8Apr: 205F, 5gish, 150ml gaiwan
Dry leaf smells mineral and sharp.
10s- mineral, sweet. 15s- super fruity kind? I don’t know. Sweet and it lingers from sip to sip. 20s- sweet, fruity, tiny hint of roast. Flavors from 20s steep continued as I increased the time. Ended up doing 12 steeps with the tea. Leaves kept giving flavor, good all the way through. Very, very good. 94
Flavors: Fruity, Mineral, Roasted, Sweet
I started my tea journey with Stash/Celestial Seasonings tea bags years ago. All loose leaf, unless I’m sick or traveling.
I like black, oolong, white, herbals, and raw/ripe pu’erh. I don’t drink green tea often.
I play video games, read, and do pottery. My current favorite tea mug is one I threw and glazed.
I generally review teas twice – initial and final steeps.
My cupboard is completely out of date. I have a spreadsheet (it’s current!!!) that’s over 300 teas. Pretty equal amounts of black, white, oolong, raw, & ripe with a little bit of green/herbal.
Ratings
85-100 are teas that I loved and want to keep in stock.
71-84 are teas that are good. I may or may not get them again. Source for daily drinkers/work teas.
60-70 are teas that I didn’t like. I’ll finish what I bought.
Anything less than 60…nope.
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