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Christina / BooksandTea drank Superfine Tan Yang Gong Fu Black Tea by Teavivre

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I’m really digging this tea lately – it’s got great sweet caramel/toffee notes.

This morning I decided to mix things up and brew it using the teeny tiny teapot I got from the Salvation Army last week (https://instagram.com/p/6KycTXxIf-/).

And this teapot is perfect! It’s just enough for 1 cup of tea, and it pours very smoothly. I managed 2 steeps of the same leaves before I left for work — which is unusual, since I normally only do 1 steep.

On the first steep I got lovely spicy/cocoa notes. On the second steep it was a bit more muted and malty, but still a nice deep colour. I LOVE this new teapot! :-D

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Ubacat
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Cute teapot!

Doug F
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Wow you’re a tough rater! 73 for a tea you really like! :)

Christina / BooksandTea
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Heh, I stopped giving ratings a while ago, the old ones just stuck.

Marzipan
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Ubacat
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Cute teapot!

Doug F
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Wow you’re a tough rater! 73 for a tea you really like! :)

Christina / BooksandTea
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Heh, I stopped giving ratings a while ago, the old ones just stuck.

Marzipan
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Ratings mean nothing.

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Updated March 2016:

I’m a writer and editor who’s fallen in love with loose-leaf tea. I’ve also set up a site for tea reviews at http://www.booksandtea.ca – an excellent excuse to keep on buying and trying new blends. There will always be more to discover!

In the meantime, since joining Steepster in January 2014, I’ve gotten a pretty good handle on my likes and dislikes

Likes: Raw/Sheng pu’erh, sobacha, fruit flavours, masala chais, jasmine, mint, citrus, ginger, Ceylons, Chinese blacks, rooibos.

Dislikes (or at least generally disinclined towards): Hibiscus, rosehip, chamomile, licorice, lavender, really vegetal green teas, shu/ripe pu’erh.

Things I generally decide on a case-by-case basis: Oolong, white teas.

Still need to do my research on: matcha

I rarely score teas anymore, but if I do, here’s the system I follow:

100-85: A winner!
84-70: Pretty good. This is a nice, everyday kind of tea.
69-60: Decent, but not up to snuff.
59-50: Not great. Better treated as an experiment.
49-0: I didn’t like this, and I’m going to avoid it in the future. Blech.

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Toronto, ON, Canada

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http://www.booksandtea.ca

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