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definitely my favorite tea at the moment

Dry leaves smell of musty apricot. The liquor hits with a smokey bitterness upfront, followed by a gentle fruitiness. The fruit, unlike the aroma of the dry leaves, is plum and raspberry. The texture is flat, maybe slightly mineral, and light amber in color. Successive steeps grow more bitter and smokey, loosing its distinctive fruitiness. This teas bitterness was not overwhelming, but it was on the edge. Would have gotten a higher rating if it was just slightly less bitter. All-in-all a very interesting tea, and enjoyable. Different from other Da Hong Pao I’ve had.

This tea is wonderful now that I’ve hit on exactly the right way to brew it. Mmmm.

I don’t like to hate on products just because I dislike a flavour. I absolutely HATE peppermint, it’s like eating toothpaste for me. Hidious. So skeptically I tested it, but no. MINTY!

I would guess a mint lover could love it, but the other review here suggests otherwise. I would give it a try though – A LOT of minty goodness here, for those of you who appreciate that ;)

Stuff’s never bad.

meh.

I did not like this tea at all.

Not my cup of tea – far too sour for my taste. In fact I tasted nothing else, just the sourness.

I like these!

Tis the tea I drink in class.

If this one were marketed as a cinnamon tea, instead of a chai, it would have been a better move. Cinnamon is all I taste. I’ve been mixing it with other teas, so it doesn’t come through so strong

I stole some of this out of Dale’s desk to compare with the Keemun Special Grade I drank a few days ago. Tastes very similar to me, I guess I just don’t have the refined palette that Dale does. Or maybe he’s full of crap.

So freakin’ good. This was a sample – on session’s worth. 2 mins at 195. Lovely and fresh with a taste a bit like the faint aftertaste of cane syrup. I’m a fan.
Second steep is very buttery and creamy. OMG, so good.

Pretty foul and artificial tasting. Strictly a tea of last desperation.

One of my favourite oolongs, delicate, complex and subtle. I was really looking forward to the second steeping, but when I went to make it I found that OH had thrown out the leaves. Woe! He now knows not to do that again.