The last sample from Teavivre for now. A big THANK YOU again to Teavivre! This is just a baby sheng both being harvested and sold within March 2016. But it is quite delicious now, even if aging the pu-erh should make it better. The leaves in my sample were huge and loose in package (not formed in a cake, but maybe that was just how the sample was packaged.) It had the lovely scent of a fresh creamy corn green tea but the flavor is all of a raw pu-erh. It has such a fresh, bright, smooth, sweet flavor with hints of lemon. Now that I think of it, this could almost taste like a white tea cake. It’s very consistent in all three steeps with no overdone sheng flavor if I stay with 35 seconds. It’s perfect this way and I really love this sheng. I can’t imagine the flavor can get even better with age. Maybe I like brand new sheng flavor more than aged sheng. I think the steeps were only beginning with tasty flavor — I could have kept going. All of samples I received in this round of samples were so delicious. They definitely aren’t hurting their business sending out samples. Teavivre is awesome.
Steep #1 // half sample for a full mug // rinse // 30 minutes after boiling // 35 second steep
Steep #2 // 32 minutes after boiling // 35 second steep
Steep #3 // 32 minutes after boiling // 35 second steep
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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.
Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
verdanttea.com
Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas
My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.
Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!
I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.
My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors
My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again
I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)
Happy sipping!
Location
USA
