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drank Tai Ping Hou Kui Green Tea from Anhui - Spring 2019 by Yunnan Sourcing
676 tasting notes

Still no luck after tinkering around with this tea. Upping the leaf quantity from 1.5g to 2.5g did bring out more flavor but the taste still left a lot to be desired. It’s brothy with notes of seaweed and green bean. And once again bitterness set in quickly despite lowering the temperature.

Am now convinced that it’s not me but the tea as it doesn’t respond well no matter how it’s brewed. It makes a decent cold brew though so that’s how the rest of my stash will be used.

Flavors: Broth, Green Beans, Seaweed

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 g 6 OZ / 192 ML
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ashmanra
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I have only had the one from Teavivre and it was pretty good. Have you tried theirs?

Ubacat
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Last year I had this tea from both Teavivre and YS and found them very similar. This year I’ve only ordered from YS (just got my order in) but am worried now after your reviews.

LuckyMe
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@ashmanra I liked the one from Teavivre last year but for whatever reason this wasn’t up to par.

@Ubacat hopefully you have better luck than I did. Interested in reading your impressions about this tea especially if you can manage to coax some flavor out of it

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ashmanra
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I have only had the one from Teavivre and it was pretty good. Have you tried theirs?

Ubacat
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Last year I had this tea from both Teavivre and YS and found them very similar. This year I’ve only ordered from YS (just got my order in) but am worried now after your reviews.

LuckyMe
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@ashmanra I liked the one from Teavivre last year but for whatever reason this wasn’t up to par.

@Ubacat hopefully you have better luck than I did. Interested in reading your impressions about this tea especially if you can manage to coax some flavor out of it

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My Rating Criteria:

95 to 100: Top shelf stuff. Loved this tea and highly recommend it

90 to 94: Excellent. Enjoyed this tea and would likely repurchase

80 to 89: Good but not great. I liked it though it may be lacking in some aspects. I’ll finish it but probably won’t buy again

70 to 79: Average at best. Not terrible but wouldn’t willingly drink again

60 to 69: Sub-par. Low quality tea, barely palatable

59 and below: Bleh

Fell into tea many years ago and for a long time my experience was limited to Japanese greens and flavored Teavana teas. My tea epiphany happened when I discovered jade oolongs. That was my gateway drug to the world of high quality tea and teaware.

For the most part, I drink straight tea but do appreciate a good flavored tea on occasion. I love fresh green and floral flavors and as such, green tea and Taiwanese oolongs will always have a place in my cupboard. After avoiding black tea forever, Chinese blacks have started to grow on me. I’m less enthusiastic about puerh though. I also enjoy white tea and tisanes but reach for them less frequently.

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