A note on the overall mini-tuocha variety pack experience! At this point, all of these tuochas in this Mandala sampler are probably ten years old now and they are aging WELL! I think I have tried them all. Most of them are VERY delicious. The lowest rated is 83 and another is the rice flavored — I don’t think that type ages well. Most of the others are in the 93-95 range. I think I fully trust in Mandala’s options of mini tuochas and that whomever is curating them shares the same taste in shou that I do. We are on the same shou wavelength! The fun thing is, if I ordered the Mandala sampler today, it would be mostly different tuochas! But I know they would be great.
What I found in the sampler:
Temple Stairs 2014 mini tuocha – 95
Drawing of Sunflower wrapper – 94
Drawing of Brown circle with clouds wrapper – 93
2005 Langhe ripe – 93
Gold ingot mini ripe puerh – 87
Lao cang ripe mini – 83
Sticky rice – 74
So I will set the rating for this entire sampler at 93! Very thrilled I was able to try this. VERY happy with most of these tuochas!
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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.
Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
verdanttea.com
Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas
My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.
Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!
I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.
My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors
My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again
I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)
Happy sipping!
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