Featured & New Tasting Notes

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The first package in my 52 Teas Kickstarter pledge arrived late last week and I have been desperately anxious to tear into them and start trying but since I was traveling over the weekend I was hesitant to open them up away from my Breville tea maker as I have strong memories of how temperamental the black base was when Frank owned the company.

It was a difficult decision this morning trying to decide what I wanted to try first but since it was breakfast time I went with the coconut french toast.. First, I gotta say, that I adore the cute little taster sized packets!! Half an ounce is the perfect size to try a tea without having to commit to something you may not like.. spoiler alert, this one is definately going on my repurchase list ASAP in the larger size!!

The scent of this tea is spot on! I get the coconut, the cardamom, the maple syrup and a touch of cinnamon or nutmeg… Taste wise, this is delicious!! Especially with a splash of milk to really bring out the creamy butteriness of french toast. A complete winner in my book and I’m now SUPER excited to try out the other four teas I have… I think next I’ll have to try Lemon Cheesecake Bar.. after all it is almost afternoon tea time!!

52Teas

Yay! I’m so happy you enjoyed this – this was one of my favorites from this month. I was really happy with how it turned out – I was a little worried that maybe it was a bit too much going on but it came out just the way I wanted.

Thank you for the lovely review!

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The mouthfeel on this brew was incredible – I have a Steepster friend who calls it “pudding mouth” and I don’t think it was until today that I fully understood what she meant. It’s not that the tea was thick because it wasn’t really thicker than any other tea, but it had a wonderful mouth-coating quality that made it seem extremely decadent. If you are a texture person, you will love this tea.

The flavor definitely conveys the description on Kat’s site, which says the tea is the “perfect blend to drink on a chill night in a hobbit hole.” While I was drinking it I found that I had a cozy feeling just because of the tea’s flavors. A bit of toffee, a bit of spice, wonderfully balanced with the black base. I was transported to a place where it was cold outside but I was cozy and warm inside, maybe watching snow fall outside a window. Comfort in a cup.
Full review and photos: https://tealover.net/2015/06/solstice-brews-hobbit-hearthwarmer/

Nichole/CuppaGeek

Perfect description of this tea. I’m a fan of Solstice Brews. Kat is amazing!

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This was a fun tea until a lingering taste started to develop. This tea has my arch enemy red rooibos in it. The first part of each sip was fantastic. Chamomile with a bit of a honey baked apple cinnamon flavor. Towards the end is when I started to notice that oh too familiar woodsy medicinal flavor. This may not be the first chamomile tea I would grab to end the night but it is one I would like to experiment more with to see if I can somehow mute the red rooibos flavor. I really enjoyed the chamomile and green rooibos combo. Anybody know of any teas that are like this without the red rooibos?

http://www.cuppageek.com/index.php/2015/06/29/tea-of-the-day-calma-te-from-lemon-city-tea-co/

Marzipan

quietly pulls all of the red rooibos samples out of Nichole’s box

Nichole/CuppaGeek

Hahahaha! No please include them. There has to be a blend out there I like! I’ve been told I just haven’t found the right one :)

Marzipan

I started watching Sense8, I watched the first episode. It didn’t grab me, but I usually try to give a few episodes before I make a final call.

Nichole/CuppaGeek

I’m hoping things starting making sense in episode 4. I find myself not enjoying the show because I’m trying to figure out what is going on.

Roswell Strange

I 100% fell in love with Sense8! The thing that people seem to not be getting (at least based on the reviews I’ve read) is that it’s a character driven show so of course the characters all have individual plot lines that do, by the end of the season, end up more closely tied in to one another. As well, the “Big Bad” is a white dude, so yes it does make sense that the plot lines of the white North Americans are more directly influenced by the “Big Bad” – it’s much harder for him to directly influence what’s going on with the characters in India, Africa, etc.

Nichole/CuppaGeek

We watched episode 4 & 5 last night and I am in love with it now. I was on the fence until last night. I get the character driven part now and really like all 8 characters and stories and love how they are starting to interact. I think if people would watch up to episode 4 then it would start to make more sense and you can start to see pieces falling into place.

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Backlogging this note from drinking it last night.

Not much of a tasting note per say, more a note to remind myself that these are GOOD tasty nuggets with a cocoa type taste. I’ll write a more detailed note next time I drink them!

