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2022 Crème de la Crème Dancong Shou Puer from Bitterleaf Tea

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Today’s tea is one I did not hesitate to purchase as the concept sounds amazing! Bitterleaf Tea’s 2022 Crème de la Crème Dancong Shou Puer is a blend of 2022 spring Yashi Xiang (duck shit oolong) and a 2020 Menghai shou puer. Body & Soul, a hong and shou blend, is one of my favorite teas for daily drinking, so I have high hopes for a dancong shou. Leaf and Steeping Method Appearance wise is strange. If I didn’t know what this tea is, I’d guess it is a wild sheng due to the autumn dark leaves. The oolong aroma… Continue reading, hoot!

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2022 October White2tea Club feat. Fuding Baicha, Silver Bud Red, and Mengku Dragon Ball

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It is time for the 2022 October White2tea Club! For this month – 2019 Fuding Baicha, Silver Bud Red, and 2016 Mengku Naked Dragon Ball – an interesting mix of teas. 2019 Fuding Baicha from the 2022 October White2tea Club The leaves have a coconut and flowery scent. My white tea gongfu ratio is 1 gram of leaf per 20ml of vessel size. After a rinse, the leaves smell of golden raisins and more coconut First, Second, and Third Infusion: 2019 Fuding Baicha is super bright, and rock sugar sweet. It has some gentle sips of sweet golden straw, and… Continue reading, hoot!

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2022 August White2tea Club feat. Yellow Tea and 2007 Mengsong

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For the 2022 August White2tea Club, we got a yellow tea and a 2007 sheng puer. Both of these teas would have been good to drink in the summer, but here I am drinking them in December. Chuan Huang from 2022 August White2tea Club Chuan Huang is a club commissioned Sichuan yellow tea. Yellow tea is uncommon and I can’t find in my posts if there were other yellow teas that appeared in the White2tea Club. The dry leaf of Chuan Huang has a spring buttercup floral and grass scent. But in a hot gaiwan, this tea smells of nutty… Continue reading, hoot!

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2022 Night Shift Shou Puer from Crimson Lotus Tea

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Crimson Lotus Tea’s 2022 Night Shift is a shou puer blended to be mysteriously dark and creamy tea. The wrapper features Aztec style artwork by Seattle artist Jose Rodriguez III. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaf has earthy and hot dirt in a muddy summer scent. As usual, I went gongfu style with 1 gram of leaf per 15ml ratio, 2 rinses, steeped with boiling water. After the rinses, the tea shifted to an almond nutty scent. Tasting of 2022 Night Shift Shou Puer from Crimson Lotus Tea First, Second, and Third Infusion: Night Shift is a silky textured tea… Continue reading, hoot!

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2022 July White2tea Club feat. 2016 Bulang Puer

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Better late than never, is Oolong Owl’s 2022 July White2tea Club tasting! This month has two teas – a 2016 Bulang 100gram sheng cake pressed exclusively for the White2tea Club and Chuan Zibai white tea. Chuan Zibai from the 2022 July White2tea Club Chuan Zibai is a purple leaf Sichuan white tea. The leaf has a sweet baby powder scent. My gongfu ratio here is 1 gram of leaf per 17ml – a little more leaf than usual but that’s how it plopped onto the scale. I used a fearless boiling water temperature. After a steep, the leaves are fragrant… Continue reading, hoot!

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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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2020 Believe Sheng Puer from Crimson Lotus Tea

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Today’s tea is Crimson Lotus Tea’s 2020 Believe Sheng Puer another cool young sheng with a space themed wrapper! 2020 Believe is described as “crisp IPA style bitterness”. Sadly I just have the sample pack – Believe is cool enough to own just for the wrapper – but thankfully Crimson Lotus Tea does good sample packaging. Leaf and Steeping Method The dry leaf has a soft zesty scent. My gongfu ratio is 1 gram of leaf per 15ml of vessel size, steeped at a boil. After a rinse, 2020 Believe continues the tangy scent, opening up more of pomelo citrus… 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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2000’s and 90s Teas from Puerh.uk

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Hoot hoot! I am back with another round of teas from Puerh.uk! On the menu today is 2007 Xi Zi Hao – Xue Shan Chun Lu (Spring dew), 1990s JiangCheng, and 1990s Xiaguan BaoYan JinCha Custom. 2007 Xi Zi Hao – Xue Shan Chun Lu (Spring dew) This is Mengku Da Xue Shan, old wild tree material. The leaves have a sweet wildflowers scent. For all teas today, I used a gongfu ratio of 1 gram of leaf per 15ml, steeped at a boil. After a steep, the leaves shift to an amber and honey wooden scent. First, Second, and… Continue reading, hoot!