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2020 December White2tea Club feat. XXXmas Sheng Puer

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Last year I mixed up the White2tea club order so I can drink the yearly, club only, XXXmas huangpian sheng puer near Christmas. My 2020 December White2tea club arrived on Christmas Eve, and I really like my teas to rest from shipping. This tea had 3 weeks of rest – not enough for my liking but at least I got a baseline for it fresh. ‘ Leaf and Steeping Method Well, this is undoubtedly a huangpian – it is so yellow! 2020 XXXmas sheng puer has a light nutty grassy scent. As usual, I went gongfu style with 1 gram… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 tRuth Shou Puer from Mandala Tea

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2020 tRuth shou is a limited edition, charity, and tribute cake by Mandala Tea. This shou puer is made up of Menghai material and only 200 cakes were pressed in November 2020. All proceeds for this tea goes to the Women’s Shelter and Support Center in Rochester, MN. I purchased my cake in December 2020. I would prefer to let this shou rest longer, but since this a limited edition tea, I’m giving it a drink so you readers can get the heads up before it disappears. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaves have a soft earth scent with a… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 November White2tea Club feat. 2020 Old Arbor Autumn Sheng

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The 2020 November White2tea club by volume doesn’t have much tea but it is quality! This month has a 50 gram cake of 2020 Old Arbor Autumn Sheng Puer and 25 grams of Yan Hong, a Fujian black tea, both tea club exclusives. 2020 November White2tea Club’s Yan Hong On top of being a Fujian black, this tea comes with 1 year of rest. Over the years I’ve also come to notice a lot of black teas, especially compressed, taste best after a year. That is something you’ll want to taste yourself as I know some who dislike black teas… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 October White2tea Club feat. 2020 Saturday Mass

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It is 2020 October White2tea club time! This month has two teas available for purchase and two club exclusives. I am skipping the 2020 Hot Brandy minis and squirreling them away for travel. 2020 Saturday Mass Chenpi Shou Puer The 2020 October White2tea club has a single 7g mini of Saturday Mass. This tea is a shou blended with aged chenpi/orange, which is a part of their small-batch shou collection. The tea mini has a gentle orange scent. I used the whole 7 gram mini in a ~100ml gaiwan, steeped with boiling water, gongfu style. Rinsed, Saturday Mass has an… Continue reading, hoot!

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2006 Troublemaker Sheng Puer Fang Cha from Crimson Lotus Tea

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I completely forgot I had a sample of Crimson Lotus Tea’s 2006 Troublemaker Sheng puer fang cha. While I was reorganizing my tea room, I found the sample packet under my couch, so Troublemaker has North Seattle floor storage. My guess is it fell from my sample basket. Tea hoarder problems. Leaf and Steeping Method 2006 Troublemaker is a bud heavy Bulang, pressed into a 100 gram fang cha square. Troublemaker’s scent is aged, and previously smokey, grandma’s couch. This tea is definitely dry storage here as it lacks that wet basement quality. I went with 1 gram of leaf… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 September White2tea Club feat. 2020 Shous

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2020 September White2tea Club is epic. A large number of teas, prepackaged in 8 gram servings, the majority available for purchase. The teas are: 2020 Brown Sugar, Camphornought, Planetary Shark Feed, Prosbloom, as well as a club exclusive Yesheng Gushu Baicha. 2020 Brown Sugar I actually own the first 2015 Brown Sugar shou puer and never tried it. When I got it, it smelled hella funky so I left it in my shou-pumidor forgotten. Now that I got these 2020 Brown Sugars, I cannot avoid this tea any longer. In the 2020 September White2tea club is a 10 square x… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 Webpunk 2.0 from Moychay

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The most requested shou review – Moychay’s Webpunk shou puer! Why is this the most requested shou review? The wrapper art is so nuts, everyone is curious how Webpunk tastes. This is the 2020 Webpunk 2.0, made of 2019 Menghai area material, pressed in 2020. The first tea to put Moychay on my radar was the first Webpunk with a similar meme vomit wrapper. Webpunk’s wrapper is so crazy, I show it to non-tea people to hurt their brains! Leaf and Steeping Method Immediately, this wrapper was removed and set aside for framing purposes. If I leave it on the… Continue reading, hoot!

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Zheng Si Long 2018 Xiang Chun Lin Sheng Puer from Tea Encounter

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My sample of Tea Encounter’s Zheng Si Long 2018 Xiang Chun Lin has been in my stash for almost 2 years as it was buried by my insane collection. This sheng puer spring gushu old tree material from the Yiwu area. Leaf and Steeping Method 2018 Xiang Chun Lin’s leaves have a honey sappy scent. After an infusion, the leaves smell of honey and steamed leafy greens with a shot of floral perfume. Tasting of Tea Encounter’s Zheng Si Long 2018 Xiang Chun Lin Sheng Puer First and Second Infusion: 2018 Xiang Chun Lin has a densely thick texture, like… Continue reading, hoot!

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July 2020 White2tea Club feat. Gelanghe White, 2020 Demon Slayer, and Daily Jin Jun Mei

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For the July 2020 White2tea Club we have an exclusive pressed white tea, and samples of 2020 Demon Slayer sheng puer and Daily Jin Jun Mei Black tea. 2020 Gelanghe Sun Dried White Tea This 100g cake is exclusive to the White2tea club. Oooo a waffle cake! The Gelanghe cake has a sweet golden raisin scent. Each full-sized square clocked in around 4g. The compression is wicked tight, just snapping off pieces was a bit tricky. I used 1 gram of leaf per 20ml of vessel size, steeped in boiling water, gongfu style. I did a long rinse and this… Continue reading, hoot!

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2019 Lao Chahu Shou Puer from Moychay

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On the tea table is Moychay’s 2019 Lao Chahu shou puer. This shou material is of 2017 tips, twisted, and thin leaves from Myanmar (formerly Burma), then pressed in 2019. Before I get into the tea, Moychay has been highly requested to be featured on Oolong Owl for their cool wrapper art, large selection, fair prices, and Russian mystique. They contacted me first and sent me a lot of tea try. They ship out of Moscow, and with their express delivery, it took only 7 days to get to Seattle! Leaf and Steeping Method 2019 Lao Chahu’s leaves have a… Continue reading, hoot!