Today I went tea shopping with Dexter and we tried ALL THE TEAS!!! (Yay!!!)
First up, a sheng from The Chinese Tea Shop. I really liked it. Green, fresh, a touch bitter on the tongue. I think we had 5 steeps? Unfortunately I wasn’t paying attention and don’t know which one it was. If I could afford it, I’d probably buy it. It was really nice.
Second up, a shou from The Chinese Tea Shop. I really liked this one too, but it was rather out of my budget at $160 a cake. I think it was this one. Super smooth, very calming. The liquor was really dark in the 2nd and 3rd steeps. Totally would have bought if my budget was bigger. :) http://store.thechineseteashop.com/Pu_Erh_Tea_Cake_Import_Export_Corporation_1990_p/pubc-90-383a.htm
I bought: A Xishi yixing tea pot, a wee cup, a moonlight cake, some white peony, and received a sample of 1000 year old tree yunnan black. Mmm, tea.
At our second stop, Treasure Green, we tried a 2013 Dayi brick (http://treasuregreen.com/collections/pu-erh-tea-cakes-cooked-shou-1/products/2013-dayi-pu-erh-tea-brick-250g) and it was really quite nice, but not nearly as settled as the more expensive shou. I almost bought it, but then I reigned myself in so I didn’t go too far over budget, and picked up some of their “Crescent Moon” and some of the ripe tuocha, as well as the cutest gaiwan. I can’t remember if we tried anything else.
And then we checked out the Urban Tea Merchant and the TWG teas, just for fun.
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That sounds like an awesome day!
It was SO FUN! And there’s a tea tasting tomorrow too!
OOH! You met up with Dexter? How cool!! Sounds like you had a great time! :)
It was amazing. So much fun, great teas, fantastic service at the stores, and it didn’t rain. Great day.
That sounds like an awesome day!
It was SO FUN! And there’s a tea tasting tomorrow too!
OOH! You met up with Dexter? How cool!! Sounds like you had a great time! :)
It was amazing. So much fun, great teas, fantastic service at the stores, and it didn’t rain. Great day.