like style of jasmine that I enjoy. The dry tea...
View ArticleOrganic White Peony (Bai Mu Dan) Tea from Teavivre
White tea tends to leave me feeling cleansed and refreshed more than any other tea I drink regularly. There is something about its creamy thick texture and its soft yet bright flavours that just do...
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