Yunnan Sourcing

Another solid black tea from YS. This one is definitely on the light side and needs a good amount of leaf to yield a nice dry malty flavor with a hint of soy and water chestnuts.

Another lovely tea from the great selection that DigniTea sent over. Thank you!
This is a thumping good Dian Hong, with a smooth chocolatey that is addictive. I’ve been rushing to finish the last two papers for my MA, so I haven’t had time for a proper Gong fu session in ages, but I am definitely saving the last of this for a Gong fu brew. Which is hard. Because it is delicious. I’m starting to type silly things here because I’m not feeling well, and it’s evening, which means that my temperature has probably spiked. But I do stand behind my original assessment of this tea – a delicious, smooth, seductive, chocolatey companion. Recommend.

bah…alll gone. I’m struggling with my cupboard these days. A lot of my favourites are gone – not that i don’t have lots of teas but the ones i drink on a ergular basis need to be restocked. Except i’m not allowed to make purchases really, given that we need to focus on saving for the wedding. soooo sad day.

today is a holiday in canada for a lot of folks…which means for us, cleaning the house, trying to get outside and using it as a day for the two of us to catch up on things we haven’t had time to work on. It also means being able to drink a few more teas. Today i needed something delicious to kick off my day so i opted for this one. I really need to see if anyone’s written about 2015 harvest since i’ll be running out of this one soon and need to decide on 2014 or the 2015. I think the rest of the day is going to be a little bit of more new teas and finishing up a couple for some sipdowns :)

Another team from yesterday – i was SUPER lazy when i got home. I am still loving this one, but i’m also super anxious for the 2015 harvests to start getting here so we can do comparisons :)

must remember to hold off on a YS order until i get through the rest of this. If only to keep myself from placing an order for a little longer haha. I’m also trying to hold out for the 2015 teas to see how the harvest differ this year. I’m still hoping they’ll be more like 2013….

my other tea from this morning. Still amazing and delicious and wonderful. WTB autumn harvests already… lol i’m never as big a fan of spring harvests and i’ll have to restock this one eventually. Here’s hoping it lasts a little longer….

another from yesterday while gaming with friends in the evening! :) not much else to say on this one – well worth the money spent and a reorder if i ever get through this bag haha

i’ve had this so many times that there isn’t much else to say besides the fact that i’m looking forward to trying out the 2015 version heh :)

So the downside to loving this tea is that i am starting to slip in to hoarding mode this month…because i know that come the end of January i’ll be doing a final count and then start working my way down to 50 teas in my cupboard for the end of the year….in order to DO that i need to buy less tea, and drink everything in my cupboard. BUT because the dolllar is so terrible this year, i’m really going to be focusing on ordering from canadian tea companies whenever possible. and this is NOT one of those companies :( oh well…at least i have about 90g left… heh

still loving this, and have been drinking it a bunch these days. So many new teas and I’ve just been wanting my old favourites. :) Might have to try some of my new teas today

so i totally had this again today. I came home today, to a package from omgsrsly and Bear With me… my cupboard is now exploded….84 to 114 in a day. Thankfully SOME are small samples, but there are a few i’ll have to share with other ppl…Looking forward to trying them as there are some wishlist teas (orange dolce yay!) in there as well as a restock of one of my favourite winter teas EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Final Count: 114

this was another tea from this morning, but Raritea came over for a visit so i was distracted for a while. today this is exceptionally chocolatey and delicious. such a fantastic cup of tea.

I feel like there’s a part of my that is intent on finishing up the first package of this that i have so that i don’t have “extra” in my spare box. It’s the box where i put all the excess teas that are already out and ready to drink, for when i drink more down. Just incentive to get to the last of it i think lol. Still loving this one, though the 2013 was just a teeny bit more my favourite!

i am a fan of this tea! So much that i picked up another package of it when i placed my first YS order, even though i have a decent amount in my cupboard at the moment courtesy of my tea sister terri :)