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This is the first white tea I’ve ever had and from what I’ve read this is a pretty high quality white tea. Now I’m not sure if this is fair to myself in drinking this particular one as my first white tea. But the tea is very good, it’s smooth, light, and has a semi-sweet flavor. I enjoy this tea very much.
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Well it’s raining in Oklahoma City so a black tea it is. I’m drinking Mount Everest which I picked up from Souvia Teas in Phoenix, AZ during Christmas. Turns out this amazing store was across the street from where I was staying, so I couldn’t help but to indulge myself.
I just started drinking this tea and I don’t normally drink black tea so I steeped it for five minutes even which I think may have been a little bit to long. On my next steep I will try four and a half minutes, and if that doesn’t taste right I will try four minutes. Again I’m new to the black tea, so any suggestions would be helpful.
Preparation
I usually steep my black tea for 3-3:30 minutes. I find that anything over 4 tends to be bitter or overly strong. Hope this helps a bit.
Well I usually make a large cups of tea, that’s why I give it the extra minute or two. Thank you for the info, I will try three and a half minutes on my re-steep.
If you’re looking to experiment with black tea steeping times, definitely stick to the shorter end of the spectrum. Nothing’s worse than bitter, over steeped black tea. Also, welcome to Steepster! It’s a great site here.
Thanks Erin. I will keep that in mind, and yes I am enjoying this site so much and I’ve only been here for barely even a day.
I love this tea! I think they call it Souvia Sushi, but it is simply Genmai Cha with Matcha. You can imagine how both teas compliment each other. This tea inspired me to try a little matcha with a few other teas. Souvia is a small tea shop in Phoenix, they also have a place in Scottsdale.
Why wouldn’t it be fair? You deserve good qualiTEA?
*. not ?
haha! No, I’m definitely enjoying it, don’t get me wrong. I just consider myself very young in the world of tea, so starting out with a high quality tea just seems odd to me. Seems like I should start at the bottom and work my way up. Maybe I’m spoiling myself, but with tea I don’t think that’s possible…
Why waste time drinking bad tea? Yay for starting off w/ good stuff!