2015 Chawangpu Mengsong Old Tree Raw from Chawangshop
Catching up on my tea notes and cupboard. Purchased this cake very fresh, love the price tag at $22 for a 200g cake. A surprisingly bitter tea, I have some Mengsong Gushu that I used to make a batch of...
View Article2015 Chawangpu Hekai Gushu Raw from Chawangshop
Catching up on my cupboard and notes. I can't believe I've drunk up nearly half this cake so far this summer. But it has been my go-to daily drinker for a couple of months now. This cake is packed full...
View Article2015 Bosch from White 2 Tea
8 grams in 100-125ml, the higher amount of liquid as the leaves expanded. Brewed on the boil for one rinse, then at 208F for the duration. Tea opens bitter and astringent with some char in the gaiwan,...
View Article2013 Yunnan Sourcing "Jing Gu" Old Arbor Raw from Yunnan Sourcing
This is a very tasty puerh tea made from the Camellia Taliensis varietal in Simao. The leaves are light and silvery and produce a peony flavored puerh tea with mild bitterness. I'm impressed with how...
View Article2015 Last Thoughts from White 2 Tea
This is a true old arbor gushu puerh tea with a predominantly Yiwu floral flavor and a Menghai base flavor. Leaves and stems are large and thick and this tea steeps fifteen times or more. I used 5...
View Article2015 Poundcake from White 2 Tea
I steeped a 99g weight gourd of this tea because I am unable to chip off any of this highly compressed tuo. I wasn't just doing it to be funny, this is how I had to access the tea. And sometimes I eat...
View ArticleCeylon Star from The Tea Smith
Received a sample of this tea with a purchase and just noticed it in my pile. Brewed two teaspoons in about 100 ml gong fu in a kyusu pot for 30 second steeps. I didn't notice any special flavors to...
View ArticleLapsang Souchong from The Tea Smith
I ordered two ounces of this tea for a crazy low price of $3.55, along with an order of Lin's Teaware. The Teasmith's Lin's collection is mostly half price right now, I find the cups amazing with their...
View ArticleKabuki from American Tea Room
I wish I had read the Steepster reviews before buying this. The reviewers mention the sugar syrup or sugar whatever added to the tea. This isn't mentioned on the website description at all. It just...
View ArticleDarjeeling Goomtee FF 2015 EXN-06 Exotic from Klasek Tea
I got a generous sample of this tea from klasektea.com with the purchase of teaware. I'm not seeing the tea on the website as of this writing, but it is early May and 2015 teas are just arriving in...
View Article2012 Chawangshop Yiwu Gu Shu Da Ye Zi Xiao Bing Cha 200g from Chawangshop
This is the huang pian cake in the 2012 Chawangshop Yiwu line of cakes. I purchased it in 2014 for $12, it is now $14 in 2015. Read the vendor description carefully so you know what you are getting...
View Article2011 Spring Norbu White Buds - 250 g Sheng Pu-Erh Tea Cake from Norbu Tea
Really? I filled up my gaiwan for this...I can smell what I call "mall puerh" a mile away, that incense-y store flavor you can find in a million cakes on EBay and Taobao. This is just sad, leathery old...
View Article2015 Yiwu Sheng Pu'erh - Spring from Misty Peak Teas
I ordered a 100g cake of this to go with the 2013 Spring and 2014 Autumn I already own. I also am not quite believing this is really Spring pick from Jan or Feb. The cake is rather brown and loosely...
View ArticleDarjeeling Jungpana DJ-10 1st Flush from Camellia Sinensis
Happily my new teapot set arrived from Camellia Sinensis, and my heart sank to find this 09 tea as the sample in the box. Of all the tea types, Darjeeling is one of my least favorite. So I approached...
View Article2006 Little Gold Melon Shu from White2Tea
My first note got eaten by Steepster...:( This shou is friggin' awesome, and I believe I got the parameters down perfect. I aired out this shou for six months. My tea pals can tell you how long it took...
View Article2003 Menghai Wild Arbor (Red Mark) Raw from Menghai Tea Factory (from finepuer)
I'm confused now where I got this sample, I've received many samples lately. The tea was in a Baggie and then a small labeled box. Something must have happened to it. This tea had no scent, no color in...
View ArticleMengku Bazi Laohuangpian Sheng Pu-erh 2014 from WymmTea
I tried to refuse samples from Wymm mainly because I'm just too old to expect to age out tea this green. But they decided that makes me a challenging customer to win over. I suggested the Laohuangpian...
View Article2010 Chen Sheng Yi Hao from Chen Sheng tea factory. ( teaurchin shop)
7 grams of this gave it up early with a heavy Bulang brew. Leaf quality is excellent for a factory cake, many buds. Supposedly this tea cake contains 10% Laobanzhang. In my observation, I would say the...
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