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What the freakin’ crap!? This isn’t lemon at all. Lemon my foot! I feel so betrayed! D:
This is TOTALLY orange flavor! Eww Eww Eww!
I totally smelled it when I opened the bag and I was hoping the actual taste would be different. But it wasn’t. :(
It was like drinking hot orange juice.
Ewww.
I hate this tea so muchhh.
Such a betrayal. D:
Yeah I’m just gonna give this one away for free. Not my thing at all. Ewww I just can’t do it. BLehhh :S

Flavors: Citrus, Orange

Sil

weird lol

Frolic

Mmmm oranges

Sounds tasty to me!

Tealizzy

Lol! Funniest tasting note ever!

Ost

Glad you enjoyed my betrayed note. xD My misery tends to make people laugh for some reason…it’s a talent of mine. But better than making them just be sad too xD

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Nothing new to share about this tea. It is bold, tart, a little bright & dark, all at the same time. It was my last cup this morning before I hit the road.
Roadtrip!
I’m driving 2 hours to play a 3 hour gig, spending the night because I’ll be playing late, it pays well, and I can afford a hotel! So I’ve packed teas, my electric kettle, etc, and will enjoy a quiet night away…kind of a paid vacation, really :)

carol who

Enjoy yourself. Some alone time is good for anybody! :)

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another of the teas from dexter I started this one yesterday and finished it off this morning. This one is slightly floral in the after taste, but not enough to bother me. sweet, slight honey notes and over all a really smooth taste. Still not my favourite, but i wouldn’t turn it down :)

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The instructions said to brew the tea for three to five minutes, so I went for four. The flavor was lighter than I expected. Tasty and tropical, but I wasn’t smacked in the face by the flavor. It also had the tiniest bit of astringency on the finish but it wasn’t unpleasant.

It was very nice but not remarkable. Hot it was a tea that I could definitely finish but might or might not reorder it.

And then I iced it.

Full review and photos: https://tealover.net/2015/06/specialtea-teas-organic-caribbean-cooler/

sren

I totally make family members taste when a tea surprises me. My husband, always cooperative, is actually becoming a more discerning tea drinker, which is fun. :)

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There is nothing I don’t love about this tea. I love the name, love the packaging, love the tea! I don’t drink unflavored teas that often but this tea proves to me that I need to. Such a fabulous tea. Raisin like with malty touches. No astringency. Just a smooth well balanced tea that I have been drinking every day for the past week. So Good!

http://www.cuppageek.com/index.php/2015/06/27/tea-of-the-day-bigfoot-tea-from-wendigo-tea/

Liquid Proust

Well… when I get my first check July 9th Ill be purchasing from them :p
That artwork sold me.

Nichole/CuppaGeek

That was what sold me. After vacation I’m picking up the other two blends. I’m addicted to Wendigo Tea.

Nicole

Awesome artwork. And they had me suckered in at “golden monkey” so I will also be purchasing in the near future. After I recover from my Mandala purchase. :)

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http://www.teapots4u.com/

I had the pleasure of visiting this tea shop in person last Saturday. They were about to close and the owner Donna was kind enough to stay a little late to show me around and tell me about her teas. The shop is chock full of vintage teaware and other goodies! Donna was extremely kind to me. She had heard of Steepster but did not realize a few of her teas were already reviewed here! I wish I could have bought more of her teas but she didn’t have any sample sizes so I picked two different packages and then she included a couple of free samples with my purchase. She does her own blending and sources organic teas whenever she can which is super cool. Also she uses locally made chocolate AND gummy bears in some of her teas!

ANYWAY, this herbal tea. I was so curious because the first ingredient is eucalyptus! Not sure I’ve ever had that in a tea before. This tea has a LOT going on. I am actually impressed with how balanced this tastes. None of the strong elements are sticking out. There is a cooling sensation from the mint and eucalyptus. I am a very picky person about my herbals and I am impressed! My only complaint is not really a complaint, more of a personal preference thing. I’m not sure the black tea is adding anything flavor wise and if it were omitted I’d be able to drink this one in the evenings and not worry about the caffeine!

Nice first experience with this tea seller.

