I wrote a tasting note earlier in which I asked “what is wrong with me” – I think I need to start this one the same way.
What is wrong with me?
Anyone who knows me, anyone who follows me, knows that I’m a dark tea kind of girl – Chinese blacks, dark oologs, shou pu’erh that’s my comfort zone – so why am I researching/buying moonlight white and why am I about to write this tasting note?
Soooo I spent the evening with a hexagon sheng coin I picked up from O5Tea while in Vancouver. About a week ago I drank and wrote about the shou version of this and basically that note reads – not for me. I really didn’t like it.
This one I like – this is a pretty nice sheng. Just a touch of bitter/astringent/dry your mouth out sensation. It’s pretty light – doesn’t really have any earthiness – it’s not grassy. Ok that’s what it’s not, but I’m not sure what it is. Savory – not really sweet – sorry back to the nots – not smokey. Whatever it is I like it, was a pleasant evening with this tea.
So what’s wrong with me that I’m liking a sheng better than a shou and why am I buying white tea? I’m afraid – I’m very afraid that my tastes are changing………. again.
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But isn’t that the beauty of tea? That tastes change? I do try to drink a little of everything, and my favourite is still Assam… but there are other things I’m really loving now. Some of those yunnan blacks you sent, the moonlight whites, some softer shengs. I think I gave you some from Cultivate Tea as well – that one is also quite soft.
I like the exploration part of the journey, but taste changes are expensive and bad for cupboard control….
I say go with the flow and listen to your body.
change of taste happen from time to time, the first year I drank pu’erh, I basically was only drinking and loving shou puerh. In those times I sampled sheng a lot, nothing actually struck me… until… one day… I drank some New Amerikah by white2tea… well now I love both of them but yeah it’s bad for cupboard control :)
on the upside… when your tastes change and you need to start again…send your cupboard to me… hahaha mine haven’t changed yet! and we’re almost done yr 3!
Dexter, I was totally on a shou kick, until I tasted the sheng you sent my way, now I’m finding myself looking up sheng cakes on ebay and adding them to my ‘watch list’. lol
It might just be seasonality as well. I do drink black teas year round but lately I’m on a jade oolong phase where I drink it almost every day. On the other hand I so far have preferred sheng to shou. I find that whites, greens, and Oolong’s are teas ?I tend to drink through phases.
But you can like ALL the teas.
But isn’t that the beauty of tea? That tastes change? I do try to drink a little of everything, and my favourite is still Assam… but there are other things I’m really loving now. Some of those yunnan blacks you sent, the moonlight whites, some softer shengs. I think I gave you some from Cultivate Tea as well – that one is also quite soft.
I like the exploration part of the journey, but taste changes are expensive and bad for cupboard control….
I say go with the flow and listen to your body.
change of taste happen from time to time, the first year I drank pu’erh, I basically was only drinking and loving shou puerh. In those times I sampled sheng a lot, nothing actually struck me… until… one day… I drank some New Amerikah by white2tea… well now I love both of them but yeah it’s bad for cupboard control :)
on the upside… when your tastes change and you need to start again…send your cupboard to me… hahaha mine haven’t changed yet! and we’re almost done yr 3!
Dexter, I was totally on a shou kick, until I tasted the sheng you sent my way, now I’m finding myself looking up sheng cakes on ebay and adding them to my ‘watch list’. lol
It might just be seasonality as well. I do drink black teas year round but lately I’m on a jade oolong phase where I drink it almost every day. On the other hand I so far have preferred sheng to shou. I find that whites, greens, and Oolong’s are teas ?I tend to drink through phases.
But you can like ALL the teas.