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Thanks again Stephanie! I enjoyed the second sample of this mini this evening as a nice way to relax. Great subtle jasmine flavor :)

Thanks TeaNTees for the sample!

I wanted this to knock my socks off. Two of my favorite food groups are kiwi and cheesecake (yes, they’re food groups to me :P). I thought that combining them would be the most epic thing ever and now I want to make an actual kiwi cheesecake because that would be awesome.
Anyway, the tea.. Not what I expected. The dry leaf smelled great and I brewed it according to the package instructions.. Take a sip.. and.. this tastes like.. banana bread? Literally, if you were to blend up banana bread into a liquid, I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. sigh
Is the tea good, in general? Yes.
Is it what I expected/wanted? No. :(

Had this last night – I must have messed up the steeping somehow since it really lost a lot of the lime flavor from the first time I had it. I don’t think I steeped it quite as long as last time.

A nice smooth sheng. I really enjoyed this one opposed to some other shengs that I’ve tried recently. It has a great build up of buttery, vegetal notes.

Since I have the rest of this sample laying around and I don’t really want to drink it, I decided to be adventurous and use it as a seasoning for my chicken last night. I just used enough to sprinkle it lightly. The flavor definitely comes through – I think I like it better as a seasoning than as a tea

A very pleasant tea with warming qualities. I feel like the taste is more of a green with vegetal notes of cucumber and grass. I brewed this gong fu style for 30/45/60 at 195 degree water. The resulting liquid is relatively light in color, looking much more like a white. This is definitely a tea to wind down with.

Going from the YS Blue Label shou that I didn’t care for, I found this shou to be more to my liking. I seem to be enjoying most of the pu that’s menghai, so that might be a deciding factor for future pu choices.
Anyway, I used the whole sample from wymm in a 100ml gaiwan. I didn’t measure, but I think it was about 6g. It has a very nice smooth and creamy texture with the foresty/mushroom taste that I’ve come to find in shou. Definitely a nice way to relax this evening.

I didn’t really enjoy this shou much at all. I guess it’s just not to my tastes yet :) I used 8g in 100ml at 200F.

I had the rest of my sample of this tea on Friday.. It’s still very calming and I enjoyed the sipdown of Buttered Green Beans.. I mean.. Creamy Eggnog :)

I tried this gong fu style last night. I found the initial flavors of cinnamon, which slowly dissolved into a sweet almond milk at steep 4, but still retaining some of the spice. The oolong is mineral throughout. It’s very delicious and has a nice amber color brew.