673 Tasting Notes
when I smell the dry leaves, I smell flowers and jasmine.
when I smell the wet leaves, it smells like flowers and jasmine too :D
when I smell the brewed tea, I smell a strong lovely jasmine smell.
when I taste the brewed tea, it taste just wonderful! nice jasmine taste.
thankyou paola for this lovely tea.
Flavors: Flowers, Jasmine, Sweet
Preparation
time for a full review:
when i smell the dry leaves, it has a nice musty smell to it.
when i smell the wet leaves, it smells like a lovely black tee with lots of pepper smell.
when i taste the tea, it has the common black tea taste with lots of pepper flavor and some spicy flavor too
Flavors: Musty, Pepper, Spicy
Preparation
I get pepper notes as well with some teas. More in shou if I remember correctly.
i consider show to be earthy and sheng to be spicy with honey
I know about the sheng ’Spicy" notes as well. I think the first one I got in the aroma was the “Wild Monk” from Mandala. like inhaling some spicy hot sauce in the aroma.
did it burn your nostrils?
not really burn but the steam from the Gaiwan kind of put me back a step. Have you tried the wild monk yet?
no i have not :(
when I smell the dry leaves, it smells like musty pu-her
when I smell the wet leaves, it smells really good
when I smell the brewed tea, it smells a lot like pu-her
when I taste the brewed tea, it tastes similar to pu-ehr but with no bitterness and very sweet
many thanks to hebe for this amazing fu tea
Flavors: Sweet
Preparation
when I smell the tea dry, it has a very faint smell.
when I smell the wet tea leaves, it smells nice
when I smell the brewed tea, it smells very light and smooth.
when I taste the brewed tea, it tastes very smooth and sweet with little to no spicey/smokiness
many thanks to paola mannaro for thisw sample :)
Flavors: Sweet
Preparation
when i smell the tea leaves dry, they smell like a lovely green tea :D
when i smell the tea leaves wet, they smell great :P
when i smell the brewed tea, the tea smells flowery and fruity.
when i drink the tea, the tea tastes flowery and fruity too and a lot like dragonwell green tea :)
Flavors: Flowers, Fruity
Preparation
one of the weirdest tasting oolongs i’ve ever had! :) tastes like a mix of raw and roasted though I prefer roasted most.. here we go
when I smell the dry leaves, they smell like roasted oolong.
when I smell the brewed tea, it smells like roasted with a little coffee like smell
when I taste it, it tastes roasted and unroasted.
a nice and wacky tea ha ha ha :D thanks to tevivre for this tea :)
Flavors: Coffee, Roasted
Preparation
when I smell the leaves that are dry, they smell spicy and smoky.
when I smell them wet, the smell is more intense.
when I smell the brewed tea, it smells nice and smoky. and when I taste it its heavy in smoke and spices and leaves a after taste similar to grape juice lol
(one note that keeps it from reaching 100% is that it should be steeped lightly)
many thanks to angel teavivre for letting me take part in this tasting
Flavors: Grapes, Smoke, Spices, Spicy
Preparation
now that I can drink tea as my throat feels better I will do a full review as per deal with teavivre:
this tea when dry smells like flowers and peaches :)
when I smell the tea leaves when wet, it smells like flowers too
when I taste the tea it tastes like flowers and honey :D
many thanks to angel tevivre for this amazing tea
Flavors: Flowers, Honey, Peach, Sweet
Preparation
Time for a full review:
I smell the tuo It smells like a sweet musty smellWhen I brew the tea, the leaves smell like a nice honey smell.
When I look at the leaves they look like green tea leaves :D
When I look at the tea liquid it looks like yellow orange
When I smell the liquid it smells like smoke, spice, and honey. The same when I taste it :)
What a lovely tea!
Flavors: Honey, Smoke, Spices
Preparation
a nice and mellow tea :) maybe too mellow for me with little to no spice just honey and sweetness. I’m sure others will like this tea though
thanks scott Wilson and Yunnan sourcing for this sweet tea
Flavors: Honey, Sweet
