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drank ZK11: China Keemun First Grade by Upton Tea Imports
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I am up far, far too early. I started off this morning (at 3 am) on a sweet cloud of Shang’s Golden Needle (thoughtfuly provided by TeaTiff) and then decided since I have all this morning time, I would dive into my Upton Keemun samples. I wish I had picked a different one to start with.

This is aggressively smokey- almost acrid. I don’t mind some smoke, but this is unpleasant to me – leaning toward tar/creosote. I might not finish this cup.

Flavors: Smoke, Tar

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 15 OZ / 443 ML
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Veronica
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Yikes. Not sure I’d want that much smoke in the wee hours of the morning either!

MzPriss
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I almost never pour out a cup of tea, but that was more than I was willing to suffer through this morning

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Veronica
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Yikes. Not sure I’d want that much smoke in the wee hours of the morning either!

MzPriss
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I almost never pour out a cup of tea, but that was more than I was willing to suffer through this morning

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Black/red Chinese teas, pu-erh and oolong hold the keys to my heart.

I don’t care much for flavored teas, especially the fruity varieties. My exceptions are chai and Earl Grey, and apparently now vanilla. Not much love for lapsang souchong either.

I sit squarely on fence with green and white teas.

If I end up in hell, my punishment will be to drink rooibos.

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