2021 Sunskate Mini

Tea type
Black Tea
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Flavors
Honey, Malt, Tomato, Brown Sugar, Cherry, Cinnamon, Licorice, Pastries, Peach, Sweet, Walnut
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  • “I’ve been trying to save some money by not buying new things so it’s been quite a while since I tried a new tea to review! This was actually a free sample with a white2tea order. I’m not usually a...” Read full tasting note
  • “Free sample with my last W2T order that I’m just now getting around to. Has a strange front end high note that is difficult to pin down. The overall gist I’m getting from the flavor is cinnamon...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Sipdown (1709)! I brewed this Grandpa Style, and it made for a really dense and full bodied mug to sip on throughout the morning with an almost eclectic mix of tasting notes such as black cherry,...” Read full tasting note
  • “I wasn’t sure about ordering Sunskate. The description saying it’s kind of oolong-like made me hesitant. I’m still trying to figure out how I feel about oolongs. Every oolong I have ever had brewed...” Read full tasting note

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A brand new black tea commission and the first time this tea was ever made by the farmer. Another lovely white2tea experiment gone right.

Sunskate was oxidized very lightly, so much so that we could probably refer to it as a strange oolong instead of a black tea. The goal was to leave room for further aging and oxidation in the coming years, but it’s a beautiful tea fresh as well. Made from material usually destined for raw Puer production, Sunskate has a syrupy thick body with bright aromas uncommon in a black tea.

Each purchase is for one ~ 7 gram ball.

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I’ve been trying to save some money by not buying new things so it’s been quite a while since I tried a new tea to review! This was actually a free sample with a white2tea order. I’m not usually a huge fan of sun-dried dianhongs but I liked this one, maybe it’s the lighter oxidation. Pretty sweet, a little bit malty, some of that funky vegetable matter flavor I associate with Yunnan.

Flavors: Honey, Malt, Tomato

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Free sample with my last W2T order that I’m just now getting around to. Has a strange front end high note that is difficult to pin down. The overall gist I’m getting from the flavor is cinnamon peach cobbler.

Medium sweetness, no astringency or bitterness. Finish is quite long. Mouthfeel is, when tied to the flavor, like spiced gelatin (think of that gelatinous pie/cobbler filling). No metallic taste, but the front-end note gives a sharp, metallic character.

Overall, a respectable tea from W2T. One of their better ones from what I’ve tried. Not rushing to order more, but might pop a couple of minis in to my next order from there, if any are left.

Dry leaf: Nothing
Wet leaf: Fruity
Flavors: Red licorice, black licorice, walnut, peach, brown sugar, cinnamon, cobbler/pie, gelatin, cherry.

Flavors: Brown Sugar, Cherry, Cinnamon, Licorice, Pastries, Peach, Sweet, Walnut

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Sipdown (1709)!

I brewed this Grandpa Style, and it made for a really dense and full bodied mug to sip on throughout the morning with an almost eclectic mix of tasting notes such as black cherry, rye bread, bitter chocolate, sandalwood, and leather – all with a brighter, sweet fruity top note though! Hard to pin down that top note flavour; in the past I’ve gotten peaches from this tea but with this brew method it just tasted far more abstract. This tea sample was inclusion in a relatively recent order, and though I do have a most of a cake left of this hongcha to sip through, I can’t argue that dragonballs are just super convenient…

Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfgzJIXOdB2/

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuU3jXhgrfA

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I wasn’t sure about ordering Sunskate. The description saying it’s kind of oolong-like made me hesitant. I’m still trying to figure out how I feel about oolongs. Every oolong I have ever had brewed western style has been a disappointment. But I’ve enjoyed the few I’ve gongfu-ed. I’m not sure if it’s the particular teas I’ve tried or if I just prefer oolongs gongfu. Or maybe certain kinds of oolong. Sunskate is tasty, though, so I’m glad it got squeezed into my order.

All glass teaware again. I considered using a yixing quick pot easy gaiwan type thing for a change but I feel like the flavors of the clay hide some tea flavors sometimes.

The dry tea smelled like some kind of fruit and something else that seemed familiar but I couldn’t figure out what. The brewed tea has a sweet fresh fruit scent. I’m not sure I get peaches out of it like Roswell Strange mentions in a review for the cake of Sunskate but it’s been ages since I’ve had a fresh peach. Going through a list of every fruit I can think of, nothing is an exact match. The tea doesn’t really taste the way it smells to me. The flavor is more of a grainy, malty lighter black tea than fruity for me. After reading Ros’s notes I’m getting a peachy aftertaste I hadn’t noticed before, though. Power of suggestion? It’s not a super thick and heavy feeling tea but I still get a bit of that nice tongue-coating feeling. I rescued a Walker’s shortbread advent calendar from an after Christmas clearance basket and the tea and cookie went pretty well together. I meant to start cookie advent on January 1 but it was a rough morning (furnace is trying to die and it’s the coldest week so far this winter, out of town family members inviting themselves to visit) so I decided to start my cookie a day early. I think the shortbread would make a great companion to a tea advent next year if I can choose one (just one because I don’t think I can keep up with doing several advent teas every day like some of you).

ashmanra

So jealous of that shortbread clearance snag! Enjoy!

DrowningMySorrows

I didn’t see them until mid-December or I would have joined the 2021 advent crowd. There should really be more countdown to whatever calendars…opening a little box every day is far more exciting than it should be, even if you already know what’s in it. It’s definitely more fun than buying a regular box of cookies.

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