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This was a very temperamental tea for me. Oversteeping or steeping at too high a temperature ruins the flavor.

The flavor reminds me of dark chocolate. It doesn’t actually taste like chocolate like some black teas do, but it reminds me of the mouth feel and bite of dark chocolate.

I steeped 9 grams of this tea in a 4 oz. gaiwan. The tea was stronger and more flavorful than when I tried steeping 4 grams, but it’s still too astringent for me and I still don’t like the flavor much. This one isn’t my cup of tea.

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This tea has a very complex flavor. It’s smokey, sweet, and slightly fruit/prune-like. The raw tea smells very smokey and the liquor smells like campfire and cake.

It took a few steepings for the flavor to start to come out.

This tea goes particularly well with strawberries with a little yogurt or whipped cream.

This is my favorite white tea so far. I wouldn’t have identified this as white tea because I have only had experience with silver needle whites and fruity white teas before this one.

The tea is very sweet and the flavor reminds me of honey. The liquor is dark in color, somewhat like a dark oolong.

This tea always lasts me many steepings. I brew this at about 208F with 4 oz. of leaf in a 4 oz. gaiwan. I start at about 8 seconds and go up a few seconds at a time from there after the first few steepings.

This time I steeped about 6 grams in a 4 oz. gaiwan. I did a 10 second rinse and about 20 seconds for each steeping.

The flavor had more smoke and less grass in than I remember. This is still my least favorite pu erh I’ve tried so far.

This tea is very smooth and has a very rich flavor. I wish the flavor was a little stronger. I think this would be a very good introductory pu erh.

I used about 3 grams for a 3 oz. brew. I may try using about 6 grams next time.

The first steeping was very sweet, much sweeter than I expected. I tasted less of the woody flavor I associate with oolongs.

The second steeping was much less sweet and tasted much more like other oolongs I have had. There is still a unique lingering sweetness.

This tea didn’t last as many steepings as I hoped it would, but it was very good while it lasted.

I found this tea boring. The little flavor it has just reminds me of grass. I used 4 grams for a 4 oz. gaiwan. I may try using more tea next time.

This pu erh smells smokier than it tastes. The initial flavor is fairly smooth and is not nearly as bitter as I expected.

The smokiness fades as the tea is steeped more and longer steep times seem to bring out a stronger more prune-like flavor.

As the bold flavor and smokiness starts to fade in much later steepings the remaining smoothness reminds me of chocolate drink I’ve had from a Chocolate bar that was made extra thick with soy milk.

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This pu erh has a mellow but rich flavor that I’m not sure how to describe. It’s not particularly smokey, bitter, fruity, fishy, or eathy. I would enjoy drinking this on a regular basis.

I prepared this tea gongfu style. I used about 3.5 grams for a 5 oz. gaiwan and steeped for a few seconds each steeping.

The tea grew much progressively over the first few steepings. The dried leaf smells slightly malty. The steeped tea is very sweet and quite vegetal in flavor.

The liquor was very light but fairly strong, though surprisingly I could still taste the flavor of the water through it. I used filtered tap water which wasn’t bad, but I think a more flavorful water would have been better.

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I just drank my first few steepings of this tea. There are not yet brewing instructions on the website so I improvised based on previous experience with another bilochun tea which favored lower temperature steepings.

This tea tastes very similar to the usual Laoshan green to me but it seems to be a little sweeter and taste a little more more like snap peas.

The initial steeping was very good, but it became too bitter after that (from steeping too long I think).

I made the mistake of oversteeping this initially (steeped for about 2 minutes instead of 2 seconds initially). Subsequent re-steepings may have suffered from this, but the flavor held up better than I would have expected given how much I oversteeped it.

The liqueur smells like barbecued wood. The tea tastes similar to how it smells and has an aftertaste like prunes.

The recommended 2 minutes and 2 teaspoons for 1 cup of tea made a very nice first cup. The rose is somewhat berry-like in sweetness and flavor. The citrus and rose brought out the chocolatey flavor in the Laoshan black so much so that I thought there were cacao nibs in this blend.

The first cup was probably my favorite cup of Early Grey-like tea, but subsequent cups were somewhat lackluster. The second steeping was not nearly as strong nor as satisfying.

I just finished off my sampler. If I drink this tea again, I may try steeping it gong fu style to see if the flavor lasts longer. I’m afraid the rose flavor may not steep out as well that way though.

This tea is bold, minty, flowery, and slightly spicy. I enjoy this tea quite a bit on its own but I just found out I really like it mixed with Laoshan Black. I used 1 tsp. Chocolate Chamomile Curiosity and 1 tsp. Laoshan Black. The result was a tea that is smoother and stronger than Chocolate Chamomile Curiosity but much more flavorful and interesting than Laoshan Black on its own.

This tea is also very interesting as an iced tea. I do think it’s slightly too herbal on its own for my liking. I haven’t tried mixing it with Laoshan black while icing but I imagine it would also be wonderful.

I steeped 3 oz. of this in a medium gaiwan (4 oz.) with boiling water for 3 seconds per infusion.

The initial taste definitely has a buttery or creamy mouth feel. The first sips of each cup taste light and feel smooth. Towards the end of each cup I notice a slightly bitterness that lingers after each sip. This aftertaste is not a smokey bitterness so much as an over-steeped bitterness.

I may have over-steeped this tea or maybe I should have used cooler water. This may be the first black tea that I have over-steeped gongfu style.

I do enjoy the initial taste of each cup. I will try steeping in cooler water next time.

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