Golden Snail Yunnan Black Tea from Whispering Pines Tea Company

Golden Snail Yunnan Black Tea

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Chinese Black Tea
Flavors
Beer, Burlap, Cactus, Cantaloupe, Cocoa, Earthy, Eggplant, Ginger, Grain, Leather, Malt, Malty, Orange Zest, Pine, Roasted Barley, Rye, Savory, Sweet, Sweet Potatoes, Tannin, Tobacco, Vanilla, Wheat, White Grapes, Wood, Chocolate, Red Fruits, Honey, Sugar, Bread, Pastries, Raisins, Stonefruit, Toast, Apricot, Butter, Earth, Maple Syrup, Mineral, Molasses, Plum, Smoke, Chestnut, Creamy, Smooth, Caramel, Dark Chocolate, Oats, Salt, Floral, Nutty, Roasted, Cacao, Broth, Gardenias, Maple, Winter Honey, Peanut, Roasted Nuts, Pepper, Bitter, Dark Bittersweet, Dried Fruit, Brown Sugar, Oak, Wet Earth
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Caffeine
High
Certification
Not available
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Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 45 sec 5 g 13 oz / 391 ml

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ABOUT THE TEA
This Yunnan black tea was harvested in early spring (2014) and carries a robust and delicious flavor profile! The first thing you taste is a the thick honey flavor giving way to creamy cocoa with a touch of malt. A heavy molasses-like sweetness lingers on your tongue while juicy morel plays with a hint of gardenia in the aftertaste. This tea is delicious hot as well as iced and holds up very well to three or more infusions!

NOTES
Milk Chocolate, Molasses, Malt, Morel, Cream, Gardenias

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Our preferred style for this tea is gongfu.

Western Style:
Steep 1 teaspoon (1.8g) of leaves in 8 ounces of 205ºF water for 3 minutes.
2nd infusion: 5 minutes.
3rd infusion: 8 minutes.

Gongfu Style:
Use 1.5g of leaf per 30ml (1 fl. oz.) of 205ºF water
Infusion times: 20s, 15s, 30s, 45s, 1m15s, 2m, 3m

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Whispering Pines Tea Company is dedicated to bringing you the most original, pure, beautiful tea blends. We use only the highest quality ingredients available to create additive-free teas teas inspired by the pristine wilderness of Northern Michigan. Our main focus is on customer satisfaction and quality.

128 Tasting Notes

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Thanks so much Cameron B for the sample!

This is a very cute tea and tasty too! I like it very much but it isn’t blowing me away like it has some of the other reviewers, perhaps because I’ve had quite a few other equally tasty Yunnan blacks :)

Good stuff though! Definitely my kind of thing. Glad I got to try it.
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I haven’t had this one in a while, so who knows if I still love it. :P You’re probably right about it being similar to other golden bud Yunnans.

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Thank you Cameron B for the Wee Snaily Yums! The dry leaf smells malty, but also a bit like bread. And they really do remind me of wee little golden snailys.

Mmm this tastes like warm malty bread drizzled with honey and molasses and a sprinkle of raisins. The next 2 steeps were pretty similar, although they became a bit more bread and malty, and less honeyed molasses. Delicious, definitely on my list for my next order.
Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
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TheTeaFairy
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Ok Mandy…I can’t read this without having it, fixing myself a cup now :-)

Lariel of Lórien
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I want some Wee Snaily tea now.

TheTeaFairy
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Lariel…we all want wee snaily…all the time.

mj
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Yes, wee snaily always!

Cheri
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Cameron B. is a Wee Snaily Yums enabler. That’s where I got my sample from, too.

Shadowfall
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I really have to pick some of this up in my next order. It sounds like an amazing tea.

Mandy
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It’s so good, I have to keep myself from having it again.

