So… this is a sipdown, running me out of Teavivre teas before my order arrives. :) I didn’t replace these but that doesn’t mean they were bad. I had mixed results with this tea but overall I liked it more than I didn’t like it.
Sweetish, caramely, thick, malty. For me, this tea was very water and temperature dependent. Too much temp without the right water and way too much smoke came to the forefront. Maybe it isn’t smoke I get from these teas where no one else gets it, maybe it’s burned tea from my improper prep! :)
These cups today were done with Hinckley Spring Water at about 205F and I used 10 balls for 16 ounces, steeped for about 3 minutes.
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I was never really impressed with this tea for some reason. It’s good, but not something that I would order compared to some of their other black teas. :P
Oh, and I wanna hear what you ordered! :D
LOL… I got the Superfine Tan Yang & the Golden Monkey. A sample of the Jasmine Bi Luo Chun & the Bailin Gong Fu – I need to compare that to Shang’s Bailin to see if I prefer one over the other. :) So I didn’t go nuts or anything. Just enough to keep some in my cupboard!
I liked the taste of this tea a lot, but it had a weird powdering texture. I know, powdery liquid? Makes no sense but that’s what it felt like. I still would have ordered some, but it was sold out :(
powdering = powdery. I’m the worst with typos
That is a good way to describe it. I noticed that in a few of my steeps as well but couldn’t come up with the right description.
Those two Bai Lins seemed quite similar to me, but I didn’t drink them at the same time, so it’s hard to say. And hooray Tan Yang! <3
I know what you mean by powdery! I love it, though. I use it to pair with rich sweets so the tea can “cut” the sweetness of the food and you still taste the tea. I think it reminds me of what cocoa powder would feel like on your tongue.,,kind of scrape-y. Recently we settled on the feel of a wooden spoon with those little ice cream containers. :)
ashmanra, cocoa powder is what I though of as well!
I was never really impressed with this tea for some reason. It’s good, but not something that I would order compared to some of their other black teas. :P
Oh, and I wanna hear what you ordered! :D
LOL… I got the Superfine Tan Yang & the Golden Monkey. A sample of the Jasmine Bi Luo Chun & the Bailin Gong Fu – I need to compare that to Shang’s Bailin to see if I prefer one over the other. :) So I didn’t go nuts or anything. Just enough to keep some in my cupboard!
I liked the taste of this tea a lot, but it had a weird powdering texture. I know, powdery liquid? Makes no sense but that’s what it felt like. I still would have ordered some, but it was sold out :(
powdering = powdery. I’m the worst with typos
That is a good way to describe it. I noticed that in a few of my steeps as well but couldn’t come up with the right description.
Those two Bai Lins seemed quite similar to me, but I didn’t drink them at the same time, so it’s hard to say. And hooray Tan Yang! <3
I know what you mean by powdery! I love it, though. I use it to pair with rich sweets so the tea can “cut” the sweetness of the food and you still taste the tea. I think it reminds me of what cocoa powder would feel like on your tongue.,,kind of scrape-y. Recently we settled on the feel of a wooden spoon with those little ice cream containers. :)
ashmanra, cocoa powder is what I though of as well!