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Thank you Mr Mopar for this sample. This was an excellent tea. It was a punchy and bitter tea though. Bitter in a good way if you know what I mean. I steeped this tea twelve times and stopped because I had had a lot of caffeine. But I think it would have kept going for a lot more steeps. I think this tea is definitely worth buying. If I ever get around to buying from Tea Urchin it will go to the top of my list. This was good tea. There was a sweet note behind the bitterness too. A very complex tea in nature. You might call that note apricots, not completely sure.

I steeped this tea twelve times in a 120ml gaiwan with 7.9g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 min, and 2 min.

Preparation
Boiling 7 g 4 OZ / 120 ML
Rui A.

One of my favourite young shengs at the moment.

AllanK

This one was pretty good.

Rasseru

Yeah I really like this one also. The peacock blend as well

Matu

I’ve got both of them (cake of the peacock and sample of the snake) on the way to me in a TU order and I’m looking forward to them :)

tanluwils

Man, this is one of those popular teas that I probably should try at least once. Too bad TU’s shipping is ridiculous… :(

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Rui A.

One of my favourite young shengs at the moment.

AllanK

This one was pretty good.

Rasseru

Yeah I really like this one also. The peacock blend as well

Matu

I’ve got both of them (cake of the peacock and sample of the snake) on the way to me in a TU order and I’m looking forward to them :)

tanluwils

Man, this is one of those popular teas that I probably should try at least once. Too bad TU’s shipping is ridiculous… :(

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I am Allan. I live and work in Long Island, New York. I have been amassing a tea collection for nearly two years and have spent way too much money. I now try to buy mostly Puerh as I like it most and it lasts nearly forever. Black tea has a habit of going bad. If anyone is interested in tea swaps I am open to ideas and have quite a cupboard.

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