Yuchi Wild Mountain Black Tea Lot 242 from Taiwan Tea Crafts
While this may not be the most resilient Taiwanese black tea I have had it is certainly delicious. I got 5 delicious steeps (45*2, 50, 70,90s) out of it before the flavour started to fade into citrus...
View ArticleSuperfine Taiwan Ali Shan Oolong Tea from Teavivre
Overall I found this to be a very nice tea. It had a good balance of flavours. It is soft, but has enough fruit and biting spice notes to create interest without being bitter or overly aggressive. I...
View ArticlePremium Lapsang Souchong from Double Star Tea Co. Ltd.( Fujian Shuang Xing Tea)
Of all my collection of Lapsang Souchong this one has always been unique for its creamy potato note, its not really sweet potato, more like starchy white potatoes eaten raw in flavour but creamy like...
View ArticleThé de Noël from Compagnie Coloniale
When I first opened this tea I had not read about Compagnie Coloniale's unique steam flavouring process so I was at first concerned about how shiny the leaves looked. They appear almost wet or like...
View ArticleDa Hong Pao from Jinglonghao
This tea is an entry level tea from a brand with a close to 300 year history in Xiamei village and offered a very nice introduction to it. The teas description was honest and fitting and I found it to...
View ArticleChocolate Loves Strawberry from Tealish
This tea is a nice accompaniment on this rainy cold night. It is bright enough in flavour to bring some warmth and light into the experience but has enough death in both flavour and texture to be...
View ArticleYunnan Dian Hong (Fenqing Dianhong Lily Bud Straight Leaf Congou) from Han...
I admit I purchased this tea out of curiousity, a purchase review stated that it was a tea they had been looking for and had finally found after trying 30 suppliers. I was wondering what would be the...
View ArticleBlack Bi Luo from King's Zen Tea
This tea is not as sweet as some teas of this style I have had. Instead has an interesting combination of tart malt and fruit notes and bitter cocoa with some grain notes and touches of molasses and...
View ArticlePolka from Betjeman and Barton
The dry broken leaf tea has a sharp tang of orange softened by sweet, warm and round fruit notes. After a 3min25s steep, the tea is wafting scents of baked goods mixed with grainy malt mixed with...
View ArticleSuper Wuyi Organic Black Tea Premium lapsang souchong from Joy Long Time...
I have had tea by this company before but bought through a reseller. I picked this up during an Aliexpress sale and got about 250g for under 7$. The tea itself smells of malty chocolate and grain notes...
View ArticleBoisahabi Estate Assam SFTGFOP1 from Capital Tea Ltd.
*Capital Tea Ltd* sent me a new batch of this and I though I'd try it today. The tea is a beautiful bright toned copper red. The scent is of malt and spice with tones of yam, cocoa, butter, warm toned...
View ArticleVanilla Black Tea from Capital Tea Ltd.
The dry leaf of this tea smells of vanilla custard and chocolate and is composed of large pieces of broken leaf orange pekoe and occasional short pieces of vanilla bean. The leaves are thin and tightly...
View ArticleSelna Estate Ceylon OP1 from Capital Tea Ltd.
This is another Ceylon from Capital Tea Ltd. The description of raisins, malt and caramel, left me expecting a rich, warm sweet tea, however I would describe it more as a bright, sweet, brisk tea. Its...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
Today I decided to compare to Zhenghe teas Tao Tea Leaf's Zhenghe gongfu, Jin Ping village http://www.taotealeaf.com/zhenghe-gongfu-black-tea-jin-ping-village/ and Titan teas Zhenghe Gongfu....
View ArticleKeemun Xiang Luo from Capital Tea Ltd.
Xiang Luo roughly translates into fragrant snail and is a tea that combines the processing methods of traditional keemun and biluochun. It is produced from whole bud first flush tea and yields a rich...
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 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 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 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...
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