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drank Caramel Apple by Butiki Teas
1759 tasting notes

This is gonna be a long vent. Pardon my whining, I just need to write :P

Ugh. You ever feel like your tea cupboard owns you?
I keep drinking and sipping down samples, yet somehow my stash never seems to decrease. People give me tea or I break down and make an order(kickstarter 52teas only so far, since black Friday!). Or David’s lures me in with their enticing blue signage… (which only happens every few months and no more than $7-8 at a time. but I do like to keep abreast of their offerings).
I was doing quite well for awhile. And then I don’t know what happened, it just started slipping! eeesh. Without making any purchases at all my cupboard seems to have increased?! I found a bag of tea that I’d forgotten about, and then got a few things as gifts… then the travelling tea box… and voila, cupboard progress destroyed. Sighs.
I so badly wanted to make a new purchase soon… but with my 52teas kickstarter splurge coming in soon (yay for that!) and a few other things from way back… errr that just doesn’t seem feasible. I really need to update with some fresh stuff, most of mine is a bit stale… doesn’t help that I keep drinking all the new stuff first haha. Anyhow. Rant is over.
On the bright side, this is a sipdown!! a rather tasteless one. Seems it lost all flavour even though it was in a box without sun exposure in my cupboard. Bah.

On a personal level… the doc my GP referred me to, who was supposed to call me for an appointment? I was told to call them if I didn’t hear back within two weeks. Except they rarely answer the darn phone. Finally got ahold of them today and guess what? turns out he isn’t accepting patients. GP wasn’t in today, so now I’m back to waiting all over again. Ugh. I just want to get this over with so I can finally move on. Why must it take forever… (I started the process in March. In the meantime I haven’t been able to work).

Kristal

I totally hear you about the cupboard thing. Everytime I get anywhere near getting close to where I want to be I end up buying more lol.

Indigobloom

Exactly!! There are atleast three places I reallllly wanna order from now. But when the teas I ordered with some friends come in (a few months ago) well my cupboard will be bursting. Literally. gack!

Kristal

Ok so I literally just made a $54 purchase online to DAVIDs tea despite me working to decrease my collection. My justification?
1. One of their teas that is long gone from their stores which I love (lemon myrtle) appeared out of nowhere. I guess they quietly snuck that in to get rid of the last of it and I wasn’t going to let that go.
2. I’ve been using up some of my plainer herbal teas (i.e. lemongrass; I have too many herbals) by mixing them in with fruit teas and making 2L pitchers of iced tea. 50 grams of a fruit tea will only last me 2-3 pitchers once I mix in the other tea with it. I just bought 50 grams of goji pop not even a week ago and it’s gone.

So, to be fair, 4/6 of the teas I bought will be gone within a couple weeks. Since I mix the other herbals I’m not crazy about in with it, by the end of those same few weeks I will actually have fewer teas than what I started with. So, in a way, buying those 6 teas is actually productive in the long run in helping me reach my goal of decreasing my collection, lol.

Indigobloom

Haha I hear you on that. Funny, I always feel guilty drinking my good teas, because I have no problem sipping those down! and I justify repurchases so easily. Like Assam black teas, my weakness… I have trouble keeping enough in stock while the rest dwindle soooo slowly. Sighs.
I should know better than to make new purchases though! Lucky I’m not a huge fan of iced teas, I only have those once a week or so in the summer, maybe twice. Rarely in the winter.

TeaBrat

My tea cupboard seems like a revolving door! Hope you find some resolution with your dr. referral and that you are on disability in the meantime?

TheKesser

I completely understand! I’m trying so hard to sipdown and clean out but every time I turn around I’m getting tempted by new teas. It’s hard! I just got invited to a “Steeped Tea” party in a week. I think I’m going to decline the invite just so I’m not tempted to buy more. One of these days my collection will be back under control… I hope.

Kristal

Ooo I like steeped tea. I have quite a few of their teas although I am trying to use them up. The one thing that stops me from shopping through them more often is the fact that I can only buy 50 grams minimum of a tea (unless it’s part of a collection of 6 teas where you get 25 grams of each tea). Maybe it’s different if you are at a steeped tea party but I just order through a consultant

TheKesser

Yeah as far I’ve seen so far, it’s only 50g that you can buy at a time.

Indigobloom

TeaBrat, unfortunately no such luck. I need to see a doc for the official opinion and by that point it’d only be a few months before I’m back on track. That said, I’ll see what happens after that first appointment :)

Indigobloom

50g minimums are the suck!!
I really want the Lemon Cheesecake Bar Houjicha from 52teas. Just made an inquiry to Anne about it. Sighs.

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The mother of one of my Harp students requested tea this morning, so I made a nice big pot of this one. I haven’t been drinking it as much lately, it seems to have lost it’s appeal to me, probably because I tend to like it sweetened a little, and I’m not really sweetening things anymore, or at least not very often. But that isn’t to say I don’t like it, because it’s still pretty tasty!

