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I bought this tea a year or so ago, and when I tried it I though it was terrible; like a dirty, funky wet dog in the mouth. So it sat in the back of my tea cupboard and rested. Today I opened it up, and it’s like a completely different tea!

The dry aroma is very sweet, and if I didn’t know better I’d guess it was a black tea. Brews a light orange. Like the smell the taste is sweet, a bit like burnt sugar. There’s notes of malt, green wood, and dried herbs. Specifically like dried herbs that have been aging in your mum’s spice cabinet for far too long. It’s sort of like a combination black tea, sheng pu, and roasted oolong. Doesn’t last many steeps however.

This is a nice tea now, and makes me want to further my Tian Jian exploration

Flavors: Burnt Sugar, Green Wood, Herbs, Malt, Roasted

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 8 g 4 OZ / 120 ML
Inkay

I love accounts of how different a tea is after some time has passed. I bought this one last year and haven’t had it yet; definitely need to give it a try sometime soon!

tperez

It’s a tasty tea now! I think aging is one of the most interesting things about puerh and hei cha.

apefuzz

Lol – wet dog in your mouth. I don’t know if I was that put off by it when I first had it a year or so ago, but it definitely is a delicious tea now!

Cwyn

I love this brand of dark Anhua heicha. I own three, each from a different vendor. I really get the black tea and betel nut flavor this is known for.

tanluwils

I’ve had that happen (looking and tasting like hongcha) with my tian jians too. They do morph in interesting ways.

tanluwils

The 2015 YS WuLong Tian Jian will give at least 7 tasty steeps.

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Inkay

I love accounts of how different a tea is after some time has passed. I bought this one last year and haven’t had it yet; definitely need to give it a try sometime soon!

tperez

It’s a tasty tea now! I think aging is one of the most interesting things about puerh and hei cha.

apefuzz

Lol – wet dog in your mouth. I don’t know if I was that put off by it when I first had it a year or so ago, but it definitely is a delicious tea now!

Cwyn

I love this brand of dark Anhua heicha. I own three, each from a different vendor. I really get the black tea and betel nut flavor this is known for.

tanluwils

I’ve had that happen (looking and tasting like hongcha) with my tian jians too. They do morph in interesting ways.

tanluwils

The 2015 YS WuLong Tian Jian will give at least 7 tasty steeps.

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Tea addict since around 2011.

My favorites are pu’erhs, blacks/reds, and roasted oolongs, but I have a growing interest in good whites, and sometimes enjoy greens.

Currently trying to get an education, working a part time job, expand my ceramics/pottery skills, and trying to make the best of existential crisis.

Other than tea I love the outdoors, ceramics, guitar, and diy/building things.

I started a tea blog in February 2018, though admittedly I haven’t updated it much lately.
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