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“sipdown! As terri has said, this is a very mellow, not too shabby oolong. :) yay for random tea from china!” Read full tasting note
“Mystery sample #2 from Sil. This one is a nice green oolong with a lovely floral fragrance. The flavor is mellow & comforting. I love the picture on these samples :)” Read full tasting note
“Thanks to Sil for providing this sample and to those who added this info on steepster so I can add a note. I know TerriHarpLady updated it last so thanks! The only recognizable (read:English) words...” Read full tasting note
“2021 Sipdown 99/365! A sample from Sil (thank you!), but I’m pretty sure this is just a jasmine green, not an oolong. It’s a nice jasmine, though!” Read full tasting note
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Mystery sample #2 from Sil.
This one is a nice green oolong with a lovely floral fragrance. The flavor is mellow & comforting.
I love the picture on these samples :)
They come in really cute little tins….all the tea is pre-packaged. Funnily enough, remind me to send you some of the puerh cakes that my friend ocean has sent me….got another package at the office today with two more “teas from china” stuff she and her family drinks every day.
Awesome! I’d love to try those!
Thanks to Sil for providing this sample and to those who added this info on steepster so I can add a note. I know TerriHarpLady updated it last so thanks!
The only recognizable (read:English) words on the pack was the address and the name of the company. I even showed it to the people at work who couldn’t tell me a whole lot more, and they majority of them are Chinese. Granted, they are from Hong Kong, not mainland, but still… I thought someone there can decipher.
And omg, is this ever floral. I see the tasters before me described it as mild. It is not mild to me. It is overwhelmingly floral. And I’m pretty sure I burned the leaves because it is bitter. My name should be tea klutz but it was taken. Given no steeping instructions I did my best, 3 minutes in what I thought was 180ish water. I should have treated it more like a green, lowered the temp even more to err on the side of caution. Sil, I think I badly butchered this.
But what I can tell you is that I enjoyed having this exotic morsel, floral bitterness and all. If it was available, I probably wouldn’t buy it though. No longer a fan of floral stuff, I think I od’ed on jasmine a while back.
Haha I hated this too. I dislike florals but t was part of a pack and random teas from new places are always fun :)
Lol. I was trying to cleverly veil the word “hate”. It is not nice to say bad things about samples people send you, is it? Although I remember a certain someone, let’s not name names, who said recently “thanks. This was nasty!” :p
yep! just ‘cause you don’t like the tea doesn’t mean it’s a reflection on the person who sent it! It just means that it’s not the tea for you…but that’ ok ’cause there are lots out there!
What is going on here???? I love this. A floral jasmine-y tea?!
I am shocked. Could it be that my body has decided to end the Jasmine embargo? Or perhaps its mild enough that I can enjoy it in moderation.
All I know is it was a lovely oolong with nice floral notes and a pleasant aftertaste. Thanks SIl!!!
