“meh. not terrible, not enough to make me want more, glad i tried it. still hate steepster.” Read full tasting note
“I’m becoming less afraid of pu’erh teas as time goes on. I wasn’t at all convinced by my first two, but as I’ve tried more, I wrinkle my nose less and less when I’m drinking them. Surely a good...” Read full tasting note
“This is pleasant enough, in a smokey kind of way, especially with just a touch of sweetness added. Sorry I don’t have more to say about it. The rest of this sample goes to Sil, so this is a sip down!” Read full tasting note
“Tea of the morning. I’ve been curious about this tea for awhile, and thanks to kimquat I am finally able to try it. My recent experience with the Unflavored Traveling Tea Box has made me much less...” Read full tasting note
The Inspiration
It was a misty evening in the autumn of 2007, just after a light fall rain. Flocks of cedar waxwings flew by the entrance to my favorite forest in Glen Arbor, Michigan. As I entered the forest, a warm breeze blew from the depths of the woods, allowing me to catch my favorite notes of moist earth layered with fallen berries and leaves, trampled down upon by the resident deer, bobcat and foxes. As I walked on the trail, catching glimpses of the setting sun through the pine, oak, and ash tree canopy, I spotted some movement behind one of the fallen, decomposing trees. I crouched down and snuck up behind the tree. When I slowly poked my head out, I stood ten feet from the most beautiful red fox I had ever seen. The fox playfully trotted away and hid behind another tree. We played hide and seek like this for a good five or ten minutes before the fox spotted some dinner and took off.
Autumn Foxtrot combines the warm aroma of aged leaves and berries (2007 loose puerh, lapsang souchong, and elderberries) with the sweet, red and dancing fox (safflower), then darkens the body and flavor like the sun setting over that pristine forest (rooibos). This tea will bring warmth and beauty to your cup at the edge of the forest or simply the edge of your kitchen table.
Note that the loose puerh in this blend was harvested in 2007, the same year as the memory that inspired it!
Notes
Damp earth
Pine
Elder Berries
Sweet
How to brew the perfect cup:
Steep 1/2 tablespoon of leaves
in 8 ounces of boiling water
for 3 minutes.
2nd infusion: 5 minutes
3rd infusion: 8 minutes
Ingredients
Puerh tea
Black tea
Organic elderberries
Organic rooibos
Safflower
Caffeine Content
Medium-High
Whispering Pines Tea Company is dedicated to bringing you the most original, pure, beautiful tea blends. We use only the highest quality ingredients available to create additive-free teas teas inspired by the pristine wilderness of Northern Michigan. Our main focus is on customer satisfaction and quality.