Amy oh

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Hand Picked Autumn Tieguanyin (2011) from Verdant Tea

Amy oh drank Hand Picked Autumn Tieguanyin (2011) by Verdant Tea

Finally I am getting around to trying this today…

I brewed it Western style for around 3 minutes in an infuser mug with around 180 F water.

I’m eating this with a mango today and I don’t know if this is influencing my perceptions of the tea or not but it does seem a bit fruity to me. I am getting a lot of buttery richness and it is a very smooth brew. Slightly floral in the finish. I think perhaps I need to try it again when I am not eating it with a big bowl of fruit but my initial perceptions are pretty good.

2011-11-20 12:15:45 -0500

180 °F / 82 °C

2 min 0 sec

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Charles Thomas Draper 2011-11-20 12:28:04 -0500

Yes. Lay off the mango.

Amy oh 2011-11-20 20:06:17 -0500

But I need my vitamin C!

Charles Thomas Draper 2011-11-20 20:28:12 -0500

Not when it disrupts the flavor of a fine tea….

Ninavampi 2011-11-20 20:30:57 -0500

Yum… Mango… In Ecuador mangoes are only grown in the rainy season, which is starting now! We should start being able to buy them next week or so. Mangoes are the first sign that Christmas is near!

Amy oh 2011-11-20 21:28:35 -0500

@ Charles- the mango was a nice complement to the tea I thought. Will update my rating later if necessary
@ Ninavampi – Mangos are one of my favorite fruit!

Charles Thomas Draper 2011-11-20 23:14:21 -0500

Yes a healthy, beautiful thing . But they may overpower you oolong….

Spoonvonstup 2011-11-21 09:35:39 -0500

Mangos are delicious, it’s true, but I think you’ll have a really experience if you taste the tea again without. One thing I’ve found with Verdant’s TGY’s is that the best complement to the tea is more steepings of that tea.. it feels like with each steeping, the tea is prepping your tongue to make everything after so much better.

Amy oh 2011-11-21 10:33:30 -0500

I will try again. :)

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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