Super cheap Da Hong Pao I picked up from Dragon Tea House on Ali on 11/11 I believe. It’s…passable, but I wouldn’t give it any higher praise than that. Some decently nice mineral and roasty notes for the first few steeps, but within just three or four steeps, it starts picking up a bit of a funky note that I kind of associate with steeped out roasted oolongs. Kind of a rotting floral/wood note or something – normally it’s not bad, because it only sort of appears at the end of a session, but in this tea it showed up early and made the second half of the session a bit unpleasant. Drinkable, but definitely not very good in my opinion.

Flavors: Floral, Mineral, Roasted, Sweet

Preparation
6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
BigDaddy

I’v e had their nonpareil also and it is a step above. The generic is just not quite there.

Matu

Good to know – I’ll keep that in mind should I find myself ordering from them again.

Friesen Laury

Very good in my opinion. https://candy-crush.io

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BigDaddy

I’v e had their nonpareil also and it is a step above. The generic is just not quite there.

Matu

Good to know – I’ll keep that in mind should I find myself ordering from them again.

Friesen Laury

Very good in my opinion. https://candy-crush.io

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