239 Tasting Notes

88

Whoaaaaa. This tea is weird. The dry leaf is so full of stuff that it’s kind of a wet mix. The leaf smells of honey, corn, and chocolate.

I was a little skeptical of the polenta flavor, since there are just corn pieces in there. But it kind of does smell like honey polenta when it brews up. The chocolate smell lingers as well, but I’m not getting much tea.

There’s sugar in this blend (the real kind), so it’s sweet, but honey is the dominant flavor. Corney polenta is also pretty dominant here. It’s a pleasant, interesting experience!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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59

This one smelled more green than sheng when it was dry, so I had high hopes for it. There is a bit of that green funk, but it’s accompanied by the formaldehyde and flowery soap that usually comes with sheng. My coworker, who actually enjoys it, describes it as Dial soap and flowers.

He’s benefiting immensely from my sheng experiments this morning.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 15 sec
twinofmunin

hmmm…. dial soap sounds particularly unpleasant, haha.

Hoálatha

Specifically Dial. Not Dove. Not Lever. Not Olay.

mrmopar

Hope this will age into a better tea. I got one of these just because TU supported these people. Hopefully better soon. Experimenting on people.. sometimes priceless!

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70

Bitter, creamy, and green tasting. I liked the first steep a lot before that shenginess kicked in. Thank you tea friend for the sample, but I’m not yet converted!

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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80

This is a weird tea, and I don’t know what to think of it. Going by the description on the site, there is no way I would have bought this. It was a sample from a friend.

The first steep was a nice roast flavor on top of a green oolong flavor, which is interesting because there is nothing green about this tea. After the leaves have opened up a bit, that bright, lime flavor starts to come through. You probably know by now my disdain for citrus.

I’m kind of both ways on this tea. It’s…odd.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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82

This tea tastes like spring. There are happy, bright flowers. There’s honey and citrus. Maybe there are some orange blossoms.

Floral is the main descriptor though.

Good tea, but not my thing. I’m just not a fan of citrus.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
twinofmunin

the citrus is just so strong. i think i’d like this one a lot more with a bit less citrus.

Hoálatha

Yes! I think I would too.

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84

This is a WEIRD tea. Got it as a sample from a tea friend, who picked it up from the show in Philadelphia.

Flavor wise, this tea isn’t much. There is some astringency and a lot of malt. There’s a bit of dark brown bread flavor, but it’s very subtle.

What gets me is the texture of this tea. It’s THICK. It feels like heavy cream in the mouth and lingers afterward like fat from real whipped cream.

For a bagged tea, this is pretty decent. I’d drink this again.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 15 sec

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85
drank Gold Snail by Soleil Tea
239 tasting notes

Identical to Yunnan Sourcing Black Gold BLC. Earthy, some malt, some sweetness.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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54

I don’t really feel like writing, but I need to put these notes down before I forget.

I’m always a little skeptical of Verdant’s descriptions because they are sometimes so out there. However, when comparing my notes to what they have described, there is usually one or two things that they have in common.

My notes for this tea included roast, grapefruit, wild funky flavor, and dark chocolate. Does that sound gross? It does to me, and that’s pretty much how the tea tasted. I think I need to stay away from fruity oolongs. I haven’t seemed to like them.

When I read Verdant’s descriptor “yuzu,” it hit me. I have never had a straight yuzu (the fruit) before, but I have had a yuzu honey tea. It tasted grapefruity and wild funky to me, so there you go. I was surprised to find chocolate as a descriptor because I thought I was crazy when I tasted it.

Anyway, not the tea for me.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec
MrQuackers

Yuzu is a great little citrus fruit that is used to make tea in places like Korea.

Don’t give up on yuzu just because of this tea. If you ever see it in the grocery store, grab it.

There is a whole video on how to make yuzu tea. :)

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89
drank 2006 Mahe Yiwu by T Shop
239 tasting notes

I’m finding that I can tolerate these older shengs, but this is the first one that I actually enjoy.

I would have to agree with Liquid Proust on this tea in that it is quite smoky and smooth. There is a bit of astringency on the back of the palate, but just a tiny bit. There’s just a hint of woodsiness, like cedar?

Leaves my palate all tingly after I swallow!!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec
twinofmunin

one of us, one of us

mrmopar

Hooked for sure.

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92

This is my favorite of the Duck Shits that I got from my tea friend.

It has a milky, creamy mouthfeel. It’s thick and almost oily in the mouth, but I’m also getting hints of astringency on the back of the palate after I’ve swallowed.

Flavor wise, it has a bit of that green funk, of which I am a fan. Vegetal a bit? It’s mostly sweet and floral flavored. Very nice experience.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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