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I find this tea to be a great way to ease into the night, it has a smooth mellow flavor with a light taste of honeysuckle combined with the smooth and light overtones of white peony. Great for 5+ steepings
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I love honeysuckle. Going to have to take a look at this Shang Tea you’re always reviewing.
Most of my tea is from Shang because he has a shop in Kansas City (where my parents live). It’s pretty cool, he has a 40-acre tea farm in Fujian where he makes some of the best white tea in the world (in my opinion). You should definitely check out his selection!
That’s pretty high praise! This one’s going on the list. Anything in particular you recommend?
I would stick with his white teas, in particular, white peony king and silver needle king. In you like scented white teas, then I would highly recommend his pao blossom white which is phenomenal. His green and black teas are also good, but I wouldn’t say that they are anything special.
Thanks for the advice! I’ll root around for what I’m sure will be the great tea purchase slaughter of 2010.
It also looks like he has a sampler on his website which might be a good way to taste his different teas: http://www.shangtea.com/store/c/10-Tea-Sampler.html
SWEET. Bookmarked it.
This is the perfect way to wind down after a long day!
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I always used to complain when I had to drink Jasmine tea. I always thought that the jasmine overpowered the underlying tea and made it undrinkable. Then, I finally tried some GOOD jasmine tea and the difference is night and day.
This jasmine tea from Shang, using his fantastic silver needle king, is a great tea to enjoy anytime during the day.
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When I 1st got into tea and would go into a tea shop I’d tell whoever was helping me “No floral teas, I don’t want to drink my grandma’s perfume!” but as my tastes have matured I LOVE jasmine and even rose teas (chocolate and rose is one of my favorite combos).
I also think that when I started drinking jasmine, I had some that were Jasmine FLAVORED rather than scented. The difference is huge, scented is so much better and really incorporates and infuses the taste of the jasmine flower into the tea leaves without losing the underlying taste
One of my favorites, this dragonwell features a rich chestnutty taste that is clean and pure. Unfortunately, I don’t think Shang offers this anymore because he doesn’t grow this himself.
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This is totally unrelated to tea (sorry) but I noticed your location and had to ask… Do you go to Cornell?
Yep I go to Cornell :)
Whee! That’s where I went! Ah, Mt. Vernon. Three bars, 2 video stores and a tattoo parlor in a town of less than 3k (well, at least when I went there). Nostalgia.
Awesome! Yeah, not much has changed around here. We have a frisbee golf course on the front lawn, and a new residence hall (clock tower), but everything else is pretty much the same. When did you go to Cornell?
I was there ’97 – ’01. Before Pfiffer was redone so my corner single? Yeah, the windows would get ice on the inside. Really hope they fixed that… And the orange carpet was still orange. I saw something that it is purple now?
The orange carpet is still orange thankfully. And Pfeiffer is on it’s own heating system now, so I’m pretty sure it doesn’t get ice on the inside of the window, however I think Tarr and Dows still have that problem
Jeez, it’s a small world, isn’ it? :)
Hmm, maybe I’m just remembering when they asked us to vote on two oranges or a purple for it… I’m old now – memory’s bad you know. :)
@Jillian: Yay for the interweb!
