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Kat_Maria drank Zhu Rong Yunnan Black by Verdant Tea

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TTB #4

This is my first Verdant tea ever! From the coolest loose leaf ever (that looks like fancy packing cut-ups) I got a ruby red infusion that smells like maple-chocolate icing. The maple can be found in the flavor as well, along with some wheaty, grainy notes that I really like and don’t find in teas often.

But the smell… It’s absolutely wonderful. It is insane that a non-flavored tea can smell like this. Sweet, almost caramely. There’s barely any astringency to it, and perhaps just a trace of bitter in the aftertaste as it cools down.

I really love it!

Preparation

Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Sil
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resteeps well too!

Kat_Maria
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I’m totally going to do that!

Jennkay
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This is one of my favorites that got me hooked to Verdant. You should try Laoshan Black (& LB Genmaicha) if you get the chance!

Kat_Maria
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I really want to make an order with them some time… And I just got some birthday money, too :P

Nicole
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Glad you like this one! I love the deeper, sweeter, unflavored blacks.

Kat_Maria
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It’s absolutely delicious. I am so happy with the Traveling Teabox :)

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Sil
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resteeps well too!

Kat_Maria
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I’m totally going to do that!

Jennkay
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This is one of my favorites that got me hooked to Verdant. You should try Laoshan Black (& LB Genmaicha) if you get the chance!

Kat_Maria
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I really want to make an order with them some time… And I just got some birthday money, too :P

Nicole
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Glad you like this one! I love the deeper, sweeter, unflavored blacks.

Kat_Maria
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It’s absolutely delicious. I am so happy with the Traveling Teabox :)

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ME & TEA

I started drinking tea when I was a teenager, my dad used to make tea a million times a day as it was (and still is!) good for his health. So he would make it for the entire family. Usually it was Lipton with a teaspoon of sugar per cup and a slice of lemon. I was fond of it made this way then a lot.

Then I would have occasional loose leaf teas, I slowly got into green tea… I would mostly stick to bagged tea though. It was just convenient.

Only recently, in the middle of 2013, did I start getting seriously into all kinds of loose leaf tea.

My cupboard only reflects what I have in ‘regular’ (non-sample) sizes. It could be that I have some tea you’re looking for, just in a smaller amount, even though it is not in my cupboard, so you can always just ask when swapping with me :)

[LOVES]:
- Chinese & Taiwanese black teas
- second flush darjeelings
- malty assams
- green oolongs
- Chinese green teas
- super-fruity rooibos/honeybush “teas”

[LIKES]:
- Japanese green teas
- white teas
- dark oolongs
- interesting dessert teas
- earl greys
- pu-erhs

[IS INDIFFERENT ABOUT]:
- chai teas
- herbal teas
- fruit teas

[DISLIKES]:
- mint in blends (it’s ok as straight mint)

JUST ME
Apart from tea, I love reading, board-gaming with my husband, learning foreign languages (currently Spanish and Portuguese) and listening to lots and lots of music!

And if we just stick to food-related stuff I am also a great aficionado of good craft beer and dark chocolate :)

MY FAVORITE TEA COMPANIES (so far):
Butiki
Golden Moon Tea
Harney & Sons
Lupicia
Shang Tea
What-Cha
Whispering Pines Tea Co.
Yezi Tea

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