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2021 Shui Xian White tea from Wuyi Origin

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I finally did a Wuyi Origin order. After many recommendations, what got me to order was their new 2021 Shui Xian white tea. This is a fresh Shoumei grade experimental Shui Xian, that is typically for oolong but processed as white tea. Leaf and Steeping Method The leaves smell like copy paper, but once I got my nose really in there with a heated gaiwan, it smells like a powdery floral bouquet. Despite being experimental and shou mei, these leaves are spectacular with fuzzy buds. I had a hell of a time getting 1g of leaf per 20ml into this… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 Electroflowercandy and Lovebeamcake White Teas from Kuura

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Kuura white tea cakes – names of party drugs or Shojo Anime Magical Girl power? Let’s drink Kuura’s 2020 Electroflowercandy and 2020 Lovebeamcake white tea! I purchased both teas blind as I have no willpower against fairly priced white tea cakes, but also Kuura loves their thick textures. 2020 Electroflowercandy White tea Electroflowercandy is Yunnan material, picked as intended for puer, then sun dried white tea. The dry leaves smell like floral pencil erasers. For both white teas, I used a gongfu ratio of 1 gram of leaf per 20ml of vessel size, steeped with boiling water. After a steep,… Continue reading, hoot!

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Songluo Black and Shou Mei from Hence Tea

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Today is a new tea company review – Hence Tea. They are based out of Los Angeles and carry Chinese Teas. The teas I have for review are their Songluo Black and Shou Mei White. Songluo Black from Hence Tea This black is from Songluo Mountain, which is in the Southern Anhui Province of China, between Keemun and Huangshan. Songluo Black’s leaves have a fruity and honey scent. For the first round of this black tea, I went gongfu style, 1gram per 15ml leaf to vessel ratio, steeped with boiling water. After a rinse, the leaves smell grapes and floral.… Continue reading, hoot!

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2021 April Old Ways Tea Club

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It is Old Ways Tea Club time! The fourth tea club box has 2020 Shi Ru Stone Milk, 2014 White Tea Brick, and 2020 Niu Rou Huang Pian – 2 oolongs and a white tea! I was most excited about the white tea and the huang pian. 2020 Shi Ru (stone milk) Oolong Well, I was dumb and the package exploded when I opened the tea packet. The leaves here have a roasted caramel and plum scent. Both oolongs in the club I went with a gongfu ratio of 1gram of leaf per 15ml of vessel size, steeped in boiling… 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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2020 Nannou Leaf Assamica White Tea from Yunnan Sourcing

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When I saw the leaf shape of the 2020 Nannou Leaf Assamica White Tea, I could not resist purchasing it. I enjoy teas from Nannou Mountain as I do not recall having white tea from there. Leaf and Steeping Method The 2020 Nannou Leaf Assamica White Tea is foil wrapped in 8 gram leaves. This tea has a fresh, juicy, and floral scent like freshly cut flowers. I had to break this pretty leaf to fit into my 1 gram to 20ml gongfu ratio. Steeped up with boiling water, the leaves have a bright and sweet scent. Tasting of Yunnan… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 White Crow and Impress Forcibly Through Unexpectedness from Bitterleaf Tea

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I have a problem as I blind buy too many white tea cakes as I know I can enjoy them many years later. Today, I got 2020 White Crow and 2020 Impress Forcibly Through Unexpectedness to review, both from Bitterleaf Tea. 2020 White Crow from Bitterleaf Tea I seem to buy Bitterleaf Tea’s White Crow every year – I just can’t resist as it is good value for the quality. Here are the reviews from previous years – 2019 White Crow and 2018 White Crow. 2020 White Crow’s leaves have a creamy malty scent. This cake has some compression to… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 Mall Ninja Dojo and Horse Girl Clique from White2Tea

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Today’s review is a set of white and black teas from White2tea. Mall Ninja Dojo and Horse Girl Clique are the same puer and sun-dried material from Menghai but processed differently. I purchased samples of both as this will be a fun tea tasting to see the same material in different ways. I enjoyed the names of these teas as they brought back so many memories of the horse girls at school (gosh don’t get in a fight with them talking English or Western saddles) and the characters at the mall sword store. White2tea’s 2020 Mall Ninja Dojo White Tea… Continue reading, hoot!

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2019 Shui Xian and 2013 Gong Mei from Shifting Senses

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The teas on the tea table today are from Shifting Senses and Xiang Tu Cha Shuo. They source high quality teas and offer destination tastings. The teas I have are 2019 Shui Xian oolong and 2013 Gong Mei white. Shifting Senses’ 2019 Shui Xian Oolong This 2019 Shui Xian is from Da Wang Feng, Wuyishan. The leaves are fragrantly sweet and floral. I used 1 gram of leaf per 13ml of vessel size. I debated brewing Chaozhou style with even more leaf but then I would only have one shot with the sample I have. The steeped leaves and heavily… Continue reading, hoot!

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2020 Zero Sum White Tea from White2tea

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I purchased a cake of White2tea’s 2020 Zero Sum white tea blind. A couple of tea friends said this white tea is excellent, and I have this terrible habit of blind caking all the white teas, regardless if it is over $100 a cake/ $0.50+ a gram. Since posting my haul photos to Instagram, I’ve gotten a number of requests for a review of this tea. I see White2tea doesn’t have much stock left and I dislike posting reviews of teas that are out of stock (as they are just a selfish post to myself to refer to when I… Continue reading, hoot!