Taiwan Jin Xuan Milk Oolong Tea from Teavivre
This tea is a nice resilient tea with a lively cream, and sweet vegetable flavour that became sweeter and spicier towards the middle grouping of the 11 steeps I gave it ( 45s, 25s, 30s, 40s, 45s, 50s,...
View ArticleNonpareil Anxi Qing Xiang TieGuanYin Oolong Tea from Teavivre
The first time I tried this tea its beautiful, soft floral flavour and the beautiful colour of the tea stayed with me. It was not as biting a floral as I usually prefer in green Oolong's but it had...
View ArticleOrganic Namsang Village GFOP from Sassy Teas
This is an Assam that reminds me of a Darjeeling it smells of muscatel, honey, peaches, and pastry and brews to a copper gold red. Top notes are peaches and muscatel with honey opening up to malt and...
View ArticleJin Jun Mei from The Finest Brew
This tea makes me happy. It reminds me very much of one of my favourite JJM's that I bought from a now closed aliexpress store. While that tea was a little sweeter and more resilient this tea shares...
View ArticleHalmari Estate Assam TGFOP1 from Capital Tea Ltd.
This Assam casts off scents of baked goods, citrus a hint of sweet potato, cocoa and spice. It brews to a deep red orange. The first sip is full of spice over the deeper tones of malt, mixed with...
View ArticleShakira Estate 2nd Flush Nepal Tea SFTGFOP1 (S) (CL) from Capital Tea Ltd.
I just had to cups of this pleasant tea. I have decided that it would make a nice travelling tea as it did not get bitter when I over steeped it a little and it has very little astringency. The leaf is...
View ArticleOrganic Black Tea ( Keemun) from T&T
This is a nice example of a classical Keemun. It brews to a nice red colour and has the classical fruity red wine notes blended with a really nice floral spice mix with honey and grain notes to tie...
View ArticleJin Jun Mei from Titan Chinese Commodity Express
This tea is one of the maltier versions of a jinjunmei I have had. The first time I had it I used my standard method for jinjunmei's ( boiling water 5-10s steeps) and the tea overpowered me with the...
View ArticleMeleng Estate Assam FTGFOP1 from Capital Tea Ltd.
Jay Shree Tea and Industries Ltd which owns the Meleng Tea Estate describes this as a strong and sparkling tea. Having tried this steeped a couple of ways I can agree with this. I can get a delicious...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
Last night I made a variation of this recipe for Turkish Apple Tea after dinner. It made a nice caffeine free option for every one and brought back memories of my brief time in Turkey for me :-)...
View ArticleNew Vithanakande Estate Ceylon BOP1 from Capital Tea Ltd.
This is quite a lovely tea to start my morning with. Its scent and taste are remarkably consistent, it's quite smooth and well balanced and is rich enough to take milk. The leaves are dark and wiry and...
View ArticlePuttabong Estate Organic 2nd Flush Darjeeling SFTGFOP1 - MOONDROPS 2014 from...
This tea was another gift to me from *Capital Tea Ltd*! Now, having just tried it, I wish I had sampled it before placing my most recent order because I really enjoyed it. This tea has long wide and...
View ArticleDoi Mae Salong (DMS) Dong Ding Oolong from Siam Tee Shop
The leaves of this tea are rolled and much darker than this photo suggests. http://instagram.com/p/weuqyXmK63/ My leaves are mostly dark olive green to chocolate brown and smell of fall leaves. This is...
View ArticleDoi Mae Salong Jin Xuan Black Pearls from Siam Tee Shop
This tea is a very smooth, bright, and consistently fruity tea, and reminds me of summer garden parties. The leaf looks like a medium to dark roast rolled oolong with mostly chocolate to slightly...
View ArticleBemolapur Estate STGFOP1 from Capital Tea Ltd.
I bought this as a possible replacement for my beloved borsapori which is no longer being produced in orthodox form. It is a very nice tea, but it is not as sweet, nor does it have that milk chocolate...
View ArticleBailin Congou from Pin Pin Xiang - The Fujian Pinpinxiang Tea Industry Co. Ltd.
I recently received this tea from a new seller on Aliexpress http://www.aliexpress.com/store/1393073 called Leisure Garden. The first time I had this tea it tasted almost like fruit cocktail which...
View ArticlePrince Vladimir from Kusmi Tea
Of the Kusmi teas I've had so far I like this one at St. Petersburg the best. This one make a nice winter tea when you want something chai like but not Chai. This tea has citrus notes of grapefruit,...
View ArticleQueen Catherine from Harney & Sons
This is a lovely smokey, fruity tea where the elements of the blend really shine through. I probably used a little more leaf than my preference but the resulting brew is not bitter. I mostly taste the...
View ArticleBlackcurrant Cassis from Tea Guys
I like cassis, one of my favourite ice cream blends is cassis with coconut. I like the mix of tart and sweet and that unique black currant taste. I am of two minds about this tea. There is something...
View ArticleTaiwan Monkey Picked (Ma Liu Mie) Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea from Teavivre
I admit that this tea falls in between my usually preferences for floral biting Oolong's, or rich fruity spicy darker roasted Oolong's but it is still quite nice. It is very sweet with notes ranging...
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