This batch is from Feb of 2014, so it’s been on my shelf for awhile. I think there is also another bag of it upstairs in my archives, which is probably a little newer, maybe from Fall. I pledge to polish this bag off so I can start on the new one!

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Another sample from Happy Earth Tea. This has a very appropriate name because it seems like a bouquet of flowers to me. As others have remarked this isn’t a “black” tea in the traditional sense, it steeps up fairly light similar to a darjeeling. I got a yellow tea liquor color from this. This is a very gentle, uplifting tea with no astringency or bitterness. I get the raisin like sweetness and the nuttiness in this blend. Combined with the floral nose, this is pretty dreamy. I would drink this as an afternoon tea it’s so mild and refreshing. No need for sweetener or milk! Would probably be good iced as well.

I am saving up to get a large order from HET but need to try all my samples first. I think this is going in the “buy” list for me. :)

I am quite fond of Nepali teas. Did you know 10% of Happy Earth’s Nepali teas go to the Ama Foundation? check it out. http://happyearthtea.com/pages/social-partners

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec
kieblera5

This is a great tea :)

TeaBrat

agreed!

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So, this was supposed to be posted yesterday, but I was super busy, swamped even, with deciding what I am doing with my life. No really, yours truly might be going on an epic adventure pretty soon! No spoilers yet, because I do not have all the details and such, but I can safely say I am excited and a little scared. Unless something goes drastically wrong (like my computer explodes again) it won’t affect the blog long term, there might be a week or so where I don’t update, but I will be sure to let everyone know ahead of time.

Since I missed my What-Cha Wednesday review, this will be a rare What-Cha Thursday! Today it is time to revisit the country of Malawi with Malawi Bvumbwe Handmade Treasure Black Tea, I was really blow away by their Antler and Peony White Teas, so I am super excited to dive into the Satemwa Estate’s Handmade Treasure Black Tea. For a while I was rather apprehensive about trying new black teas from Africa, a few nasty run-ins with some particularly dirty tasting Kenyan black teas unfairly soured me on the whole continent for a while. Really, quite narrow minded of me, but they were really gross. Anyway, onto more pleasant things, like these lovely twisted dark leaves! The aroma is pretty rich, blending notes of an oak brandy cask with roasted peanuts and yams, and a touch of loam and spice. Something about the way this tea smells reminds me of home, not any homes that I have lived in, but a feel of ‘home’ yes people, this tea smells like a concept to me.

After steeping the leaves (they get rather huge post steeping) and giving them a good sniffing, I am pleasantly surprised by the fruity notes that have now shown up. It has the oak wood and slight earthiness of the dry leaves, but now with a blend of cherries and orange zest with a hint of cocoa, oh yeah, and a spice finish. A little like allspice and a little like nutmeg, with a faint sweetness to go with it. The liquid has a lot more of the spice notes, definitely allspice with pepper, and a tiny hint of nutmeg. There are also strong notes of cocoa and cherry, with just a delicate hint of orange zest and distant flowers.

The tea has a definite briskness to it, and is quite bright, the texture is light and it really livens up the mouth, kinda like liquid sunshine for a morning wake up, without being really overbearing. I am really picky about how brisk and astringent I like my black teas, and not just because they tend to give me a belly ache, I find when they are really intense they are just too overbearing, much like some people find mint too much or flowery teas. I like my black teas (more traditional western style ones, not the delicate Chinese reds) to have just a little bite to them. The taste is both robust and sweet, blending creamy notes of cocoa (bordering between milk and dark) and peanut butter, with earthy notes of sweet potatoes and woody notes of oak. The finish is a delicate mix of cherries and orange zest with a citrus aftertaste that lingers. I feel this tea has the potential to be a really iconic morning tea, proving once again that the Satemwa Tea Estate has some mad skills.

For blog and photos: http://ramblingbutterflythoughts.blogspot.com/2015/06/what-cha-malawi-bvumbwe-handmade.html

Cwyn

Awesome, well written piece here!

