Turns out I had one more gaiwan full of this tea, so happily I had a sipdown today!
This is an old harvest of this tea; maybe 2 years ago? So it’s good to finally finish it up. Even though it is old it still had great flavor. Nice and buttery, slightly floral, somewhat nutty. This one is super smooth and never had any rough edges at any temperature. Just nice and smooth, tasty dragonwell to have with some cheese and crackers after a long day of work.
I am tea obsessed, with the stash to match. I tend to really enjoy green oolongs, Chinese blacks, and flavored teas with high quality bases, especially florals, bergamot-based teas, and chocolate teas.
In my free time I am a birder, baker, and music/movie/tv addict.
Here are my rating categories, FYI:
100-90: Mind-blowingly good, just right for my palate, and teas that just take me to a happy place.
89-86: I really really like these teas and will keep most of them in the permanent collection, but they’re not quite as spectacular as the top category
85-80: Pretty tasty teas that I enjoy well enough, but definitely won’t rebuy when I run out.
79-70: Teas that I would probably drink again, but only if there were no preferrable options.
69-50: Teas that I don’t really enjoy all that much and wouldn’t drink another cup of.
49 and below: Mega yuck. This tea is just disgusting to me.
Unrated: Usually I feel unqualified to rate these teas because they are types of teas that I tend to not like in general. Sometimes user error or tea brewed under poor conditions.
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Yum, cheese and crackers is one of my favorite things ever. :D