Thar she blows! Aharr, me hearties, today I laid into the White Whale that Paul of White2tea sent me. I fear the whale has harpooned me and now I be mixing up me sailing books. Should it be Treasure Whale or White Whale Island? Perhaps it’s just the tea drunk talking.

The dry leaf has an aroma of wood and camphor. Wet, the leaf adds smoky and pine resin notes. The liquor is orange. I can feel the kick as I drink it. It is powerful with strong wood and camphor notes, an element of smoke and pine resin, and a chilli bite in the aftertaste then a fine cooling on the tongue. I’m enjoying this tea a lot and finding that the aftertaste lasts nicely, unlike the aftertaste that Moby Dick left in Captain Ahab’s mouth. Let us hope that it has the legs of all those sailors it has encountered, because I hope to enjoy it for the rest of the day.
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This is indeed a dancing white whale and at a great price too. I have to say that I really like the wrapper that White2tea has come up with for it. Minimalist but pleasing just the same.

Thank you White2tea. This is now on my want list. That’s like a wish list but I am more likely to pester my wife until she gives in and buys me a brick or two.

Flavors: Camphor, Pine, Smoke, Wood

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 9 g 4 OZ / 130 ML
DigniTea

This is definitely a fine little gem!

Cwyn

Oh help, the lad had none of this on him the other day at the tea tasting, and now Roughage’s wife gonna buy it all. I better get cracking!

Roughage

Fair’s fair. You got to do the tea tasting with Paul. I got some samples. It balances out. :)

I doubt very much that my beloved will permit me to buy more tea right now, but it would not hurt you to get in ahead of her/me before we buy up the entire stock. ;)

Cwyn

The worst of it is that tea lad has a stash he might buy up soon leading to more good cakes and nothing in any of our wallets!

Roughage

Tea will get you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no tea. :)

Cwyn

Now that is the wisest sage advice I have ever read.

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DigniTea

This is definitely a fine little gem!

Cwyn

Oh help, the lad had none of this on him the other day at the tea tasting, and now Roughage’s wife gonna buy it all. I better get cracking!

Roughage

Fair’s fair. You got to do the tea tasting with Paul. I got some samples. It balances out. :)

I doubt very much that my beloved will permit me to buy more tea right now, but it would not hurt you to get in ahead of her/me before we buy up the entire stock. ;)

Cwyn

The worst of it is that tea lad has a stash he might buy up soon leading to more good cakes and nothing in any of our wallets!

Roughage

Tea will get you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no tea. :)

Cwyn

Now that is the wisest sage advice I have ever read.

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I am a qualified peripatetic berserkerologist peddling berserkjaknowledge at the University of Nottingham.

My favourite teas are Darjeelings, sheng puerhs and Anji Bai Cha. I return to these every time, after whatever flirtation with other teas I have been involved with.

I no longer rate the teas I drink because keeping ratings consistent proved to be rather hard work while not really giving me anything in return.

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