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This was okay. I went through the entire bag I purchased, but I wouldn’t buy this again. The depth of flavor that I wanted wasn’t there. It was malty. Not a whole lot else. I wanted a lot more than it had to give me.

I finished a bunch of stuff at work in the last year and didn’t record it. Going to list them all here and then go update the spreadsheet…

Finished:
22 hr Dancong – White2Tea club (sipdown)
Sparrow tongue (Apr 2019) – White2Tea club (sipdown)
White Crow 2018 – Bitterleaf (sipdown)
Hot Brandy – White2Tea
Keemun Black (x4) – Little Woods
Creamsicle – Little Woods
Old Tree Assamica Black – Mountain Stream Teas (sipdown)
unlabeled package (label fell off) – Mountain Stream Teas (sipdown)
Fireside – Little Woods
another unlabeled package – who knows?
Nepal Jun Chiyabari ‘Winter Special’ Oolong – What-Cha (sipdown)
daily jinjunmei – White2Tea club (sipdown)
Yunnan Pure Bud Golden Snail Black – What-Cha (sipdown)
Georgia MANNA Black – What-Cha (sipdown)
Shangri-La Oolong – Nepal Tea (sipdown)
Jin Xuan – Floating Leaves (sipdown)
Black Beauty – Mandala Tea (sipdown)
February 23, 2019 26hr roast Milan Dancong Maocha – White2Tea club (sipdown)
Ganlu (Apr 2019) – White2Tea club (sipdown)
Jin Jun Mei Black – Mandala (sipdown)
February 23, 2019 No Roast Milan Dancong Maocha – White2Tea Club (sipdown)
Dragon well – Little Woods
Herbal Sunset – Little Woods

I went through this tea very quickly. Purchased it 1 month ago and used the last today at work. I might have been overleafing a touch. Sipdown.

Good solid tea. Fruity, sometimes caramel, comforting black tea.

Taste and smell are pretty true to honey dew melon. But it’s strong, really strong. I could do with a more subtle flavor. All I can taste is flavoring. The only thing that doesn’t work for me is the weird aftertaste.

I don’t like this one as much as the black tea version. Honestly, the green tea kills it. It’s me not liking green tea, not that the tea is bad. I also think that the flavor overwhelms the tea.

Sipdown. 212F 2min
Solid mid-cherry flavor (not tart, not sweet) when I remember not to overleaf it. Short brew times make for a better cup. Overleafed it becomes too much overall for me. The base is only so-so, sometimes it gets a little astringent.
I must just have hit the sweet spot today. Comforting cup today at work.

I’mma say this is the tea I’ve sipped down. This is more green tasting that I would prefer. I got a lot of vegetal notes – green bean and spinach. But also buttery and sweet. Very different flavors in the same steep and not ones I’d want paired together.

Western, 190-205F, 2 min -ish

Sipdown at work. Drinking raws has gone so much better for me since I stopped trying to boil them.

190-195F, shibo, 1 rinse
1 square
10s- apricot/vegetal
10s- apricot/creamy
12s- same
15s – apricot, sugary (more as it cools), creamy, lingering minty cooling aftertaste.
several steeps after this but no new notes

I did find this last session to be more enjoyable.

Sipdown – for a tea that didn’t make it into my Steepster cupboard

Westren, 190F? Autumn 2018 Tea
I got a lot of melon flavors off this tea. It was also floral and sweet. Great tea for work, strong flavors, and well balanced.

Spring 2018 harvest – sipdown
Boiling, 2 min, western
I liked this tea a lot. It worked much better for me at a hotter temperature than what is stated on the package.
Vanilla, oak, soft, nutty, and orange. I need to re-order some of this.