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Nice Pu Er.
I’ve tried it in a big teapot and in gong fu cha in a small teapot (after rinsing in both cases), it was nice without any off taste and without anything out of normal.
Good every day Pu Er

Brewed in a small teapot : 20 cl – 35’’, 35’’, 45’’, 60’’, 1’30’’
I also tried it in a zhong : 10 cl – 25’’ – 30’’ – 45’’ – 60’’ – 1’30’’ – 2’30’’
and a big teapot : 70cl – 5’

I waited this new batch for 6 months now :)
Well, I was expecting more honey and less freshness from this tea.
It is a good, and I can feel/smell a taste of honey that I can bring strong enough either in gong fu cha or in a big teapot.
The tea has a taste of fruit and freshness, not really like green tea, more like a white one. Medium after taste of fruit/honey. Not like anything I’ve tried before.
I will let the leaves at rest for a little bit and try it again with my little teapot of 10 cl, maybe the honey taste will be stronger.

Wow strong smell !
Nice taste, although the taste of green tea is very faint. Very good with something sweet :)

Small teapot (10cl) : 25’’ – 30’’ – 45’’ – 1’00 – 1’30 – 2’30
Very nice, taste of ripe fruit.
Strong fruity after taste very long in mouth. The taste is a bit light in the last brews.
At this price, a real bargain.

I first, I was like “mmm smells good”. The leaves are quite green for a Tie Guan Yin of this grade (or so I think).
I tried it in a small teapot (0,2L) and 20 seconds … almost nothing. I was drinking hot water with a very faint flowery taste. I tried to increase the duration of my brew … nothing, still too light.
Alright, let’s follow what’s written on the bag. Big teapot, 4-5 minutes. Still very light with an off taste, green but more like fresh leaves than flower.

I tried to order some green tea in February, at first I thought it could be a very bad idea.
Although this tea should be a bit old (one year or so, but I could guess wrong since I’ve got no information on the harvest), the taste is strong and I liked it.
Brewed in a zhong (2’00, 3’00 and 3’00). Herbal, light nutty and smoky taste. Nice.

Very nice oolong for this price, a taste of … Osmanthus as you guessed.
I’ve tried it in a small teapot and the taste was too light for me. I’ve tried again in a big one (0.7L) and it was much better slight after taste and very nice flowery taste without being overwhelming.
A nice choice definitely.

So I found a shop where you can buy tea by 25g (0.9oz or something like that I think). A good and cheap way to try a lot of tea and to choose which one to order next time.
This Long Jing is good. Brewed in a zhong (2’00, 3’00 and 3’00). I’ve tried a first brew at 1’00 but the taste was too light.
The taste is grassy with a little touch of citrus. A little bit light for me though, the order was made in February (almost one year after the spring harvest), so it could explain the light taste.

I’ve only tried a little of all the teas that Maison des 3 Thes sells.
I wanted to know why their prices are so high …
This one is one of the cheapest (and it’s price is already high compared to most tea houses).
I brewed this one in a zhong (12 cl) : 20’’ – 30’’ – 45’’ – 60’’ – 1’30 – 2’30.
I didn’t put a lot of leaves since I’ve read on internet that this tea can quickly give a bitter result.
The taste at first isn’t very strong, but the after taste is ! Fruity, oily. The taste is pure and plain : no off-taste coming from over roasting or something.
I’m almost sure I could have done another brew. Next time I will try with more leaves.
So yeah, this tea is a bit expensive compared to what you can buy elsewhere, but very good.

Brewed in a big teapot.
Well I’m not really into into citrus flavored tea. It reminds me of the (bad) tea you can find in any public coffee machine.
This one is good, it reminds me of Yuzuu Temple (from Mariage Freres too), and I liked this one better.
The tea is oily and the flavor is nice without being too strong or overwhelming.
A good everyday tea.

My last leaves.
I’ve bought a smaller gong fu cha teapot and … the tea tastes even better.
Small teapot 10cl : 20’’ – 25’’ – 40’’ – 60’’ – 1’30 – 2’30.
Very good Dan Cong with a strong fruity after taste. After the last brew, the after taste stayed in my mouth for a long time.
Not too hard to brew compared to some Dan Cong.
Very good tea.

Another red fruit tea from Mariage Freres.
The taste reminds me of The à l’Opera.
It’s good flavored tea : the smell is nice and the flavour present, although the tea base isn’t strong enough in my opinion.

Ahhh my last leaves.
Brewed in a small teapot 10cl : 15’’ – 20’’ – 35’’ – 45’’ – 60’’ – 1’30 – 3’00
The taste of jasmine is stronger than before.
The flower scent fill the mouth. Light after taste, this tea just miss a strong one.
It’s a shame to sell such a good tea at this price :) I will buy some more soon.

Brewed in a big teapot.
The taste of the tea base is a little too strong, I’ll try to brew it a bit less next time.
The scent and flavor of chocolate is nice.

Brewed in a big teapot.
Very strong taste of smoke, not the best smoked tea out there.
If you like smoked tea you may like this one, although the smoke override every other taste in this tea.

Brewed in a big teapot.
The bergamot was too strong for my taste and the mint almost absent.
I tried it cold and didn’t really like it too.

Fruity green tea.
I tried it hot and cold, both were good.

Arrghh, tastes horrible. Not even like some tea bag with no taste, this one has taste : a bad one.

Brewed in a big teapot : 0,7cl.
I also tried in gong fu cha – same result …

Usually I’m not into the Bio things, but what I read in the shop made me want to try it. Well at this price, there are far better teas than this one. The taste and the leaves looks more like red tea than oolong. There’s also an earthy taste to it, a bit pu-erh like (not a good old one though).
I would only recommend trying this one if you’re into red teas (more than flowery, fruity oolong).

Brewed in a big teapot.
Spicy and a little bit fruity.
Ok for a tea of this price, however the spicy taste is a little bit too strong for me

I tried with a big teapot (0,7 L).
It tastes nutty and woody, not a very good tea, but drinkable though.

Lowest price oolong from le palais des thes, why not …
First look, leaves are in pieces, smell isn’t really good.
They say to know a tea try it in a zhong.
All right, the scent bowl is … awfully bad, so is the taste : kids don’t try this at home !
First brew : 30’, second brew : 45’. Both very bad.
Well, at this price, I didn’t expect anything special, no surprise there.

I will try in a big teapot, for the low prices of le palais des thes I think this is the way to go.

One of the worst jasmine tea I ever drink.
I even wondered if there is really some jasmine in it…

Excellent Bai Mu Dan with full leaves. Brewed in a big teapot (0.7cl), I put a lot of leaves (I didn’t weight them though).
Grassy, nutty and round.