Tea reviews for tea drinkers
Camellia Sinensis‘ 2003 Orange Label is in new territory for me, being an aged CNNP shou cake. I’ve had another ripe puerh that was supposedly around this age, but, it was of questionable origin, so I’m curious to see if it stands up against this one. As I’ve said in the past, I don’t drink…
Crimson Lotus Tea‘s Dark Depths is a shou puerh that was pressed last year but released earlier in this year. When it was released, I was chatting with Char from Oolong Owl and she was pretty excited about it. I believe she had said she tried it in loose leaf form a while back and…
Time for another look at Bitterleaf Teas‘ Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good raw puerh! If you’re just coming across this for the first time now, I will be posting updated reviews on this tea monthly for the next year. This is my third month/third tasting. Please check out last month’s review here and the previous month…
Lord of the Forest by Tea Side is a sheng puerh-esque tea made of ancient trees from Myanmar. The reason I say “puerh-esque” is because technically puerh has to be produced in Yunnan so just like sparking wine made outside of Champagne can’t be called Champagne, this tea shouldn’t be called puerh. I will be…
Camellia Sinensis is a new-to-me vendor for puerh, and it’s one that I’m very excited to try. There are a couple tea vendors in Canada selling puerh, but as far as I can tell Camellia Sinensis is the only one who is pressing their own cakes. I’ve tried out some of their loose leaf teas…
Today’s review is of a tea that I’m extremely excited about – White2Tea’s Very Old Huangpian. I was interested in this tea since first seeing it up on the shop and frequently hemmed and hawed about grabbing some, but I never got around to actually ordering. Recently, an online tea friend sent me a care…
It’s the last weekend of the month so you know what that means… time for an update on Bitterleaf Teas‘ Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good raw puerh! In case you are just coming across this post, I will be checking in on this cake monthly and writing new reviews on it to track how it progresses…
Today’s review is one of a puerh that I have been looking forward to for a little bit now: Fangmingyuan’s 2013 Nannuo sheng puerh. Trying out new teas is always fun and this one is a double whammy for me – I have never tried a Fangmingyuan tea before and don’t know anything about them,…
Alright, it’s time to break into a cake that I have been fearfully looking forward to for some time – Bitterleaf Tea’s 2019 Bitter End Xtra Bitter. This is my first time trying a Lao Man E sheng puerh and based on all my reading I’m pretty sure I’m going to dislike it. As the…
Farmerleaf’s Jingmai Miyun is a blended cake made from several natural tea gardens close to the village where Farmerleaf is located. This blend has been made for the last few years and it has a good reputation online. It’s one of the more affordable teas from Farmerleaf but they still hand process it rather than…