Tea reviews for tea drinkers
Zheng Si Long’s 2017 Man Zhuan puerh is made out of spring gushu material from Man Zhuan. While I was looking through all the Zheng Si Long offerings on Tea Encounter’s website, the description for this one caught my eye. It should be ” thick, smooth, having a strong fragrance, a long lasting sweet aftertaste…
If you are reading around online for White2Tea recommendations, chances are teadontlie comes up. I frequently see it recommended on Reddit, from bloggers and among friends as one of the go-to teas from W2T in lower mid price bracket. Like all their offerings, White2Tea doesn’t give a tonne of info on this cake. It’s a…
Farmerleaf is a vendor that I have had my eye on for a while, but I have just recently placed my first order from them. Of all the puerh vendors I follow, they were the first to put up 2019 teas so I decided it was a good time to jump in. I picked up…
Crimson Lotus Tea’s 2017 Nannuo Mini Mushrooms are something that I have been wanting to try out for a while, but for one reason or another I never got to ordering one. I have read many reviews and tasting notes on this before and the notes you see over and over are “vanilla” and “creamy,”…
Today I am taking a look at a shou puerh from a new-to-me tea producer – 2016 Yiwu Gushu Shu from Zheng Si Long. I’ve been on a bit of a shou kick lately (more on that in a few weeks) and a high quality shou made from Yiwu material sounds like my jam, so…
Bitterleaf Teas’ 2016 Windfall is a raw puerh made from Guafengzhai old tree autumn material. This is a very expensive region to source tea out of, so Bitterleaf is offering this cake as a way to dip your toes in and get the general character of the region, but without having to completely drain your…
Mountain Stream Teas is still a relatively new vendor, but one that I’ve been meaning to get to for a while. Recently I ordered the Matt’s Favourites Taster Set and I’ve been working my way through them. I’ll have more reviews on these teas coming out over the next while, but decided to start it…
Yunnan Sourcing’s 2013 Yong De Blue Label is a ripe puerh made from (as Yunnan Sourcing says) high quality material from Yong De county. This cake is made with mostly small grade leaves, as well as a good amount of gong ting, which was described to me by a tea friend as “leaves smaller than…
2012 Baotang from Essence of Tea is a bit of an online favourite from what I have seen. This $138 USD, 400 gram cake of Mensong material frequently comes up if you are searching around for “must tries” from Essence of Tea. EoT is a vendor that I have been wanting to get into for…
Bitterleaf Teas’ 2018 WMD is an unblended raw puerh made of all gushu material from Mansa. The cake comes out to just under $1 USD per gram, so this is a good deal more pricey than the normal puerhs I drink, and I’m really looking forward to see how it performs. Before going on, I…