Mandy
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Must. Resist. I dont want to finish my sample yet because I’m on a buying ban (I even resisted the Butiki sale completely). And I have two boxes plus a bubble mailer full of teas I still havent even tried, and shelves in my cabinet bursting with tea, and a whole bunch of teas in my sip down pile. And I want to get everything organized before I add more to my stash, but I’m almost afraid to come to terms with how much tea I have (counting samples I think I have close to 200). And I used to think having 20 was a lot xD

I must be strong, I must be rational, I must remember that I’m a broke struggling college student with no job and a couple thousand dollars of debt. I just need to find a sugar daddy to support my habit (don’t tell my boyfriend I said that xD)

TheTeaFairy
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Lol, Mandy, you be good then, I totally support your wisdom, no need for a sugar daddy : )

Being reasonable is the right thing to do, I applaud you!

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Oh this was yummy!

I got this sample a few days ago from Cameron B. and it is even labeled Wee Snaily Yums!

Delicious.

Creamy, chocolaty, but not overly so. Just the right amount of malty. And I might even call that bit kind of sweet potato. Maybe. I’m not sure. It definitely has a hint of sweetness to it.

What has happened to me? When did I start liking black teas?
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hippiechick 42
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Wee snaily time! I love that!

hippiechick 42
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yums I mean. Darn auto correct.

Cameron B.
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I must share the Wee Snaily love with the whole world! :P

Cheri
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Be careful or you might have to send samples out to the whole world.

Cameron B.
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That’s true, I am getting a little low… :O

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My first tea from the Pass the Stash 2.0 Box. This is one of the two teas Cameron B. sent just for me. Yay!

I’ve read several tasting notes on this tea, so when I took my first sip I was expecting malt, bread, and honey. What I got was honeysuckle and sweet potato. No complaints here – the flavor is amazing. I am surprised at how strong the floral note is, but the earthiness of the sweet potato note helps keep the tea from being too floral in character. As the tea cools the malty flavor appears. Oh, I’m really liking this. Such a beautiful tea!
Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
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mj
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Snaily yums!

Cameron B.
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I’m so glad you like it! :) This is one of my favorites.

Veronica
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It’s sooo good! It’s a million degrees in my house right now, but I’m sitting in front of a fan drinking my second steeping of this. :)

MzPriss
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Snaily yumminess. I may have some of that after I finish off this Cocoa Amore

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I see why so many people love this tea. To start with, the little fuzzy snails are so cute. The tea is smooth, malty, chocolatey yum. So far I have steeped it a couple of times, but I think I could do more with shorter steeps. It’s pretty strong and dark.
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“Wee snaily yums” is right.

This tea…what is this tea? It’s a slice of buttery, perfectly toasted bread, drizzled with sweet honey and maple syrup. Lightly dusted with powdered sugar. There’s a tiny hint of spice that makes me think there’s cinnamon on top too. Visualize it. Mmmmm. There’s some malt and chocolate in there, towards the end. I mean GOOD chocolate, none of that Hershey’s bullshit. My college roommate last year was a young woman from Kazakstan. She brought me a bar of milk chocolate from her country and it was better than any milk chocolate I had ever eaten. That’s what I mean. It was creamy, melt-in-your-mouth delicious. This tea is exactly that. It’s the best, buttery flaky croissant I’ve ever had. It’s the best milk chocolate and the lightest, loveliest honey.

You better have a good reason for not having this in your cupboard.

Flavors: Bread, Butter, Chocolate, Creamy, Floral, Honey, Malt, Maple, Smooth

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TheTeaFairy
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Yummy :-)

kimquat
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I’ve been drinking WPT on the daily! I think I’m addicted. Best addiction EVER

TheTeaFairy
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BEST EVERRRR!!! Lol, welcome to my world..

