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Tealizzy drank Big Leaf Sheng Pu'er 2006 Yang Ji Tian Yuan by Verdant Tea

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From the Sheng and Shou TTB.

I picked this one because of the unique look of the leaf. Big wide flat leaves make up the dry leaf, like an autumn leaf pile pressed together.

It brews up with a nice amber color. It smells fruity sweet, with a bit of that fireplace smell you get when people in your neighborhood start using their fireplaces. The flavor is sugarcane sweet with a grilled smokiness, and it’s silky in texture. Later steepings were all honey butter. Quite nice. There were, however, some weird floaties in the liquor that I couldn’t identify and took away from how nice the tea was, but were probably just part of the stem or leaf. Despite that, this was a nice tea.

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Another profile facelift! My tastes have changed a lot from when I first discovered loose leaf tea.

I can trace my tea journey back to October 2012, when I discovered DavidsTea. Before that, I had the occasional cup and enjoyed high tea at An Afternoon to Remember, which has since closed.

I went through a period of wanting to try all the teas, and was really into flavored teas, especially dessert blacks, but my tastes have substantially changed over time.

I still enjoy the occasional flavored black or rooibos, but I’m more into unflavored black teas right now and recently, puerh. Chinese black teas are amazing…with their notes of chocolate or sweet potato, who needs a flavored tea? I had a much steeper learning curve when it came to puerh. I used to dump out cups of puerh for tasting like leather. Now, I am really enjoying them. I think it took finding good quality puerh and steeping them gong fu style to really enjoy them.

I also, on occasion, enjoy a good oolong, white, or green tea.

Favorite tea companies right now include: Mandala, Teavivre, Butiki, Golden Moon, Lupicia, and DavidsTea (for teaware mostly).

Just a note: I don’t rate my teas numerically because my iPad doesn’t like the scroll bar. Maybe someday that will change…hint hint, steepster! ;)

P.S. My profile picture is of one of my 2 cats, Holly, who is a little princess but very photogenic, and she loves boxes, including those that bring me tea! :)

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