Tea Tasting diary – batch n.232 August 25, 20174) Our fourth tea was none other than lovely, ancient WuYi Shan Shui Hsien - “Water sprite” wulong tea from China/Fujian. One of my first teas, I've ever drunk (that's...
Tea Tasting diary – batch n.232 August 24, 20173) Our third choice was Jasmine “Monkey King” China green tea. I guess we wanted to wash our mouths with something more flower-some and pleasant. The grade said “of good...
Tea Tasting diary – batch n.232 August 23, 20172) Our second choice was 1st Flush Darjeeling Risheehat SFTGFOP1 DJ 06/17 – organic class on the package said: “exceptional/terrific”. We have never been much of a fans of Risheehat...
Tea Tasting diary – batch n.232 August 22, 2017Today, was the crucial day to slurp some of our lovely tea samples. We had two “not intentional” reasons for it 1) the weather - as awful as it can...
Tasting Notes - Keemun (Qimen) Mao Feng Superior August 16, 2017Classification: Keemun Mao Feng - Black tea Cultivar: Zhu-ye-zhong Origin: China, Anhui province, Keemun (Qimen) Grade: Superior, great quality Leaf: thin, small tightly twisted leaves of aubergine/black colour with sharp...
Tasting Notes - 1st flush Darjeeling Balasun SFTGFOP 1 August 15, 2017Classification: 1st flush Darjeeling Balasun SFTGFOP 1 – black tea Cultivar: 51% China, 40% hybrid Assam and 9% Darjeeling quality clonal variety. Origin: India, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Balasun tea Estate...