A note on tea posts:
Any post about tea on here is usually because I have new tea and Im tasting it for the first time and reviewing and understanding it so i do it “gongfu” style: ~150ml water 8-10g of tea, 5 second steeps unless noted otherwise. Water is filtered to lower hardness and adjusted for PH.
I usually drink a fast and loose version of gongfu at home casually, more water, smaller tea amounts, longer steep times. Also grandpa style.
Tea Posts (all posts in the Tea category of this site, in posted order)
- 7542 180220267542 1601. 2016. This tastes fine. Gets a bit spicy a bit too fast if youre not careful, but thats not too bad either. I cant detect anything negative in its ageing. Nice aroma that becomes very sugary smelling, with a good mouthfeel on later steeps. Heres a few TeaDB episodes about 7542. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlDugFG1QXXiefOo-HwmcGwbduvVGL_vV&si=W3BmaJR-trzrLkS4
- Chapo & Chapo Mid 2021 17012026https://white2tea.com/products/2021-chapo?_pos=1&_psq=chapo&_ss=e&_v=1.0 https://white2tea.com/products/2021-chapo-mid?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=136179012&pr_rec_pid=7585809170660&pr_ref_pid=7585815036132&pr_seq=uniform Its a lot better than ripe, any Liu Bao is better than ripe (most things are). Chapo & Chapo Mid 2021 from W2T Liu Bao Heicha. Really crunky shit fungal compacted to near pointlessness. Has urotium cristatum, some of which i have attempted to harvest and propogate. 3.75/5 stars
- Thermos Brewing / Big Brewing 15092025I started drinking kinda compact when i wanted more tea at work and it be my tea and good tea. Im pretty sure I could gongfu at work but I respect my collegues. I always gongfu a new tea, its a good thing to do something like that first and get an idea of what youre ...
- Teas 110920252021 Camphornaught – W2T 2023 Prosbloom – W2T 2024 A Flash and then the Quiet vol 2 – Kuura Prosbloom is a mild smooth ripe, has some stank to it though its been broken up and stored in a jar for a few weeks. There is a mild vanila taste deep in there, the usual forest mulch, a ...
- Yunnan Craft 5092025Some tea from Yunnan Craft Kuzhu Shan White 2021 Shan 2022 Nar Yar 2022 These are all really good, all really different, with some very interesting flavours and aromas. The Kuzhu Shan white 2021 is very mild and hard to overbrew, staying enjoyable for amny steeps. The Shan 2022 is similar with some more bitterness to it, but ...
- tea 30082025Lào Cai Deep Forest White, Spring 2025. from Viet Sun. Very light soft leaves, break away easily into large full peices. Mild taste with an amazing floral aroma.
- Teas 15082025Xin Chải White Spring 2025 Nice interesting floral note, a light sweetness, flavour becomes mild herbal wheatgrass, I thought there was some light bitterness on the 5th steep, maybe? (5x5sec), light barley tea, slight vegetal sweetness on the 6th steep, it just keeps going, lightly on. This was one of two samples with a cake of ...
- Tea note 15082025I break up my tea, trying to keep as much leaf shape as possible, leaving any “chunks” that will only result in flakes, and store it in containers for use on my counter. I do this to half of a cake and then store the other still intact half in a mylar bag with a ...
- Tea 15082025Yunnan Sourcing 2024 “Autumn Suan Zao Shu” Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh. Image is the 4th or 5th ~5 second steep. Nice floral aroma, strong encompassing mouthfeel. There is initially some light sourness which matches nice with the aroma. The bitterness builds creating a lot of returning sweetness.
- 2024 Moon Bear 27072025Mild broad bitterness that transforms into a lot of coolness and almost menthol. Green grass, a slight umami of wheat or barley tea. Chamomile and bright vegetal aroma. Eventually some returning sweetness. Very Good.