A celebration of winning the Ashes test match at Lords – that’s a cricket reference for all you USA readers ;-)
Yummy, now onto the third brew from my new Yixing teapot.
39 Tasting Notes
Onto the fifth brew for the day: I like it stronger that some, so it’s getting a bit light now, but still very enjoyable.
Amazing how breakfast comes around so often!
In bed with a Rooibos… what could be better ;-)
Still a classic cuppa for the morning. Lovely nuttiness to the finish.
My Euro Election Results Tea.
Mmm… with toast and Marmite.
Oh, deep and meaningful Assam, how I love your malty sweetness…
Particularly satisfying PuErh flavour. Best on third brew this time using Yixing teapot and boiling water for about 30 seconds.
My lovely wife asked me to brew this last night. Mmmm.
New delivery from Thiashola, as good as I always remembered it. Fiery, edgy flavour, with a crisp clear flavour, and golden orange cup. Mmm.
Needed the caffeine on a train station, but sadly ended up with a cup of plastic water with a teabag in it. I suspect the tea would have been okay, but all I could taste was the plasticky paper cup. Sad.
So much better than whole leaf peppermints I reckon, because you get more punch out of the leaves. Working late, and needed a brain revitaliser.
Lovely fresh hay nose, sweet leafiness and lingering flavour. Second brew particularly refreshing.
Absolutely brilliant with a spoonful of sugar and milk. Was feeling a bit down, and this really got the brain back in gear.
Really sensual tea. Mmm.
Mum drinks this all the time. She likes it thick and black, with sugar – really rich flavour. Yum.
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Forgot to log a cheeky Long Jing yesterday which I enjoyed out on the terrace in the evening sunlight. Lovely.
Finished off the dusty remains of the bulk bag this morning – unsaleable from a visual perspective, but a lovely warm, sweet, hay nose and mildly edgy flavour owing to the crunched leaves. Can’t wait for the new pickings to arrive.
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Twelve Gentlemen Pu-Erh Raw (Sheng) 357g 2006 "Zui Tai Ping" beeng by First Class Teas
I used not to be a fan of raw puerh, but since I visited Yunnan and learned more about it, I’ve suddenly realised why I didn’t like it before… all the raw stuff you could get in the UK was really bad quality because we weren’t prepared to pay enough. But this is really tasty, with a smooth sweet flavour, edgy but not insecure, with a push on the finish and a long lingering flavour. A raw PuErh that doesn’t take the back of your throat off. I brewed this in a Bodum Assam 0.5L teapress and got 5 brews out of 3 grams of tea, so that’s about 6p per mug. Not bad, really!
Beats a Darjeeling any day in my view. Less bitter and a far more interesting flavour I reckon.
So pretty.
