Category: Mountain Stream Teas

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Chilai High Mountain Black Tea from Mountain Stream Teas

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I almost wasn’t going to write about Mountain Stream teas’ Chilai High Mountain black tea. I was tucking into this tea for breakfast, delegated as interesting tea drinking as it will be sold out by the time my review could be posted. At first infusion, I discovered this tea is wonderful and needs a review, so I redid my schedule. Chilai High Mountain Black is a QinXin cultivar tea from Summer 2020. Not too often one encounters high mountain tea processed as black, but also like Taiwanese oolong and white tea – their black tea is amazing. Leaf and Steeping… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 Sanxia White Tea from Mountain Stream Teas

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I love Taiwanese white teas, so when Mountain Stream Tea was having a sale, I snagged 100 grams of 2020 Sanxia White tea. This is a 2020 Winter tea of Qin Xin Gan Zhong cultivar. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaf looks quite wirely, though in the bag you can see that is a hairy tea. Interestingly, the Sanxia white leaves has a sugar cookie scent. I disregarding the steeping instructions as I like my white tea in my face, so a gongfu ratio of 1 gram of leaf per 20ml of vessel size, boiling water. After an infusion, the… Continue reading, hoot!

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2019 White Mountain Taiwanese Old Growth White Tea from Mountain Stream Teas

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Mountain Stream Teas carries some unique teas. Today’s tea their 2019 White Mountain Taiwanese Old Growth White Tea. It is the same material as their Taiwanese sheng (which I have reviewed already) but this time is processed as white tea. I believe I got the purple leaf varietal as I preordered this tea the next day of their newsletter announcement. After some time, the tea arrived, I promptly forgot about it and left it in the ziplock baggie it came in for months. I was reminded again when I was contacted by Mountain Stream Tea that someone got mold on… Continue reading, hoot!