Tea reviews for tea drinkers
Today I am drinking Zheng Si Long’s 2016 Ge Deng sheng puerh, which came to me as a free sample from Tea Encounter. I really like what Tiago has written for the product description over on the Tea Encounter site. “After drinking this tea for 3 days in a row and trying to find the…
This months review of Bitterleaf Teas’ 2019 Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good is coming in a bit late because it has required a bit of investigating on my part. What do you do when a tea you’ve been loving for months suddenly tastes bland and boring? I’ve had some concerns about my storage for the last…
Yunnan Sourcing’s 2013 Nan Po Zhai is a puerh I know next to nothing about. It’s not a cake that I’ve seen much buzz about, I haven’t heard of the area (other than the description saying it’s right by Bing Dao), and the sites description has no tasting notes whatsoever other than it’s “powerful and…
Crimson Lotus Tea’s 2019 Altered State is a new sheng puerh that has been blended for maximum Cha Qi. For those unaware of what “Cha Qi” is, simply put it is the “energy” of the tea. Beyond that, getting a solid answer on what it’s affects are really depends on who you talk to and…
Snoozefest is a limited run sheng puer from White2Tea that has been put out as a Black Friday special the last couple years. I did a review on this cake back in April, and said I would do another update before Black Friday to see if I think it would be worth jumping on again…
When you are trying to get into a new type of tea, the amount of options out there can be overwhelming and it might be best to reach out to somebody more knowledgeable for advice. I wanted to try out some factory puerhs but outside of the big recipes I didn’t know where to begin,…
Bitterleaf Teas’ 2019 Big Old Ass Tree is a new sheng puerh made from teas in Hekai ranging from 100-800 years of age. I haven’t tried any puerhs from this region before and don’t really know what to expect, so instead of a big preamble let’s just get to it! For a very quick side…
Yiwu Mountain Tea’s 2005 Yiwu Gushu Huangpian is a blended sheng puerh made from 2005 huangpian material from several Yiwu villages. Instead of offering a cake, this material has been pressed into a big 3 kg pillar, and you can buy samples ranging from 10 grams up to a full log, if you’re feeling particularly…
Crimson Lotus Tea’s Slumbering Dragon is a tea I’ve been curious about since getting into puerh, but for one reason or another never pulled the trigger on. When the new 2019 version came out recently I decided it was time to see what it’s all about and ordered a sample. This puerh comes from a…
Welcome to my fifth monthly check in on Bitterleaf Teas’ Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good! This cake was pressed on May 2, so it has now passed the six month mark of life. Through my last five months of tasting this tea I feel like it hasn’t gone through any drastic changes. In my head it…