2019 White Tea from Denong Tea

I was incredibly excited to see Denong come out with white tea. This tea is from their own tea gardens, I’m assuming puer material. At the 2019 PDX Tea Festival, I purchased a box of the 2019 White Tea without any hesitation. Leaf and Steeping Method Hands down, this Denong White tea is gorgeous looking with lots of fuzzy buds, looking moonlight white in style. Strangely, this tea smells just like my bunny Benson’s fur. When I got this tea it smelled strongly floral. I went with my usual white tea gongfu ratio of 1 gram of leaf per 20ml… Continue reading, hoot!

2018 Wild Ripe Shou Puer from Denong Tea

I am a huge fan of Denong Tea’s wild ripes. They are some of my favourite shous, but I’ve all had them with age on it. Today is Denong Tea’s 2018 Wild Ripe shou puer, so I get to try it young.  The website description is vague but mentions, and certainly backed up by all their other ripe teas, on how clean their shou processing is. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaf smells like herbs and dirt. Thankfully this tea is broken up as the individual lumps are pressed hard and tight. I used around 1 gram of leaf per… Continue reading, hoot!

2018 Gu Yun Sheng Puer from Denong Tea

Today’s tea is Denong Tea’s 2018 Gu Yun Sheng puer. I don’t have much information on this puer other than this is a Menghai tea grown in Denong’s tea gardens. “2018 Gu Yun Raw. Made from ancient arbor material grown in our own tea gardens in Menghai, this tea’s taste satisfies those who are well acquainted with Pu-erh.” During the PDX Tea Festival I asked Jeffrey McIntosh his TLDR picks for Denong Tea‘s 2018 expensive line, he said the Nannou was good (but out of my price range) and his other pick is the Gu Yun. He said it is… Continue reading, hoot!

2016 Denong Black Tea from Denong Tea

I sampled the 2016 Denong Black tea at Denong Tea’s shop in Pasadena and recall it being very smooth and likable. It is a tea that they like to serve at tastings and festivals as it is friendly yet luxurious. I didn’t end up purchasing it though, as I threw a lot of money at their puer. Denong eventually sent me a tin for review. The first thing you’ll notice is the paper container they package their black tea in is gorgeous! WOW! I will forever keep this container. Leaf and Steeping Method Denong’s 2016 Black tea doesn’t have much… Continue reading, hoot!

2016 Sweet Clarity Sheng Puer from Denong Tea

While I was at Denong Tea in Pasadena, I was tea drunk enough to upsell things by myself. I asked how their cake of Sweet Clarity sheng puer was and Denong simply said it tastes like Sweet Clarity (roll credits). Either way, it was enough for me to blind purchase a 100 gram cake. Denong Tea has some of the most beautiful of tea wrappers. Dry Leaf and Steeping Method The dry leaf is soft, sweet, and somewhat pungent in scent. The only information I could find on the material of Sweet Clarity is that it is from Xishuangbanna Prefecture. I… Continue reading, hoot!

2017 Mountain Oasis Sheng Puer from Denong Tea

I sampled 2017 Mountain Oasis sheng puer at my visit to Denong Tea’s shop in Pasadena, California. From what I tried, I was very impressed with the texture of it. However, they steeped it far lighter and cooler water temperature than what I do myself. I purchased a 100 gram cake to play with and push to the tea limits. 2017 Mountain Oasis was also priced on special at the time, making it a great deal. 2017 Mountain Oasis is a Spring harvest, from Xishuangbanna region. It apparently is made from 300 year old trees affected by the drought of the… Continue reading, hoot!

2012 Nannuo First Spring Sheng from Denong Tea – Tea Review

I encountered Denong Tea at the 2016 World Tea Expo and greatly enjoyed their teas. Some of them I have had, as Bana Tea Company carries a couple of them. While at the World Tea Expo, I lost my mind over their 2015 Enchanting Beauty Sheng and stockpiled. After the Expo, Denong Tea was awesome to send me some samples of their other shengs and one of them was this 2012 Nannuo First Spring Sheng. I figure I review this Nannuo first so I got more Enchanting Beauty for myself, HAHAHAHA! Denong Tea’s 2012 Nannuo First Spring Sheng is sold in 100… Continue reading, hoot!