74 Tasting Notes

93

First time having liu bao. Phenomenal taste and energy. Sometimes teas taste chocolatey. This one goes beyond that and has such a deep, dark, musty, chocolatey energy that quickly engulfs the body and extremities. It invigorates. Not complex but certainly unique and powerful.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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90

Tastes and feels like fu. A bit more potent than the 2018 Mojun Fu Shen in its physical effects. I don’t think I’ve ever talked slower in my life.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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drank Jingle Bell Chai by DAVIDsTEA
74 tasting notes

Listen, I need some caffeine to stay up late and finish Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. A festive tea to go with shooting Nazis. That’ll do.

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90

Fruity as expected, but also juicy. Plum. The hay punches you in the face every once in a while. Qi was strong, time slowed down.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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78
drank 2017 Old Reliable by white2tea
74 tasting notes

Haaaaaaaaay.

My reviews on this site are generally supposed to be mindful reflections of my tea sessions, or what I remember of them weeks later. I would not consider myself particularly discerning of tasting notes and the like. When I feel like it, I’ll try to jot down the specifics. Other times, I’ll simply write hay and call it a day.

Edit: Oh, well, actually, darn, I do have something else to say: I enjoyed the Simpsons reference on the wrapper.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
ashmanra

Heeeeeeey back!

ashmanra

Or haaaaaaay….

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85
drank 2021 Green Hype by white2tea
74 tasting notes

June w2t club. Did you know I haven’t tried grandpa style brewing until now? Was excited to try something from my first tea subscription and was caught without my teaware. Well I enjoyed it. Real barny. Bit smoky too. Ya know, I have a very specific scene in mind with this tea. Hot summer evening, barnyard, animals laying about, active campfire nearby. Rainstorm plows through suddenly, animals get wet, fire extinguished, and it’s coooool. Anyhow, we’ll see how it’s like next time with gong fu brewing, especially once it settles some more.

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 1 g 14 OZ / 414 ML
derk

Good description :)

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90

June w2t club. Floral and meadowy, very aromatic, just what I love in a white. Pleasant bitterness weaves in and out. Curious to see this pressed as I haven’t a single white tea cake.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 4 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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84

So this does taste like brown sugar! Kinda biscuity too. And yet, very light and refreshing. I could see this as a daily drinker.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 8 g 6 OZ / 185 ML

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82

Sweet and creamy, then floral and vegetal. Smooth, still, thick water.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 4 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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85

Great energy from this today. Meadowy, medicinal, notes of green apple and citrus. Really pleasant tart aftertaste, similar to some oolongs I’ve had.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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Hello! My name is Mateusz, or Mat for short. Started brewing gong fu style in January 2021. This is mostly for logging purposes; don’t expect fancy reviews as I’m not great at picking up every note and hint and I’m not too picky anyway.

Happy to exchange tea samples! I haven’t been great at updating my cupboard but feel free to ask about the teas that I log on here.

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