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2022 Peak Vulture Shou Puer from White2tea

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White2tea occasionally comes out with some limited stock puer cakes at a marked-down price. Snoozefest is one that shows up every year on Black Fridays, but in March of 2022, a limited edition ripe cake landed – 2022 Peak Vulture. Very cool wrapper! I am tempted to colour it in when I’ve finished a cake. I purchased extra cakes, leaving one next to my kettle. Any time I felt like shou and didn’t want to dig around my disaster of a full shou pumidor, I’d drink Peak Vulture. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaf smells a bit funky but chocolatey.… Continue reading, hoot!

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2022 June White2tea Club feat. 2022 Green Hype

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It is time for our yearly HYPE train. White2tea 2022 Green Hype is a bang for your buck house blend, this one with some rustic brawler young and aged material. This tea is through the White2tea Club, but you can also purchase a cake without being in the club. The leaves have a sweet fruity floral scent with a bit of a back of the cupboard vibe. I followed the instructions on the handout, going 6 grams of leaf per 100ml of vessel size (1g per 16ml). After a rinse, the leaves have a smokey bitter scent with a powdery… Continue reading, hoot!

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2022 May White2tea Club feat. 2022 Spring Old Arbor Raw Puer

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One of my favorite recurring teas in the White2tea club – 50g mini cake of some gushu, this one a 2022 Spring Old Arbor Raw Puer. Admittedly, these little cakes get lost in my pumidor, but that’s the only way I keep my hands off them. I know in a few years I’ll be in for an epic tea treat. The scent of the leaves is zesty honey wheat and floral. As usual, I used 1 gram of leaf per 15ml of vessel size, gongfu steeped at a boil. I drank the rinse. The leaves smell fresh, wild honey, and… Continue reading, hoot!

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2022 March White2tea Club feat. 2020 Fortune Teller Sheng Puer

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Well, I’m lost in a time warp. April and May have been so busy that I’ve been running on fumes. I posted April’s White2tea Club last week and forgot I had March already sitting in my folder, with most of all the teas long consumed. This is the 2022 March White2tea club, which has a Tieguanyin, Hongcha, but also a sample of White2tea’s 2020 Fortune Teller. Fireside Tieguanyin The leaves have roasted woody honey scented. It is a simple yet comforting smell. I used a gongfu ratio of 1 gram per 15ml (for this tea and all teas in this… Continue reading, hoot!

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2022 April White2tea Club feat. 2022 Green Teas

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Oh hoots, I don’t like green tea but I drink a round of fresh greens out of the White2tea Club. I prefer high-energy teas and green teas have too much of a calming effect for me. In this White2tea Club box are Cloud Mist Green and Coal Mt. Green, the latter being a club exclusive. White2tea has a time window to order fresh green teas, so you’ll have to wait until next year to get their greens. Brewing Instructions: I’m going more casual (and making this painless as possible) with this tea so a hybrid lazy style it is. As… Continue reading, hoot!

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February 2022 White2tea Club Feat. Yancha Sample Tasting

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It’s White2tea club time, and this is February 2022’s box. Oh boy, this is “sample all of White2tea’s newest yanchas” month, so all of these are available for purchase. I’m skipping the Dahongpao this year – it’s a basic intro yancha – let’s get into the more interesting ones. For all teas here I used a gongfu ratio of 1gram of leaf per 15ml of gaiwan size, steeped at a boil with no rinse. Stone Sparrow The leaves have a roasty and dried fruit sweet scent. After a steep, the leaves smell like a powdery fruit cocktail. Stone Sparrow is… Continue reading, hoot!

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2021 Yashka Sheng Puer from White2tea

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Out of the 2021 shengs, White2tea’s 2021 Yashka caught my eye. Sheng blends that are punchy, elegant, and bitter are always up my alley. That said, I purchased a sample with one of my orders. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaves have the scent of sweet honey and warmed fall leaves. Sometimes I find this scent smells like drool, but I am not sure if that’s my own drool and that can vary between drools. Either way, this tea smells like my drool hahah! I used a gongfu ratio of 1 gram of leaf per 15ml of vessel size, steeped… Continue reading, hoot!

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2022 January White2tea Club feat. 2021 Charlie Shou Puer

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Welcome to the 2022 January White2tea club! As it has been over the last couple of years, we start the year off with an exclusive shou cake, Charlie. This Charlie cake was pressed in December 2021 and has aged material. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaves smell of funky earth and mushrooms. As usual, my puer gongfu ratio I used is 1gram of leaf per 15ml of vessel size, steeped in boiling water. I did two rinses as this tea smells a bit freshly pressed funky. After two rinses, 2021 Charlie has a smooth dark chocolate scent with no funk.… Continue reading, hoot!

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2021 November White2tea club feat. 2021 Sun Fu

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The 2021 November White2tea club has the yearly amazing and exclusive Old Arbor Autumn Sheng Puer mini cake. However, also included is a sample of their new 2021 Sun Fu! 2021 Sun Fu I’ve been a quiet Fu Zhuan addict for years now. I feel I don’t talk about Fu Brick much as I fear comments of “Fu is gross dirty tea” but also “more Fu Brick for me”. Part, I don’t want people to know I have a problem. There are days I start with a gongfu session of fu and I lose 2 hours like a junkie. I’m… Continue reading, hoot!

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2021 October White2tea Club feat. Liu An and Shou Samples

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Finally, the 2021 October White2tea club! This month is a sampling extravaganza of White2tea’s latest teas. (yes yes, I’m behind a few months on the White2tea club as it is February – I’m catching up!) 2021 Liu An Gongjian I’ve had Liu An only a handful of times and half the experiences I wasn’t brewing it. This is also the youngest Liu An I’ve tried. The leaves smell nutty and sweet. I went with a 1g per 15ml ratio, steeped at a boil. This tea commands to be rinsed at least once or twice as the flavor is very low… Continue reading, hoot!