Random Steepings from Various Artists
This evening I'm experimenting with using teacups as a mini Gaiwan with one of my Dancong that I have taken through 22 steeps before. I used 3g/65ml and so far it's been a success. Steeped this way It...
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Random notes about teas I've had so far today. 1.jinmaohou-yixiang tea company. While I still prefer the yinhao from this company, I find that this tea makes a nice lighter bodied golden monkey if I...
View ArticleFujian Zhenghe Gongfu from Titan Chinese Commodity Express
This is the very first tea I picked up from this supplier and it is still my favourite! This is quite different than Tao Tea leafs version for those who are familiar with it. While Tao's has...
View Article2013 Premium Spring Hilson Panyong Congou from Fujian Fuan Farmers Shen...
This tea is still really delicious two years after it's harvest date. I t has a great mix of cocoa, roasted notes, fruit, honey and Keemun like floral notes. I hope this tea is available through...
View ArticleMonsoon Blend - Thai Oolong Blend from Siam Tee Shop
This is a really lovely tea for a bright sunny day promising spring. This is a blend of Thai jin Xuan, watermelon, peach, ginger, and rose petals. The dry leaf smells very fruity and actually reminds...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
I drank a Xue Pian ( snowflake) Dancong from a heli tea sampler last night. The first time I had it I was not that impressed it really tasted mainly of mineral notes and not much else. The second time...
View ArticleOrganic Spring Buds from Capital Tea Ltd.
I've had this tea as both a cold hot brew and have come to the conclusion that it's more savoury than my preferred greens. The dry tea smells of mint, fruit and smoke. It is a blue spruce tinged green...
View ArticleBlack Pekoe Tea from Gorreana
I like this tea but I find that it is easy to overleaf and the tea moves quickly from bright and fruity with breast notes to bitter so I decided to experiment with flash steeping with this tea. I used...
View ArticleAged Pu-erh Tea from King's Zen Tea
This tea while not overly complex is a pleasant, easy to drink loose ripe puerh blend. The dry leaf smells slightly spicy and fresh and looks pretty much like the photo. I used 3g in 100ml of water....
View ArticleCelestial Aroma from King's Zen Tea
Just a note to myself, that this ages well. The fruit is really distinct right now. Like canned peaches with light floral notes and honey. I might get more of this when I pick up more of my still...
View ArticleWild Black Tea from Titan Chinese Commodity Express
Now that this tea has mellowed from the fall the roasted notes have combined fortuitously with the other flavours in the tea to create a flavour note that reminds me at first taste if carob. I could...
View ArticleMagnolia Oolong from Tea Ave
I just lost this note when my tablet froze and reset itself grrr. This is a lovely tea! In celebration of their upcoming launch on March 1st, I decided to spend time with the samples that Tea Ave scent...
View ArticleTanyang Gongfu from Nannuoshan
This tea has the dark thin flatter leaves of the traditional gongfu tea with occasional bits of gold. The dry leaf smells grainy and malty with cocoa underneath. I followed Nannuoshan's recommended...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
Mystery Shou Tuocha aka as Chinese Apothecary Tuocha Herb Depot Toronto https://instagram.com/p/yQ49IxmK0t/ Sadly, this is my first and only tea for the day. However, this tea is easily drinkable, very...
View ArticleQi Lan from Nannuoshan
This turned out to be my favourite Yancha of this sample package provided by Gabriele and *Nannuoshan*. It had Avery nice nix of fruit, spice, floral and wheatgrass notes and made me think of spring....
View ArticleZheng Shan Xiao Zhong from Nannuoshan
This tea was sourced from the originating village for this type of tea and is the traditional large leaf variety. This tea was pine wood smoked which is a practice becoming more and more regulated in...
View ArticleFo Shou from Nannuoshan
This was an interesting and subtle Yancha. Later steeps reminded me of a perfume I have with mineral tones, hints of bergamot with its citrus, spicy floral tones, spice and hints of aromatic wood. I...
View ArticleYixing Hong Cha from Nannuoshan
This tea tastes very much like a brighter lighter cousin of a Xiang luo Keemun I have. It has bright winey fruit tones on top, which come off as plum and blackcurrant in early steeps, mixed with the...
View ArticleRougui from Nannuoshan
I once had a seller tell me that this was a man's tea in China, just like Lapsang Souchong ( generally the low t no smoke iteration) is a woman's tea. I'm not sure why specifically, maybe it has to do...
View ArticlePear Mountain Oolong from Golden Coast Tea Club
I had no intention of buying a Taiwanese oolong when I went to this teashop on Monday but the owner and I started discussing teas we enjoy and she wanted to show me this one. Once I smelled it I was...
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