North Winds from Whispering Pines Tea Company
My lovely friend *JustJames* sent me a generous sample of this. I had it yesterday and I liked it, however, my allergies were acting up so I decided to give it another chance. Today the scent is much...
View ArticleBlack Pearl from The Mountain Tea co
This is a dark roast Sumatran grown oolong, with small tightly rolled nuggets of tea that seem to have been allowed to rest as there is no smoke or charcoal notes apparent. After a rinse, the tea...
View ArticleDoomni Estate Assam FGTGFOP (CL) from Capital Tea Ltd.
Revisiting this tea this morning, it has developed a yam tone and has a great floral spicy gardenia note mixed with ginger, cocoa and a good dose of malt, mixed with honey and red fruits. The spiciness...
View ArticleRum Raisin Ice Cream from 52teas
I got this tea in a mystery pack! It actually reminds me more of old-fashioned bubblegum, with its fruity spicy sweetness. I had a raisin in my leaf this time. The leaf is finely chopped and smells...
View ArticleImperial Mojiang Golden Bud Yunnan Black Tea Autumn 2013 from Yunnan Sourcing
This tea has long, medium large slightly curled and loosely wound leaves covered in a copper gold down. They are beautiful to look at. I used 1.6g in 150 ml of water, and the result was a golden brew...
View ArticleRed Biluo Single Bud from Han Xiang Ecological Tea
Opening up the bag, i was greeted by the rich scent of cocoa and molasses, which eminated from the pile of golden, downy, corkscrews of the biluochun black tea contained within. They looked like this:...
View ArticleRwanda Rukeri Estate OP from Capital Tea Ltd.
This tea was sent to me as a sample with my *Capital Tea* order. I was excited as I have been interested in trying some of their African teas. This tea has beautiful dry leaves that are tightly wound...
View ArticleFlocons d'Épices from Dammann Freres
I really like the smell of this dry tea. I could wear it as a perfume with its citrus sweet spice notes. The orange is a sharp orange almost grapefruit flavour and the sweet aspects of this tea remind...
View ArticleOLD VERSION - Manistee Moonrise - v93 (2011-4/2014) from Whispering Pines Tea...
This is a tea that benefits from a little exta leaf and a slightly stronger steeping time than i use with tea, but once i discovered this i really do like it. The base has a bright piny minty top note...
View ArticleRaw Pu-erh Mini Tuocha 2010 from Teavivre
I think I am in danger as I really enjoyed this introduction to Sheng. I loved the mix of exotic woods, spice, fruit, floral notes, leather, honey, vegetal notes and cream. I also loved the warming...
View ArticleYunnan Gold Tips (Limited Edition, Chinese New Year 2014) from Andrews &...
This smooth and pleasant tea accompanied my morning yesterday. These dark medium large leaves mixed with around 25% golden tip yielded 3 good steeps using my usual method of 1 TSP/225ml/94°C/1 min+1...
View ArticleZhengHe GongFu Black Tea - Jin Ping Village from Tao Tea Leaf
This is a really nice Fujian tea that had a great mix of bright fruit and sweet cocoa notes. It is very similar in flavour to a tea I love and may not be able to replace, so I am grateful to...
View ArticleRaw Pu-erh Mini Tuocha 2010 from Teavivre
I think I am in danger as I really enjoyed this introduction to Sheng. I loved the mix of exotic woods, spice, fruit, floral notes, leather, honey, vegetal notes and cream. I also loved the warming...
View ArticleChamomile Rose Silver Needle White Tea from Teavivre
The dry tea smells first of chamomile touched by rose mixed with a fruity grassiness from the base tea. The tea includes rose buds chamomile flower heads and a medium long slightly wide bladed silver...
View ArticleThé de Vendome from Nina's Paris
The dry tea scent reminds me of sweet tarts, tart and sugary with that tone that separates them from rockets. Brewed on the other hand this smells like my grapefruit puerh that I got from big-active (...
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