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I feel like I should be writing more reviews. I realize I’ve been only doing teas that I feel obligated to review (TTB donations) or teas that affected me strongly one way or another. My dashboard on steepster has been sparse lately, so I suspect many others are drifting into the same mode of operation.

This is a nice average sheng. The only thing that stands out is the fairly strong cha qi. I was feeling it in my shoulders after drinking about one ounce. I took a break after my second cup so can’t fully estimate its power, but it’s pretty strong. For me the feeling is more physical than mental. The tea has a pleasant toasted straw flavor, with some bitterness at the beginning of the finish and some tropical fruit that comes out from behind the bitterness late in the finish. I was going to recommend the tea as an inexpensive tea drunk, but see that it is now out of stock. Another opportunity missed.

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200 °F / 93 °C 2 g 2 OZ / 59 ML
rosebudmelissa

Steepster seems to get a lot quieter in the late spring/early summer.

Evol Ving Ness

I also should be writing more reviews. I’ve been alternating between ill and lazy. Lazy is better. :)

__Morgana__

Yeah, when it gets warmer my tea consumption sort of naturally goes down. Plus, I sometimes burn out on writing reviews.

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rosebudmelissa

Steepster seems to get a lot quieter in the late spring/early summer.

Evol Ving Ness

I also should be writing more reviews. I’ve been alternating between ill and lazy. Lazy is better. :)

__Morgana__

Yeah, when it gets warmer my tea consumption sort of naturally goes down. Plus, I sometimes burn out on writing reviews.

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Retired engineer/physicist.
My ratings will usually be based on multiple tastings. Oolong teas are generally 3 grams of tea in 6 oz water for 1 minute. Black teas are 1.5 grams of tea in 6 oz water for 3-4 minutes. Pu-erh is 3 grams in 2.5 oz, generally 10, 10, 20, 30, 60 sec. Since I use less tea, 6 sessions is equivalent to twice that many for people who use 7 grams of tea.

My numerical ratings are all based on how much enjoyment I took from the tea. Since I prefer blacks and oolongs, they will receive higher scores. I also give a couple of extra points to decafs, just because I can drink them in the evening without staying up half the night. I don’t dislike flavored teas, but find that they lack the complexity of finer teas.

90-100 = superior, worth a high price
80-89 = Excellent. Will buy again
70-79 = Good tea, but probably won’t buy
60-69 = Nothing really wrong, but…
Below 60 = Wouldn’t drink again. Probably didn’t finish

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