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 #GABA Amethyst #tea. Heavily roasted GABA tea differs from its siblings and strongly reminds me of Da Hong Pao. It has some GABA-specific aroma, but not enough to compete with its roast. And if it was the case, I would surely add it to my collection. It would then be the “brutality” tea. Another interesting characteristic is that leaves do not unwrap on brewing. 16 comments
The Tai Ping Hou Kui “Peaceful Monkey Leader” #tea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_houkui). It’s a famous tea, and its fame is a deserved one. The taste and aroma are very gentle however vivid and present, not elusive. Dian Hong Mao Feng red #tea. I remember this one being a good member of the Dian Hong family. Also, I came up with an idea to photo tea closely.🙂 Tan Yang Gong Fu red #tea. It’s a good one from the Xiao Zhong family. I recommend this one. The Li Shan #oolong tea. Almost indestructible in terms of the number of brews. It has a creamy and floral aroma. The creamy aroma is more straightforward than the one Alishan Jin Xuan has, but it’s still very delicate. I recommend this one. White #tea from old Mengku mother trees. White tea from 200-year-old trees from Mengku village, harvested in autumn 2022. It’s straightforwardly sweet at the very beginning, dried-fruit later and delicate with sweet aftertaste then. It’s different from its 500+ years old predecessor, and I recommend both if you have a chance someday. After some time, the #tea path continues. This time it might be not that long as I’ve purchased 10 samples, not 30. The teas are from Taiwan and Japan. The first one tasted is the Taiwanese #oolong, Tang Bei Dong Ding. It has the strong roasted aroma with the oolongish aftertaste. I didn’t add it to my collection, as these days I have absolutely no wish to drink roasted (Da Hong Pao-like) teas.🙃 The Bi Lo Chun green #tea. It’s not from the samples I purchased, but from the collection. I like its fresh taste and recommend it to tea lovers. The Kukicha Japanese green #tea. It has a stable aroma and taste lasting multiple brews. I can’t say that I was amazed by the qualities mentioned, but it is a good tea with an interesting look, which is the result of mixing leaves with young twigs. Unfortunately, the whole-plate view picture occurred to be a low-quality one, so it’s only close look now. The Da Yu Lin #Taiwanese #oolong #tea. Either yesterday my tongue was too sensitive, or this oolong has some kind of “explosive” taste, slightly pricking the tongue at the time of drinking and then.😃 The aroma is strong and energetic, full of flowers. It was an interesting experience! The Gyokuro “jade dew” #Japanese green #tea. There is a thing about green teas that almost no tea is green once brewed. It’s usually yellow. On the other hand, there is yellow tea, which was once the drink of the emperor and one's circle. As you see, I don’t have a clear picture of tea coloring and naming.🙂 Nevertheless, Gyokuro’s drink color is indeed green. I don’t remember its taste clearly, but it was good enough to purchase more. The Shan Ling Xi #Taiwanese #oolong #tea. After drinking this one, I decided that drinking oolongs so often is not the path that I want to go. This kind of tea is highly nuanced, so I feel like I need some time to rest and miss it before taking the next one. The Genmai Cha #Japanese green #tea. Well.😅 Usually the whole point of drinking teas like a boss is to take what’s derived from Camellia sinensis and feel the rich taste without any extra aromatization. However, this doesn’t work for Japanese teas as far as I can see. Here is the #greenTea mixed with… roasted rice. Altogether brewed, it feels like a popcorn.🤪 For me, it’s a tea attraction, something like Lapsang Souchong. |
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Hei Jin Black Gold red #tea. Being a member of Xiao Zhong family, its aroma strongly reminds of Zhen Shan Xiao Zhong. However, its visual glance looks interesting and pleasing, so it’s a good alternative for the fashionable tea lover.🙂
Unfortunately, the photo doesn’t reflect the glance fully.
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