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715 Tasting Notes

Aged Bamboo Oolong 1990 from Zhi Tea
玉露つぼか (Gyokuro Tsuboka) from Maruyamaen
Bi Luo Chun from Chicago Tea Garden
Hand Curled Golden Buds Dianhong from Verdant Tea (Special)
Maiden's Smile from The Green Tea House
Haixintang Stone-Pressed Sheng from Verdant Tea (Special)

Reminds me of CTG’s sticky rice pu’er tuo cha. I think I liked the wild arbor tea from this factory more than this one.

Maple Pecan Oolong from Butiki Teas
Four Seasons Taiwan Oolong from Asha Tea House
89
Nirvana from American Tea Room
88
Haixintang 2006 Wild Arbor Shu from Verdant Tea (Special)

I’ve never seen a tea that was naturally blood orange before. The flavor is so rich! It’s almost like a wine. The tea lasted for over 10 steepings.

Early Spring Fuding Silver Needle White from Verdant Tea (Special)

Very surprised with this one :) I had CTG’s Silver Needle and didn’t really love it. It had a similar flavor to black tea, which I don’t like. However… this one was so much more!! It was so beautifully floral! The buds were so soft and downy too. I’m glad Verdant is bringing me out of my shell and forcing me to drink things that aren’t oolong or greens!

甘露 (Kanrou) from Iwabuchi Teashop

I have all these different Japanese senchas but I just can’t distinguish them from each other well~ it’s not like oolongs, which I just have a taste for. Totally enjoyed this cup though!

Uji Sencha from Lupicia
Laoshan Black Chocolate Genmaicha from Verdant Tea
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Organic Turmeric Ginger from The Republic of Tea
Pineapple Oolong from Lupicia
Raspberry and Cream Matcha from Red Leaf Teas
Master Bi's Jin Guan Yin Wuyi Oolong from Verdant Tea (Special)
American Oolong from Zhi Tea
Imperial Rou Gui Rock Wulong 2011 from Seven Cups
Spring Huang Jin Gui from jing tea shop
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Ten Year Aged Tieguanyin (Light Oxidation) from Verdant Tea (Special)
Royal Courtesan from Zhi Tea
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Pomegranate Vanilla Red Tea from The Republic of Tea

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My favorite teas are high mountain, Wuyi, and dancong oolongs. I also need my deep steamed sencha every now and then. I’m not totally into flavoreds but I’m always up for interesting flavors (like ATR’s Nirvana and Toasted Fig). My favorite natural flavors are roasted and floral.

I have a BA in Biochemistry from Smith College with a minor in Japanese
Currently attending KGI (Keck Graduate Institute) for a Master of Bioscience

I love J-R&B and J-Urban and used to do a radio show on WOZQ Northampton, MA
I play both WoW (Airine on Executus) and LoL (Airine)

Location

Upland, CA / Rockville, MD

Website

http://jpopaddict.tumblr.com

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