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drank Passionfruit Oolong by Naivetea
2201 tasting notes

When I was going through my cupboard I would often try to arrange it so I drank a black tea in the morning, and an oolong (or green or white, but mostly oolong) in the afternoon. Obviously if I was able to keep that up I have a lot of oolongs, but I think before my sip-through I had gotten out of the habit of drinking them. No more! I am going to continue my black-in-the-morning, oolong-in-the-afternoon habit and try to drink them more often.

Anyway, this was my choice for today. I thought of some other, older ones, but my taste buds really decided they wanted this one. I bought some passion fruits at a big international grocery store yesterday, so I guess they are on my mind. As always, this is lovely. Delicious hot, cold, and every temp in between. Having recently tried some other scented oolongs using a high mountain Taiwanese base, I appreciate the sweetness and floral notes that the base brings here. It’s really what I think of when I think of high mountain oolongs (other than Jin Xuan)… no butter, not creamy, but a rich, thick texture nonetheless, with sweetness, floral notes, and a freshness that pairs well with fruit flavors. Definite yum.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Fjellrev

After reading about you raving about them for a couple years, I finally caved, emailed them, and asked if they would be willing to ship to Canada. :)

Dinosara

Oh, I hope they can work something out for you!

Fjellrev

Yeah! I mean, why wouldn’t they want my money?

Equusfell

I’m going to have to try this again/order this now that my tastes are more refined. I think I will enjoy it a lot more now! And I have been hanging that lychee oolong over my own head for so long now…. Gah!

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Fjellrev

After reading about you raving about them for a couple years, I finally caved, emailed them, and asked if they would be willing to ship to Canada. :)

Dinosara

Oh, I hope they can work something out for you!

Fjellrev

Yeah! I mean, why wouldn’t they want my money?

Equusfell

I’m going to have to try this again/order this now that my tastes are more refined. I think I will enjoy it a lot more now! And I have been hanging that lychee oolong over my own head for so long now…. Gah!

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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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