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2005 Rocket Yiwu Sheng Pu’er from White2tea – Tea Review

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The 2005 Yiwu Rocket was originally in the July White2Tea club as a sample. I didn’t review it in July as I was more in awe of drinking a giant mushroom pu’er. Then the requests starting coming in – “OMG where’s the Yiwu Rocket review!” Okay, okay, yeah I heard you all – here’s the White2Tea 2005 Rocket Yiwu sheng pu’er review! So what I love about the White2Tea club is being able to sample new teas they are selling, however it has also gotten me into more trouble. I tried the sample. I then promptly finished my sample and ordered… Continue reading, hoot!

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Mandala Tea’s 2014 Temple Stairs Ripe Pu’er – Tea Review

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Mandala Tea’s 2014 Temple Stairs Ripe Pu’er – this review is overdue. My Mandala Tea 2012 Noble Mark review is also overdue, I’m too busy chugging it than writing about it! I have this pu’er in both loose and cake form. For this review, I’ll be drinking the loose material as I’m trying to finish it, haha! Dry Leaf Temple Stairs Ripe Pu’er smells like roasted chestnut skins. Steeping Instructions I used around 8 grams for my 100gram-ish gaiwan. I did two rinses and steeped starting at 10 seconds, adding time as I went on. Tasting of Mandala Tea’s 2014… Continue reading, hoot!

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August 2015 Simple Loose Leaf – Tea Review

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Tea of the month club time! Today is for the August 2015 Simple Loose Leaf club! Simple Loose Leaf box info – Simple Loose Leaf is a monthly Co-op tea box that sends 4 to 6 loose leaf tea samples (1/4oz size) – you get a wide assortment of different teas such as straight teas, blends and herbals. With being in the Tea Co-op, you get a membership ID. If you enjoy and want more tea that you’ve sampled, you can purchase it from the Simple Loose Leaf Tea Shop for 50% off. For your first box, you can enter OolongOwl for a 50% off your… Continue reading, hoot!

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Crimson Lotus Tea 2014/2015 Jingmai Sheng Comparison – Tea Review

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I thought it would be really cool to do a side by side sheng pu’er comparison session. I had planned to do a side by side tasting with a pair of shou pu’er I have, but Crimson Lotus Tea was sending me some samples and I thought it would be cool to compare their Jingmais together. The two Crimson Lotus Tea sheng pu’ers are: 2015 Spring Jingmai “Midas Touch” 2014 Planet Jingmai Ancient Tree Single Serving Pu’er  I was planning to just drink a small sample each, say 5 grams. I didn’t realize after the fact that Planet Jingmai is a weighty 8 gram… Continue reading, hoot!

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2015 If You Are Reading This It’s 2 Late Sheng Pu’er from White2Tea – Tea Review

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I recently did a big White2tea order. When I opened the box there was something in there that smelled really pungently strong.  Upon sniff testing every tea in my box, this was the cake! If You Are Reading This It’s 2 Late! I kept smelling the cake it over and over, curious how a promise of sweet sheng smelled so pungent. This much confusion meant I needed to drink this ASAP. If You Are Reading This It’s 2 Late is an interesting name. I’ve already trolled people on instagram with it! With all these White2Tea cakes, I got lots of potential… Continue reading, hoot!

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July White2tea Club with 2015 Green Shroom Pu’er – Tea Review

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Tea readers, I am very satisfied with this month’s White2Tea Club – having fun exclusive pu’er cakes is really awesome! In July’s White2Tea Club – 2015 Green Shroom 250 grams and  a sample of 2005 Rocket Yiwu. Look how sweet this pu’er shroom looks! I’ve never owned a mushroom shape and the video game nerd in me loves the design! 2005 Rocket Yiwu is also a fantastic offering for this month’s tea club, many people have told me that it is really good. However I could not resist the shroom and I spent way too much time messing around with my… Continue reading, hoot!

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2011 Chunhui Unfermented Sheng Pu’er from LongRun Tea – Tea Review

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While I was at the recent World Tea Expo, I was super happy to find a seller there that carried lots of Pu’er – LongRun Tea! I walked away with 2 pu’er cakes. Looking at their website, I couldn’t find a store front. After more poking around, it appears they sell on Amazon! Hey guys, there’s pu’er on Amazon! Today, I’ll be reviewing LongRun Tea’s 2011 Chunhui Unfermented Sheng Pu’er. It’s a 357g cake, priced at $28.99 as I write this. I scored my cake for $20 at WTE, nice! The tea in this pu’er cake is Lingcang, Yunnan spring material from… Continue reading, hoot!

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June White2tea Club – Tea Review

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Oohhhh yeah, June White2Tea Club time! This month is impressive with newly pressed pu’er! I’m going to review both teas that were included this month, so it’ll be a long Oolong Owl post today. So, in the June White2Tea Club is 2014 Ripe Pu’er Orbs x3 and 2015 Teaclub Gourd 100g. 2014 Ripe Pu’er Orbs First up, the Balls! You get 3 Ripe Pu’er Orbs and they came with instructions, if you choose to accept them. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED HOOT! The tea balls look like wrapped truffles! I unwrapped all three orbs. I tucked two of the orbs away, setting a note… Continue reading, hoot!

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2010 Kunlu Spring Sheng Pu’er from Wymm Tea – Tea Review

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Not too long ago I received a package of new samples from Wymm Tea. Oooh yeah I cannot say no to pu’er samples especially from my home town of Vancouver, Canada! Like the last sample pack I received, Wymm Tea has beautiful packaging. I love the simplicity and the design. If you haven’t seen their website, it is also beautiful to just browse around and soak up the tea as well as pretty informative on pu’er. The paper (which you can also purchase extra on their site) is hand made! I had a hard time choosing a tea to drink. I… Continue reading, hoot!

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2011 Sheng Pu-erh from Single Origin Tea – Tea Review

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I’ve noticed my review queue has a lot of pu’er in it, I hope no one minds. I don’t mind – the more pu’er in my stash the better! Today’s pu’er is from Single Origin Tea – a 2011 Sheng. Upon further reading into this pu’er, it is a Bu Lang mountain tea. Dry Leaf I have a sample, to the leaf is broken up into loose bits. The tea is softly scented. Steeping Instructions I went with 190f water temperature. I did one rinse and started with 20 second infusions using a gaiwan. My new tea pet quite enjoyed paddling through… Continue reading, hoot!