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drank Golden Yunnan by RiverTea
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This…. this is a sipdown (starts to cry)

I have yet to find a tea that has this exact flavour profile, but I’m close, I think. Plus, I enjoy a lot of things and I have a huge amount of tea in my cupboard, so continuing to search for a replacement for this is not top priority right now.

But damn, I will miss this. It tastes so smooth and is so hard to fuck up when you brew. This tea takes abuse – overleafing, oversteeping, it’s all good! This was my go-to tea to bring along when visiting the in-laws because it was so forgiving.

I will miss you, Golden Yunnan. I’ll be resteeping your leaves a lot today. (bawls)
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I feel your pain. I loved the edge the smoke gave this Yunnan. Too bad we don’t know the farm this came from. Someone else must source it.

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I feel your pain. I loved the edge the smoke gave this Yunnan. Too bad we don’t know the farm this came from. Someone else must source it.

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Updated March 2016:

I’m a writer and editor who’s fallen in love with loose-leaf tea. I’ve also set up a site for tea reviews at http://www.booksandtea.ca – an excellent excuse to keep on buying and trying new blends. There will always be more to discover!

In the meantime, since joining Steepster in January 2014, I’ve gotten a pretty good handle on my likes and dislikes

Likes: Raw/Sheng pu’erh, sobacha, fruit flavours, masala chais, jasmine, mint, citrus, ginger, Ceylons, Chinese blacks, rooibos.

Dislikes (or at least generally disinclined towards): Hibiscus, rosehip, chamomile, licorice, lavender, really vegetal green teas, shu/ripe pu’erh.

Things I generally decide on a case-by-case basis: Oolong, white teas.

Still need to do my research on: matcha

I rarely score teas anymore, but if I do, here’s the system I follow:

100-85: A winner!
84-70: Pretty good. This is a nice, everyday kind of tea.
69-60: Decent, but not up to snuff.
59-50: Not great. Better treated as an experiment.
49-0: I didn’t like this, and I’m going to avoid it in the future. Blech.

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