2013 Bada Shan Wild Tree Aged Sheng from Camellia Sinensis
Uh, hello? Anyone home? Can I get some tea please. Where is the tea, cuz I can't taste anything in this water,. Yes, 8 grams in 90 ml produces a colored water. Ordered a sample of this from Camellia...
View Article2008 Lincang Lancang Bai Ying Shan Sheng from Crimson Lotus Tea
Crimson Lotus is new to the tea scene, and founded by a married couple in the Seattle area, the wife hailing from Yunnan, China originally. Their main interest is in Ripe puerh, and they have some fine...
View Article2013 Yunnan Sourcing "San He Zhai" Raw Pu-erh tea cake * 400 grams from...
I don't know what has got into me lately. Tried to be a good girl and drink my peaceful and contemplative premium 2014 longjing. After all, it is delicious and so pure. Must be the alcoholic side of...
View ArticleUji Gyokuro Gyoku-Hou from O-Cha.com
Bought this upon recommendation of a tea friend, am trying several O-Cha new spring teas at this time. Still steeping this out after 5 steeps, which is more than the usual steeping parameters for...
View Article2014 White2Tea Manzhuan from White 2 Tea
I was not gonna buy this cake, got a lovely sample with a recent, and obscenely large order. Really. I don't need any more tea. Right??!! Brewed up the sample. Talk about lovely leaves. I am assuming...
View Article2005 'Early Spring' Sheng Tuo from Menghai Tea Factory
I purchased this tuo from Yunnan Sourcing and I am tasting it 4 years later than the previous reviewer. This tuo is what I have been looking for in a sheng, smoky and tasting like it came out of an...
View ArticleLeaf and Spoon Loose Pu'erh Leaf Tea Certified Organic from Leaf and Spoon
This no-fanfare puerh is offered for $5.75 for 1 oz plus a free tin, or $10 for 3 oz. bulk. The tea arrived in a bag inside the tin. Smelled a little plastic from the bag, so I let the leaf sit in the...
View ArticleLeaf and Spoon Traditional Sencha from Leaf and Spoon
Torn leaves with bits of vein. Very bean-y smell, slightly cloudy light green in the cup. Ordinary sencha, marketed as such with no special claim. Not as sweetly floral as the Ashikubo sencha I...
View ArticleKorean Sejak Premium Organic from Zen Tea Life
Ordered this on a holiday sale. Sejak is a "second picking." The bag says the tea was purchased from Japan but grown in Korea. Sejak tea is usually brewed a bit longer and hotter than fresh teas, but...
View ArticlePuerh 2010 Hong Jing Tian 100 yr old trees China from Camellia Sinensis
Hong Jing Tian (Latin Rhodiola rosea) is an herb supposedly used in Tibet traditionally by monks engaged in physical labor, stronger than, but similar to ginseng. Used as a tonic, warming herb,...
View ArticleJiri-Mountain Wild Tea Hwang-Cha from Morning Crane Tea, for Jeong Jae Yeun
This tea is entirely produced by one woman, Jeong Jae Yeun devotes her entire tea farm production to this tea, by hand. Not strictly a yellow tea, the leaves are lightly oxidized, but not bruised, not...
View ArticleSencha Ashikubo from Camellia Sinensis
Brewed in gai wan for a tea ceremony, light green in the cup. Grassy, vegetal, fresh taste. Strong for my ceremony participants, I was the only one left drinking when the tea was steeped out at 8...
View ArticlePremium Dragon Well Long Jing Green Tea from Teavivre
April 20, 2014 harvest, received it on May 19. Smells grassy, vegetal. Very bright taste, lime and watercress at the outset. Some of the other notes here say that this year's harvest is much brighter...
View ArticleYellow Buds - Huo Shan Huang Ya from Mandala Tea
This tea is a real tongue, mouth and throat experience that goes on and on after a sip. The soup is a bit light compared to the thicker greens I normally drink, but the mouth experience is rather...
View ArticleAncient Shu Pu-erh Tuo Cha from Rishi Tea
These mini tuo cha sell at my local food co-op for $70/lb which is pretty cheap. I bought 4 or 5 minis just to give them a try. They are not green but have oxidized black and they are hard as a rock. A...
View ArticleAutumn Song from Mandala Tea
A bit puzzled at the name of this tea, "Autumn Song 2014," I am writing this in springtime 2014, it is not autumn yet. It was nice to get a sample of this tea with my order, however the sample I got...
View ArticlePu-erh with Ginger from Zen Tara Tea
Found this for bulk purchase at my local food co-op. The concept of combining a root with puerh is problematic because roots need to be boiled to extract their essence, and puerh needs to be steeped...
View ArticleYin Ming Hao Raw Puer 80s 400g from Tea Classico
This early 1980's tea, if the date is to be believed, is the oldest puerh tea I've had so far. Got me a 20 gram sample pack for $25. Broke off 5 grams for tasting in a 70 ml Yixing. Brewed up red and...
View Article2014 MGH 1401 Fengqing Ripe Tea Brick 250g from PuerhShop.com
I got a small sample of this with another order and decided to try it. This is a brick tea with low grade leaf, and not a ripe as it says in the title. In fact, if you read the description it says made...
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