TeaNecromancer

Aww thank you :D

masked185

Now I’m really curious what you’re going to be doing :D

TeaNecromancer

Ok, I can give a little away, Ben, two of my friends, and myself are moving…but instead of across town like originally planned, possibly across country ;)

But it is not definite and there is so much planning to do

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Revisiting this “gentle” tea built upon Manzhuan material found in the broader YiWu area. Softer and definitely less aggressive taste with a pleasant rather sweet lingering aftertaste. I always enjoy drinking it on a low-key day. Nice big leaves which have remained in-tact in the loosely compressed cake. Golden yellow tea soup with a sip that is not at all bitter and tastes of light stonefruit. The tea becomes a little sweeter with successive brews but it is never “powerfully” sweet. Not an earthy tea but should be considered a sweet tea carefully processed with high quality whole tea leaves.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 4 OZ / 110 ML
MzPriss

I like this one.

DigniTea

Yep – a comforting tea! Besides, quality material always wins out with me.

Cwyn

I’ve just broken this one up, what is left of it recently, since my cake was starting to fall apart. I have it in my Lin’s Ceramic jar. It is all the more precious now since white2tea didn’t do another production of it this year.

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I am definitely happy with this ff darjeeling sample I got from Happy Earth tea.

I brewed up my whole 5g sample because I was using a tea tumbler for this one. The predominate note I am getting is fruity. I thought peach/nectarine but it has a little bit of pineapple too. There seems to be a slight nuttiness about it as well. Only a hint of astringency in the finish but that might be because I steeped it too long. I did get a 2nd steep out of this that brought forth more pineapple and slight lemony notes.

I haven’t tried all my samples yet but will definitely consider getting a large size of this now. Sorry I can’t write more because I’m at work but it’s delicious!
Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C
Kirkoneill1988

hopefully i will try this tea someday

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Wow! I love early spring Dragonwell!

SO SWEET! Nectar of the gods for sure :D

TeaBrat

A good dragonwell is amazing :)

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drank Turkish Delight by Tin Roof Teas
424 tasting notes

Tin Roof’s Turkish Delight tea looks beautiful. Long twisty black leaves, whole pistachios, sliced almonds, cardamom pods, pink peppercorns. The dry leaf smells lightly spiced and exotic.
Full review and photos: https://tealover.net/2015/06/tin-roof-teas-turkish-delight/

Nichole/CuppaGeek

Oh awesome. I’ve been curious about Tin Roof Teas. Nice!

Marzipan

I put the last couple of teaspoons of this in your box.

Stephanie

That sounds good!

Fjellrev

Love that you picked up some actual Turkish Delight to try alongside the tea! I love that stuff, especially coconut and pistachio.

Marzipan

I actually bought lichee on the same trip, for the same reason. I have never had it!

TeaBrat

I might have to order some of this :)

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I tried this with hubby last night. I did a rinse of about 5 seconds and then kept this tea at 30 second steeps based on the description.

The first steeps were grassy and had a little “bite”, but not unpleasantly so. It was the same sort I get from Chun Mee, which usually finishes with a late rising sweet note. Hubby said he didn’t notice it, but most reviewers on here mention it and I definitely got it in the first four steeps.

The fifth and sixth steeps were sweeter, lacked the bite, and became ever so slightly creamy. These were my favorite steeps of the evening. Strangely, the sweet aftertaste came in here instead of on the early steeps where I expected it, and it was light and fleeting.

If you like sheng with a little muscle but no real violent tendencies, this could be a hit!

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This cold brew was so limey you’d have never know that Stacy blended it in the states…

That’s a bad pun and I know it.

But seriously; it was the most delicious it’s tasted in a long time! Fresh lime with a bit of a peel/zest notes and a lovely damp earthiness. Just a pinch of berry thrown into the mix. Refreshing and delicious! Why can’t every brew of this come out this way?

It felt like… The moment before it rains?

Liquid Proust

Butiki made the best guayusa blends.

Roswell Strange

100% the truth.

Stephanie I’m going to miss this one a lot
Plunkybug

This is one I had wanted to try…I think CrowKettle has some set aside for me? Can’t recall. Anyway, told hubby (who loves bad puns) what you wrote, and naturally, he loved it.

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New oolong players, Taiwan Sourcing!

First to review this it seems…

Pretty dark roast, this oolong surprisingly does not overwhelm with “roastiness”, no burnt taste.

The first note I got was cannabis… How do I know what cannabis tastes like? Well…i’ll leave that to your imagination ;-)

Eucalyptus follows….A fresh mouthfeel.

Dried fruit sweetness as well. A caramel feel, thickness in the mouth.

It rendered many steeps.

The liquor is this amazing amber bronze color, it does wear its name pretty well.

A beautiful tea.

I must say I’m very impressed with the quality I have found in Taiwan Sourcing products so far. With Scott Wilson (Yunnan Sourcing) behind it, why am I not surprised?

