Taiwan Tea Crafts

Welcome to day 7 of little terri’s Ultimate Sipdown Extravaganza!
I started the day with this Taiwanese black, part of the order that Sil & I shared a year ago. Of course, this was my first tea of the day, but that was hours ago, so I don’t really have much to say. I have enjoyed these teas from TTC, but they don’t have as much appeal to me as some of the other black teas that I love. Sipdown!
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I’m working through my teas from Sil. We split an order from Taiwan Tea Crafts awhile back, & even though I placed another order by myself when they had their sale in Oct, I still have some of the original teas, including this one.

I’m feeling kind of like a grumpus, very cynical & crabby. I enjoyed a pot of this while I was fixing breakfast. It’s an interesting, fruity & earthy tea.

This is another interesting tea from TTC.
It’s very smooth, sweet, & again fruity, but not in the same way that the other ones were, & a little tangy. And once again, there is something I taste that I recognize, but can’t quite place.
These teas from TTC are a challenge to my taste buds, as they are very different from what I tend to drink, basically a while new genre of black tea, at least for me.

This tea is from an order Sil & I shared from Taiwan Tea Crafts awhile back. It’s an interesting tea, but definitely not my favorite from the box.
Sipdown! I think I’m at 216.

Following the same steeping parameters as for the other TTC teas today.
This medium roast oolong is interesting. The dry leaf is curled up, like a floral tieguantin might be, but instead of the beautiful jade green, it is more of a tan/brown color palette. There is a taste here that I immediately recognized, but could not place. Then all of a sudden there it was: Strawberry! The roasty taste is mild, & brought to mind toasted walnuts, which made me long for a walnut pastry with a creamy filling & strawberries on top! Wouldn’t that be lovely!

Another sipdown, this one from the order Sil & I split last year.
I really enjoyed this tea today. It reminds me of Ms Stacy’s, in a tasty pastry sort of way.
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I spent a couple of hours working in my garden. It’s so beautiful outside, & it felt so good to be out there, crawling around, pulling weeds.

Now I’m enjoying this one, following the same parameters I set earlier today for the TTC teas: 1 rounded tsp in my 4 oz porcelain pot, 3/4/& 5 min steeps.

All 3 cups have been delicious, stone-fruity, a little pastry-like, & with a hint of coriander, & a slight floral quality.

sipdown! this is an interesting one from taiwan tea crafts. I’ve really enjoyed exploring their teas with terri :) soo many teas to drink, so little time haha

mmmmm i had this today as well, and while it’s a tasty tea, it’s not my favourite of the taiwan tea crafts teas. it reminds me of some roasty oolongs but with a bit more sweetness to it. Overall a pretty good tea :)

Another interesting tea from Taiwan tea crafts. This tea still has some of the juiciness as the others I’ve had today but much less so. Instead there’s a more….earthy? Note in here. But yet not. Something about this one leaves a hint of that sort of black base that reminds me of….Ceylon? Or not. I’m having trouble qualifying this one. Hmmmm….

well crap…that’s a sipdown, i have a cup left, but that’s being tucked away for the lovely cavocorax. :) I’ve ordered more of another lot of this one, so i hope it’s as delicious as this lot was…

day is long. happy tea.

winner terri – rematch i will win.

oooooooooooh man! I had this earlier today and I am still thinking about it. I’m a little sad that this lot is sold out, so i’m hoping that the other version from Taiwan tea crafts is just as delicious.

mmmmm man. I really am loving these teas from taiwan tea crafts. They all seem to be of that juicy variety (the non aged, blacks anyway) which is great to have in my cupboard. While i love the malty dark teas like LB and others, sometimes it’s enjoyable to have the other variety when you need a taste of sunshine in your mouth :) This one has almost savory? notes in the background which help offset the juiciness a little while still being a fantastic cup of tea.

october tea done! one left to go :) I enjoyed a great cup of this one in the morning. I decided to work from home today and i’m happy for it. I wanted to start the day off right. I really do like these teas from TTC a lot.

started the day with this one and happy to do so. I’ve only got about one more cup of this, but i know it will be back in my cupboard again sometime, so i’m not worried :)

morning tea from ages ago. We got up early this morning to have breakfast and get the bedroom painted. Last night was a full evening of rearranging the living room and dining room in an effort to take back the house after out HUGE ikea trip on thrs night. Still enjoying this one a bunch, though it’s painful that i’m not going to make my goal for sipdowns by July lol

morning tea….seriously..my cupboard is exploding at the seams in the midst of attempting to move apartments…this was tea this morning in an effort to at least try to keep up with ONE of my 2 tea goals… it’s not working very well… the updated count for today is likely over 200…. eep! Still enjoying this one a lot, but i really do want to make sure that going forward, i’m only getting the smaller sample sizes from TTC so that i can drink them up faster :)

another happy tea from this morning. which seems to far away now. it’s barely past 8 and i just want to go to bed…..maybe it’ll be early bed tonight. this is still delicious and wonderful and a tasty tea.

Morning tea! Delicious and tasty and
Kept me going most of the morning. ’Nuff said.

I have a few black teas from ttc to get through so I’m trying to weave them in to my rotation without making it a chore. :) this is one of my favourites, though it’s changed slightly. I fully love this company though I for sure Need to stick to ordering samples…lots of them hahaha

sipdown! the last little bit of this will go in a box somewhere for someone to try, just so that this is shared with more people. I have really enjoyed my first samples from TTC and i’m excited that my second order is on it’s way so that i can share more with friends :) This one is included again in that second order since i am a fan!

(222…and while i hoped to get down to 200 this weekend, not sure that will happen with my swap from dinosara that arrived…but i can still try!)

I had this one earlier today too and it was also a happy time for me. If folks out there like black teas that have a sweeter, fruity taste versus a darker maltier taste, I’d recommend trying out taiwan tea crafts. Great customer service, cute little packages and some pretty delicious teas…and they’re on sale for the moment until the end of the month haha