So far I ate breakfast, took my son Drew on the garden tour to make sure he knows what to pick & where to pick it, because he has an eye detail & he’ll be in charge of picking produce & dealing with it while I’m gone. I also packaged up 2 copies of my CD, Cynical Serenity, for distribution! Yeah!
This review is regarding a tea from Life in Teacup that isn’t listed in the database, but it’s also no longer listed on their website, so rather than create a listing for a one time review, I’m just putting it here. It’s a 10G sample of 2013 Yunnan Black Pine Needle, & I’m using half of it for a gongfu session, & sending the other half to my tea sister, Sil.
Dry Leaf: No noticeable dry aroma, well…maybe some faint malt & hay. The appearance is very autumnal, with flat pressed needles in shades of tn, charcoal, wheat, brown, & black.
15 sec – mild & tasty honey wheat breath broth with a homey comforting feel
30 sec – The front of the sip is super clean & shiny, like hand blown glass…or the sound of a glass flute. The back of the sip is rich wood, honey, & melting caramel as it spreads out across my tongue & plate. Immediate good tea vibes.
45 & 60 secs, combined in one cup – I feel like I’m drinking a pure rain water that was stored in an oak tree stump. That probably sounds gross, but it’s not. I feel like I’m an old oak tree, after a summer rain, drinking in that rain that fell over night & filtered down through ever older layers of leaf & forest floor debris, absorbing animal, vegetable, & mineral. I’m that tree, sucking up that heavenly life sustaining elixir through my roots, & it is heavenly.
2min & 3min – Kind of a savory dark chocolate pumpernickel vibe…& my crown is glowing, I’m sure you could see it if you were sitting here.
The next couple of steeps reminded me of White Willow bark tea, kind of bitter.
Onward through the fog…
