Amy oh

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Heritage Rougui, 2010 from Red Blossom Tea Company

Amy oh drank Heritage Rougui, 2010 by Red Blossom Tea Company

I am having a good tea day. I’m at home relaxing so why skimp on the quality stuff – lol. It’s been a while since I had this so I decided to have some today. I really think the xi ying teapot is the perfect way to make wuyi oolongs.

I decided to steep this up at 180 F for 2 minutes. It’s very roasty and woody with cinnamon notes and dried fruit. Someday I need to go back to Red Blossom and get another of their Wuyi teas. I seem to remember the Tie Luo Han as also being very good.

A guy at another local tea shop told me that the darker style oolongs don’t really go stale and might even improve with age. I wonder if that is true.

see my previous notes on this if you are interested. :)

2012-02-04 15:27:36 -0500

180 °F / 82 °C

2 min 0 sec

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ScottTeaMan 2012-02-04 15:41:34 -0500

I’ve heard the same of the darker oolongs.

gmathis 2012-02-04 15:45:58 -0500

Saturdays were designed for good tea that you can take time to enjoy :) This definitely sounds like one of those!

Amy oh 2012-02-04 15:46:37 -0500

at least that makes me feel a bit better about not drinking it really quickly. :)

Charles Thomas Draper 2012-02-04 18:51:42 -0500

Yes about the darker Oolongs….

Amy oh 2012-02-04 22:09:09 -0500

@Charles, it is nice to have some tea I don’t have to worry about going stale. That is a definite benefit of pu-erhs as well.

Charles Thomas Draper 2012-02-05 00:14:56 -0500

My thoughts exactly….

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My profile pic is of a pink dahlia at Golden Gate Park.

Hobbies include: tea, making art, animals, vegan things, buddhism, nature, creativity, books, writing, cooking, meditation, yoga.

I am a fan of many different teas but my favorites are blacks and oolongs, also like darjeeling and pu-erh. I’n always learning and expanding my horizons!

Dislikes include: bergamot, jasmine, highly tannic or bitter teas, overly judgmental and bitter people. :)

Live in San Francisco, I’m a SINK (single income, no kids) and love the urban life, but traveling out to the middle of nowhere is always fun too.

I tend to not drink things I know I will hate so a lot of my tea ratings are on the higher side. Here’s my rating system, sorta

95-100 I love this tea and would like to keep it around

94-90 An excellent tea which I may or may not repurchase

89-80 Pretty good, above average

79-70 Acceptable

69-60 Mundane – Will probably drink it if I have it

59-50 Ick

49 and below Nasty