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493 tasting notes

This tea is delicious . I have to admit I’m partial to Yunnan blacks. Very rich and satisfying. Malty, creamy, some chestnuts. As cooled I’ve got some slight spice which was welcoming. It’s fun tea and I’m glad I picked it with my recent order. Made it western according to WP parameters. I have to try it gongfu , my usual style of brewing Yunnan blacks.
Preparation
1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
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TheTeaFairy
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Yummy snaily tea :-)

boychik
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Tiny :)
Resteep @ 6 min was great, rich, spicier, roasty and some minty notes showed up

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Thank you Brenden for including this sample in my last order. It sounded so good that I had to drink it immediately. Unfortunately, I finished both cups of this a few hours ago so I don’t remember much, but I feel like I tasted spices and sweet potato and warm baked bread. It was delicious and I enjoyed each steep.

I might grab an oz for my next order just to get a better feel for it!
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VariaTEA
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I was looking at this one when making my potential Whispering Pines order but it was sold out.

Terri HarpLady
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I didn’t order any because I already have plenty of tasty black bi luos from YS.

Dag Wedin
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Yeah tried this from YS last year i think. Its decent but less of everything compared to a good dian hong.

TeaLady441
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Oh – I need to try them at some point too! Not soon, but eventually. :D

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The roofers started at 6 am, and the cleaning lady is here. She’s really loud – one of those people who only has one volume. I think by the time they both leave today we will all be ready for bed.

I wasn’t willing to gamble this morning and needed something reliable and strong. This was my choice. Save me snails!
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Cheri
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How much longer are the roofers going to be?

I remember many years ago when we had a very snowy early December, and then things warmed up, but not really. By the last week of December, the snow melt had iced in the gutters and we had really, really bad ice dams in them. Really bad. And then it warmed back up some, and the roof and insulation at the apartment we were living in was pretty…well, it was an apartment, so they didn’t care about my heating bills. And as the snow melted, it flooded the dammed up gutters and we had water POURING into our apartment. We were on the second floor and it was bad, but the woman living below us literally had a waterfall for a doorwall. So they hired someone to take the gutters off the buildings. Good idea. Except that they showed up at 7am on a Sunday and used sledge hammers to remove them. And they started in the corner of the building right over my bedroom. That was miserable.

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I wish I had a cleaning lady! I don’t mind cleaning floors and most of the bathroom…my pet peeve is scrubbing the grout in the shower stall. Absolutely HATE doing that for some reason.

Marzipan
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It’s something I had to do, since I work from home I really need to be off in my house instead of always working in the house, or ON the house. She’s not too expensive either. She comes every other week and does the heavy stuff, floors, bathrooms, etc. $70.

Stephanie
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That’s not as bad as I thought it would be price wise. I guess I’d rather have a gardener though. Weedeating and mowing in this heat is the absolute worst. Maybe when I pay off my car :)

Marzipan
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Well, we have that too.

Stephanie
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:) living the dream :)

Cheri
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My house isn’t yet ready for someone to come in and clean, if that makes sense. I need to actually have things put away, I think, to get someone to come and clean.

SarsyPie
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I can’t wait to get more of this tea. I just love it!

Tommy Toadman
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The Snails are soo yummy, we love this one, we just ran out of it and I just ordered some more :)

mj
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LOL send up the snail signal :)

SarsyPie
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Hahaha!!! Too cute, mj

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Up next from the recent WP order. I am not yet well versed in Yunnan’s. I know I have had a few, but not enough to really know. I made the mistake tonight of starting to sip this tea with a bowl of strawberries in front of me. The sweet from the fruit did not help this tea out. It made my first few sips a bit wishy washy. Once I got the sweet taste out of my mouth I was able to focus on the tea a bit more. I enjoyed this cup. I get malty, tad bit of honey-ish flavor with a bright finish. I will need to have another go with this cup without a bowl full of fruit to get to know this one a bit better.
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Cameron B.
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Love this one! I’m so glad I ordered an ounce during the sale. :)

MzPriss
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This is a purr-ful one.

TheTeaFairy
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Oh, now me want a cup…no strawberries required ;-)

Cameron B.
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Of course not, everyone knows tea fairies prefer crunchy cherries!

TheTeaFairy
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Haha Cameron, good one :-)
(They totally do!!!)

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