113 Tasting Notes

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My very first loose leaf puerh. Have to say it smells a bit weird, earthy and something i can’t place yet. The dry leaf look a bit like black tea but u can see its older and less fresh.

Brew time say’s 15 to 30seconds and thats what i did for a first cup, 30 second brew!

Letting it cool down a bit and i’m tasting a very soft tea with strong earth note’s. No bitterness at all. Its very smooth and almost creamy in taste. This tea is 5 years younger then me, feels weird to drink something thats 23 years old! But it tastes very very good.

This loose cooked tea is better then the cooked mini tuo cha i had a while ago!

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This once was the very first loose leaf tea i tryed. Had few assam tea’s in the meantime so i ordered this one again a while ago. Its not as overwhelmingly malty then i remember but its good. The leaf’s are a nice mix off golden tips and regular black assam leaf.

For this brew i used 3min steep in boiling water and the result is a nice dark brown liquor that smells great!

Its better then the regular assam breakfast from jing, but i’m not so sure anymore if i would order it again because the breakfast one is exellent to and cheaper…

Still i’m going to enjoy this because its been a while that i drank assam tea’s!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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Drinking this marvelous 1st flush today after a meal off my favorite dinner stewed porkmeat with honey and carrots and rice… This 1st flush tastes alot like the arya estate darjeeling oolong i had a while ago. It keeps up true 3 infusions while most black stop being very good with only 2. This one got in general a lot of the same tasting note’s then the oolong. But its less muscatel tinted and a bit more sweet, especially the sweet honey like after tastes is getting out, or maybe thats because i had a very sweet honey flavored main course… i love this one thats for sure!

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drank Rooibos (Redbush) by Jing Tea
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A few days ago i had my first rooibos experience, it was a good one!

I heard loads off good opinions and health benefits for this rooibos herb/tea from South Africa but i didn’t mind trying it out until now. The dry rooibos looks like very tiny shaved pieces off wood and smells a bit like tabacco. I’m using a pretty large teaspoon for my first few brews and i’m going with a 3min mark for my first cup.

The color off the brew turns out to be a deep golden brown liquor and smells very malty. When i’m tasting this i’m noticing very different taste’s in my mouth. Its soft and strong at the same time. Malty, but not like a black tea… it reminds me off assam but different…

My second cup is almost equal in quality but i steeped it for almost 10min and it didn’t go bitter at all!

Overall i’m finding this a good herbal tea to drink when i’m not in the mooth for a caffeine ritch drink.

Preparation
Boiling

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drank Lemon Verbena by Jing Tea
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Not a tea to review in the real ‘tea’ like way but a herbal for a change. Lemon Verbena, my 50gram ziplock bag from jingtea is almost about to explode when u see the package standing between the other tea… i’m guessing these leaves are just so light that u need a so many off them. Anyhow when opening the pack i’m greeted by a great lemonade like smell. The name Lemon in lemon verbena is there for a reason!

The dry leaf is very light and breakable like i tought it would be, so i’m taking alot off them to infuse in my teapot. Brewing these for 3min with boiling water gives a very fresh smelling and mint like in color brew. According to the website your able to do one infusion from these leaf’s, well i did a second one and brewed it double the time off my first infusion and it came out almost just as good in taste!

Speaking off taste, when its cooled down enough it tastes very lemon like with a smooth aftertaste in the mouth, very refreshing in this hot weather!

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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my very first Indian Oolong! I had a few darjeeling tea’s before but usually the regular black first or second flush tea’s, this on the other hand sounds special…

The leaf are big and look like a heavy roast chinese oolong perhaps a bit like a big red robe. But taste wise its different offcourse, i’m tasting a fruity fresh oolong with the same hints off muscatel a good first flush black tea has. Its sappy, but the sweet and sour note’s from the discription are not coming true on my tastebuds… perhaps its a personal thing i don’t know but i’m really enjoying this.

Gonna try a second cup in a few moments with a bit longer steep but for now this tea gets a descent score!

oh i forgot to mention i brewed this for 2min with 85°c water.

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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Took me ages to really fall in love with this tea, but now it seems i can’t resist of having a sheng puerth in my cupboard. I’m probably going to buy this again soon but the chance is big i’m going to try other sheng’s first. So far for the heads up off this tea!

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This is one off my favorite black tea’s it fits for me personally on the same line then alot off assam tea’s. Strong full body but in stead off the malty tastes from assam tea’s this one got a sweet touch. I like drinking this in the morning because it wakes me up pretty good.

Usually my brew time for this tea is about 3min for the first cup and 5 for the second… both cups give a very dark brown liquor that smells like no other!

When i’m really into this one i brew sometimes a third cup, its a bit less in flavor tough it still tastes better then most bagged tea’s!

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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I received this flowering dragon eye last month with my subscription on jing tea. Very exited to try my first flowering tea!

Before infusing this green tea ball i notice a very strong flower smell probably the marigold or the amaranth giving that special scent.

The tea ball seems to be tight very well together, so its ready to pour boiling water over it. I’m a little bit surprised to use boiling water on green tea but its on the package label so we use it. When the infusion starts everything is going on at once, the ball floats on the top of the water and slowly starts to sink and unfurl revealing the yellow marigold flower, then the jasmine arch gets raised with the beautiful amaranth flower on top!

Have to say one off the most pretty tea’s i ever drank, its a bit sad to pour the tea into my cup because everything fall flat when the water is gone.

Anyway time to let this baby cool and start tasting!

The color of the brew turns out to be a golden green tint and looks very tastfull. My first sip i can clearly pick out the jasmine mixed in are different tastes but thats from the other 2 flowers in there. Very good taste not to overwhelming aroma’s. I’m happy with this, going to make some more infusions from the same bulb. Pretty sure the other brews are going to be good in taste to. So going to make a new note soon!

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 45 sec

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