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I enjoyed another session with this delicious tea that starts out light and sweet and emerges in the middle steeps with a strong honey/rock candy sweetness, excellent throat feel and powerful chi. Lemon and apple linger throughout and there’s just the tiniest hint of orchid woven through the profile. Alas, my sample of this benchmark tea is kaput.

On a side note, I find it odd that I have a high tolerance for chi but a low tolerance for caffeine, so my capacity for drinking sheng is much higher than black tea, for example. Are there any other caffeine-sensitive folks that experience this?

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 130 OZ / 3844 ML
boychik

Chinese black or Indian/Ceylon? chinese black or pu dont bother me at all. i can drink them at midnight no prob. Assam is a different story.

Doug F

I have to limit all types of black tea to one or two cups a day, but Indian teas definitely affect me more.

boychik

You need to try Old Arbor Mu Shu Hongcha spr15. I’m falling asleep after two chahai

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boychik

Chinese black or Indian/Ceylon? chinese black or pu dont bother me at all. i can drink them at midnight no prob. Assam is a different story.

Doug F

I have to limit all types of black tea to one or two cups a day, but Indian teas definitely affect me more.

boychik

You need to try Old Arbor Mu Shu Hongcha spr15. I’m falling asleep after two chahai

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I love tea and living in a place that is cold or cool nine months of the year, tea is a constant source of warmth and education. I always drink tea straight and rarely drink flavored teas or Tisanes, except for the occasional Rooibos. I’m a proud father of two young boys, an avid skier, motorcyclist, reader, and runner. I have a doctorate in English (dissertation on Emily Dickinson.)

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