Good luck to them! I’m officially a fan :-)

Pics:

https://instagram.com/p/4Koykpwh7u/

https://instagram.com/p/4KpzQRwh-O/

mrmopar

What’s cannabis? …….

MzPriss

@mrmo….no idea. You’ll have to ask The Fairy O.O

Haveteawilltravel

I enjoy where this conversation is going xD

TheTeaFairy

Um…cannabis is a medicinal plant that gives intense cha qi?? Hence often used in tea description?

mrmopar

Agreed! Medicinal properties!

mrmopar

Agreed! Medicinal properties!

ashmanra

LOL! My daughter gave me a Baja hoodie today. I thought it was cool surfer gear but she advised me that nowadays it is a “drug rug” or “stoner hoodie.” When I tried it on, I shoved a Baggie of oolong from Whole Foods in the front pouch right away and went around offering everyone some “leaf.”

TheTeaFairy

That was hilarious Ashmanra!

Kirkoneill1988

cannabis taste. lol

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drank 2015 Last Thoughts by white2tea
90 tasting notes

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 grams of leaf in about 75-100 ml water, and this was too much for me due to a powerful head effect similar to what I experience with hydrocodone. Two cups and I was sweating, foggy headed, and heart palpitations, and had to sleep it off a couple times. Younger people might not need the nap, but one other person has confirmed the painkiller effect to me on his sample.

This tier of tea has layers of things to taste.I got mostly the floral Yiwu, some bitterness and astringency, along with hot pepper, grapes, aspirin, Chinese medicine, Apple vinegar and I don’t mean in a sour way, more that flavor of apples fermenting in wood casks. I’m certain as I continue to drink this tea I will find even more things to taste. The tea seems more bassy than last year’s, a bit more base than bud which to me adds more of those darker notes and rounds out the profile nicely. The painkiller effect is new, I’m certain that it wasn’t in last year’s edition.

I checked with TwoDog and he said the tea is the same arbor as last year, just different leaf of course. This cake would be interesting to see a Chinese medicine doctor try and learn about how it might be used as medicine. I hope to get a full cake myself. This is the best quality, highest tier of puerh tea we can acquire in the west. The best tea, period. I will never find better in my life than this.

A cautionary note for drinkers with heart issues, I believe I would be fine with a dosage of 3G/100ml but no more. You can read more on my blog http://deathbytea.blogspot.com and also take note of the reader comment who experienced a similar effect.

Flavors: Apple Skins, Floral, Grapes, Lemon, Peppercorn, Vegetal, Vinegar

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 3 OZ / 75 ML
AllanK

Sounds good!

Haveteawilltravel

Yes! I want :D

mrmopar

Want!!!!!

Stephanie

Holy wow I need a sample!

ashmanra

Woooooooow.

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drank Jade Cloud by Rishi Tea
306 tasting notes

Thank you Rishi for the sample. I had this in a tea bag that was a free sample from Midwest Tea Fest. I won’t give a proper full review with elaborate Gongfu tasting notes (since it’s in a tea bag), but I think that when you’re looking at bagged green teas, this is a great one. The leaves are whole and the flavor is that of authentic Chinese green tea. It’s very vegetal and green tasting with some classic hints of green bean that you’ll sense in a lot of Chinese greens. I don’t typically buy bagged teas, so it’s not one I’d buy again, but It was nice and light, fresh tasting. I’d say this one veers more toward grassy and leafy than toward nutty or earthy, on the green tea flavor spectrum. It’s a good product for a person who likes tea bags… and it came in the nice pyramid shaped mesh tea bag to really give the leaves room to open and expand, which is helpful to the overall flavor. Thanks for the sample, Rishi Tea!

Flavors: Green, Green Beans, Vegetal

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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I got this in the mail earlier this week, but haven’t had time to sit down with it yet. I took today off to relax, so it’s a perfect day to spend some time with this tea.

I liked it right off the bat. As the information card notes, it has a sweet tang to it. I decided that this was an apricot sweetness with kind of a sour note, like a sweet and sour flavor. Very interesting! I love when a tea has a unique characteristic that makes me want to come back again. This one has that. The texture is slightly oily, which sounds bad, but it’s kind of how I find good sheng texture thickness. This one isn’t that thick but has that smoothness. It was not hard on my stomach at all, which is also nice. Overall, a very good sheng!

boychik

Mmm love oily sheng

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