Whiteantlers, the Red (Black) Tie Guan Yin you sent me is fantastic. The dry leaf reminded me of a Laoshan Black. The leaves themselves were black strings tipped by gold. This is exactly the type of Black Tea I prefer. 30 sec, then 55 sec, 1 min 15, 3 min, and 5 min. First, I get cocoa, malt, thickness, berries, jam, and a little bit of astringency. Second, more jam and cocoa. Third a leathery quality comes out with the berry jam. The same can be said of the fourth. The fifth just has light berry jam and cocoa in light water. This is good. Really good. Thank you so much!
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Got to love that Laoshan Black! Mmm-mm.
So glad the Iron Goddess is in good hands! Sip happily!
where was it from originally?
I believe it came from Life in Teacup.
Red package air vacuum package?
I think so, LP.
Life in Teacup :)
There’s actually many many black tieguanyin out there. I’ve had three different ones, but if you know where to search you will notice there is just a large array of crazy things being done.
I ordered from Life in Teacup because of your comment on his Pine tea. I’d never heard of the vendor prior to that. The Pine was not up on the site, though at my request he sent me a sample. Have not tried it yet.
It isn’t being sold yet :P , it’s in the Dark Matter group buy though
It was in a red package.
Ah,good news. That means I can share my sample with someone.
It was also labeled Red (Black) Tie Guan Yin. Everything else was in Chinese. But you guys probably already know that at this point.
bah, $20 flat rate for europe. Flat rate is great for large orders but so rubbish if you just want a sample.. I do wish vendors had better shipping rates – I think my YS sample shipping was $6 for a few ounces
Vendors are losing business from me quite frequently due to flat rate
One of the many reasons why I love What-Cha is the free shipping.
Got to love that Laoshan Black! Mmm-mm.
So glad the Iron Goddess is in good hands! Sip happily!
where was it from originally?
I believe it came from Life in Teacup.
Red package air vacuum package?
I think so, LP.
Life in Teacup :)
There’s actually many many black tieguanyin out there. I’ve had three different ones, but if you know where to search you will notice there is just a large array of crazy things being done.
I ordered from Life in Teacup because of your comment on his Pine tea. I’d never heard of the vendor prior to that. The Pine was not up on the site, though at my request he sent me a sample. Have not tried it yet.
It isn’t being sold yet :P , it’s in the Dark Matter group buy though
It was in a red package.
Ah,good news. That means I can share my sample with someone.
It was also labeled Red (Black) Tie Guan Yin. Everything else was in Chinese. But you guys probably already know that at this point.
bah, $20 flat rate for europe. Flat rate is great for large orders but so rubbish if you just want a sample.. I do wish vendors had better shipping rates – I think my YS sample shipping was $6 for a few ounces
Vendors are losing business from me quite frequently due to flat rate
One of the many reasons why I love What-Cha is the free shipping.