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drank Laoshan Black by Verdant Tea
21 tasting notes

2016 autumn. Carob. I agree with the reviews pointing out the complexity of the flavors, the various layers and dimensions, it is hard to unravel. I also got the milk-malty-chocolate, toasted rice, walnut, some fruit note and even some kind of liquor flavor, and I can see Verdant’s toasted marshmallow descriptor as valid for me, too. But if I had to sum all of this up: carob. A fascinating experience.

New to tea tasting, started with pu’er, and this is my first tasting with black tea. Seems like I am starting with a really good one.

Long aftertaste that grabs the tongue.

Preparation
5 g 3 OZ / 75 ML

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I have a small tea tray next to me at work (a school), and desk drawers full of small jars and cakes of tea. It seems rather mysterious to many students, some of whom want to try the teas and learn to manage the gaiwan, which perhaps inspires a life-long tea odyssey.

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