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mcmattley drank 2018 Tian Jian by TeaSource

20 tasting notes

Brews up slightly darker and fuller bodied than I expected (1 minute steep)

Smooth and complex. I’m tasting caramel, honey, melon, grass, some earthiness, and malt. Even a bit of lemon. Very slight astringency. An all-day drinker.

Note to self: steep this longer (at least twice as long) than a typical puer.

It’s a very solid dark tea, but it doesn’t quite stand out… still, I will be enjoying this one for a while.

Flavors: Caramel, Earth, Grass, Honey, Lemon, Malt, Melon, Mineral, Sweet

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Boiling 1 min, 0 sec

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I have too many teas and I forget things, so I’m mostly using this site to categorize and note my preferences. But if someone else gets something out of that, that’s great.

I prefer malty, smoky black teas the most for taste, and puer teas for the “kick” they give me. Though I do dabble in other types those are my two mainstays.

90-100 best of the best. these are the teas that I may even hesitate to drink because I don’t want to use them up.

80-89 great and unique in some way, probably a usual in my rotation. I’ll buy it if I’m getting low, unless it’s very expensive.

70-79 very solid but not spectacular. Buy it on sale.

60-69 not necessarily a disappointment. Just okay. Will drink but won’t buy again.

50-59 I’ll be hard pressed to drink these again, but they aren’t gross. They’ll sit in my storage until I’m bored enough to drink again.

<50 I won’t be finishing this off. Getting grosser as the number goes down.

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