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Oolong Owl drank Nonpareil Anxi Qing Xiang TieGuanYin Oolong Tea by Teavivre

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Very good oolong with big honking leaves that’ll explode your gaiwan!

The flavor is flavorful and good – quite floral orchid and buttercup, with the early infusions kinda lemon creamy. The aftertaste is an awesome peachy floral. Later infusions the oolong is buttery. I got 7 infusions, with the last two being a little dry, but overall pretty good.

I found Teavivre’s gongfu instructions too long for me, making for the tea to be overly strong for my tastes and I ended up doing shorter infusions.

Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/nonpareil-anxi-qing-xiang-tieguanyin-oolong-teavivre/ hoot

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Boiling 0 min, 15 sec

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Lol @ ‘big honking leaves’, great visual! :D

Mikumofu
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Tie Guanyin are always so visually interesting when they unfurl- big honking leaves indeed!

LiberTEAS
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Do the leaves actually honk?

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leaf in hot water
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Lol @ ‘big honking leaves’, great visual! :D

Mikumofu
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Tie Guanyin are always so visually interesting when they unfurl- big honking leaves indeed!

LiberTEAS
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Do the leaves actually honk?

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I’m a tea blogger – The Oolong Owl
www.OolongOwl.com – I do tea reviews, obsessively photograph teas with mischievous crocheted Owls and get tea drunk. I am also a crochet and knitting designer at Awkward Soul Designs.

To contact me for reviews, check out details at OolongOwl.com/about or email me at [email protected]

I was raised on floral oolongs and green teas, mostly “beauty” teas. Early on as a kid, I can guzzle an entire pot of tea (or two) at a Chinese or Japanese restaurant.
These days I like adventurous and interesting tea blends. I’m fearless in trying new teas! I’m into oolong, pu’erh, white, green, black, guayusa, mate and herbals. I’m not into red rooibos but I keep buying it anyway.

The tea brand that got me started into loose leaf teas was DAVIDsTea. I used to live in Vancouver Canada and had access to their shop, however that is now limited since I moved to southern California.

However, the perks of living in the US is ultra cheap, fast shipping! Since then, my tea stash insanely expanded.

Other stuff I’m into that sneaks into my tea notes: Brazilian jiu-jitsu, metal music, drawing, painting, cooking, photography and nail polish.

BTW, my Steepster cupboard is not even close to accurate and I track my teas on a spreadsheet. Last update 573 Teas – August 2015.