sipdown! and terri, thank you so much for sharing this one with me since it’s nothing i ever would have bought for myself. I’ve been drinking this most of the day, in between other teas.
I just wanted to enjoy this tea so i didn’t really take notes. What was most surprising and interesting to me though was the smokey notes in this. It wasn’t like a black tea, but the contrast of the smoke with a lighter tea was really interesting, especially since it wasn’t overpowering the tea taste. there’s a sweetness to this one as well that i like.
Wonderful find Garrett!
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Glad you are enjoying it! I had to take it off of the site, though. Was down to my last two cakes from that pressing :( But I saved them for myself for further aging :) My 2012 100 gram pressing that I commissioned is quite nice, too, better than the 2011 that I did, IMHO. Amazing that a different years weather can bring forth an entirely different experience from the leaves. I gotta get on it for 2014 and get more of the spring picked leaf from them so I can do a 2014 pressing from the same grower. I’ll be there in April again!
hmmm….2012 you say. I will have to check it out. On a side note, are you planning any black friday/cyber monday sort of things?
Too funny – I liked 2011 better than 2012.
(why do I always see these comment AFTER the package is in the mail – I could have sent you some of 2012 Sil.) If you don’t order your own, let me know and I’ll add it to the next package.
Good question, Sil!
Ha! We have a bunch of customers who dig the 2011 better, too! So interesting isn’t it, that we all have the same biology but experience things in different ways. I love it!!
Sil… as far as specials, all of our teas are special :) I’ll put my head together with Jamie’s and see about coming up with something, since you asked!! I’ll post it here under the discussions page “tea companies, promotions”.
Thanks everybody!
Dexter – because the tea gods want us to keep sharing LOL. I’ll keep you posted. I’m looking at a couple things, just not sure what i want to do. I’m on such a roll in terms of cleaning out my cupboard and sipping down things heh
Glad you are enjoying it! I had to take it off of the site, though. Was down to my last two cakes from that pressing :( But I saved them for myself for further aging :) My 2012 100 gram pressing that I commissioned is quite nice, too, better than the 2011 that I did, IMHO. Amazing that a different years weather can bring forth an entirely different experience from the leaves. I gotta get on it for 2014 and get more of the spring picked leaf from them so I can do a 2014 pressing from the same grower. I’ll be there in April again!
hmmm….2012 you say. I will have to check it out. On a side note, are you planning any black friday/cyber monday sort of things?
Too funny – I liked 2011 better than 2012.
(why do I always see these comment AFTER the package is in the mail – I could have sent you some of 2012 Sil.) If you don’t order your own, let me know and I’ll add it to the next package.
Good question, Sil!
Ha! We have a bunch of customers who dig the 2011 better, too! So interesting isn’t it, that we all have the same biology but experience things in different ways. I love it!!
Sil… as far as specials, all of our teas are special :) I’ll put my head together with Jamie’s and see about coming up with something, since you asked!! I’ll post it here under the discussions page “tea companies, promotions”.
Thanks everybody!
Dexter – because the tea gods want us to keep sharing LOL. I’ll keep you posted. I’m looking at a couple things, just not sure what i want to do. I’m on such a roll in terms of cleaning out my cupboard and sipping down things heh