White 2 Tea

Half a square of this Chocobrick, steeped Western.

Consistent and smooth as expected with underlying honeysuckle sweetness to it and top and body notes that were more a mix of malt, cedar wood, straw, and oats. As this one gets older/ages I find it’s picking up more of that cedar-like quality.

Iced tea, with a touch a honey added half way though.

This was such a good iced tea! I like white teas in general iced, they’re usually very light, delicate and natural which makes them REALLY refreshing. This one had a mix of soft peach skin, linen, and honey notes with a touch of a gentle floral top note. When I eventually added honey it was to make the flavours pop a little more and give something for my boyfriend to taste when he tried it – it really didn’t do much other than pull out some of the sweetness of the peach, and further enhance the already existing honey notes.

Very nice!

How has no one reviewed this yet?

Mad a big western mug using 1/2 ta square – it was pretty good, I should have taken some better notes though. I remember it had a nice, thick mouthfeel and sweet hay and cream notes. The undertone was a little apricot-y. Very tasty!

I think the 1/2 square was the perfect amount for a Western sized cup too; lots of flavour but didn’t feel excessive either. I look forward to Gong Fu brewing this one, as well.

Drinking up a sample of this today. The leaves came very tightly packed together, and I had to work to break up my given chunk into a little bit of a smaller piece. The wet leaves smell lightly fruity and tart, and generally quite mellow.

The first steep comes very light in flavor. It feels overall very mellow and comfortable, with a little bit of a high bitterness note. It is fairly sweet tea with low bitterness, making it a comfortable drinker. It doesn’t seem to be particularly strong in any aspect, however, which is maybe to be expected.

Later steeps don’t feel as they change too much. Longer brewing tends to bring out an unsavory bitter note. Overall, very light flavor profile, and in my opinion, somewhat uninteresting. I would prefer a tea such as White2tea’s Milk, Cream, and Alcohol, which although can be a little bit on the side of bitterness, provides a little more interesting of a drinking experience.

Starts bitey and a little malty evolving to a mild honey flavor and medium body. Med oxidation, tightly twisted leaves

Time for a short break from all the black teas. Im getting a craving now for some young sheng. Starting off I broke about 5 grams off the cake, it was pretty tight but not so tight I couldnt work the knife in pretty well.

Getting out my duanni yixing, and brewing about 5-6 grams in a 130 ml duanni, I started with a wash that gave a nice medicinal scent and I checked the date, yeah about 3 years old, this is smelling really nice for a just a 3 year old tea.

Checking the rinse, I noticed it was clear, very light pale and just a hint of thickness. Pouring the wash back over the yixing, because I really want that lovely sheen young raws put on Duanni after a few years.

The first infusion gave me a slightly thicker and slightly more orange liquor, giving it a sniff and a taste, and I got many of the same flavors just more intense as well as a very lightly tingle on the sides of the tongue. Honey, vegetal and a very slight medicinal and astringent quality as well.

Second infusion was more of the same, Im steeping these pretty quickly as I dont want that astringency to build up, its nicely sweet as it is, there might be just a hint of smokiness to it now, but its really hard to tell.

Third infusion I got a slighter darker yet liquor, now almost getting golden from pale yellow as well as tasting a bit more of the age of the tea, which im actually quite surprised at with a tea this young. Bit more astringency as well, but still very nice, but I also brewed it a few seconds longer this time.

Fourth infusion gave me a liquor and aroma’s very similiar to the third. IM very impressed with the flavor of this tea as well as the intensity of it, without getting too crazy bitter, for an inexpensive tea, this is really good.

highly recommended for people new to puerh, or just want an inexpensive daily drinker. The set also comes with a small pick if you dont already have one.

This is a relatively nice shou with a lot of fermentation flavor. It was initially sweet until the tea opened up. After this there was a bittersweet note for several steeps, bittersweet dark chocolate I think you could say. Then it evolved into a sweet note. Perhaps the word fruity describes it but I cannot pin it down specifically. It was quite enjoyable.

I steeped this twelve times in a 110ml teapot with 8gleaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 mini, and 2 minutes.

This is a very nice raw from the White2Tea subscription box a couple of months ago. It does not seem to be available on their site. It was quite good. Very sweet at first and then a little less sweet as the leaves opened up. After the leaves opened up there was a mixture of a sweet note and very, very weak notes of leather and tobacco. So weak I barely noticed them. There was also no wet storage flavors. I don’t doubt that this was dry stored. As to the color of the tea. It was just barely orange at first but as the leaves opened up it turned a dark orange color. It is too bad this one is not for sale. It would be worth buying a bing.

I steeped this ten times in a 150ml gaiwan with 8.7g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, and 1 minute. I am sure I could get a few more steeps out of the leaves if I wanted to continue.

The leaves in my sample are quite dark in color and broken up into fairly small pieces. The wet leaves strongly smells of apricot fruit, and the leaf itself has a slightly different fruity note, like a sour plum sort of smell.

It brews up as a deeper, golden yellow color. It has a very strong and forward body combined with an upfront bitterness that generally blends together well. The bitterness reappears in the aftertaste, though in this early steep, it’s an enjoyable bitterness. There is a little bit of fruit in the aftertaste as well, that quickly fleets by after you drink.

The second steep brings in a little bit more roundness to the flavor. There’s a smooth transition between a low sweetness to a medium body and bitterness up to the ever-so-slight fruity high notes.

Overall, this is a tea that plays quite low in its overall flavor profile. It has a unique sort of sharpness to it due to the way the high notes appear and disappear as an aftertaste, but overall, the main allure of this tea is the mouth filling bittersweet. This isn’t a beautiful, delicate tea, but you’ll definitely know it’s there when you drink it.

I first received this tea as a freebie in an order from White2Tea. This curious little ball comes individually wrapped in paper and tied shut with a short length of twine. The leaves are stuck together pretty tight, but come apart after a long rinse and about a minute of leaving it in a steaming gaiwan. The tea is very pleasant with a slight richness that I enjoy.

The taste alone is nice, but what I love the most about this tea is the way it makes me feel. I’ve never had a tea that makes me more tea drunk than this one. I usually feel like dancing after I drink this tea.

Between the fun presentation, tastiness, and the good mood it will set you in, this is truly a wonderful tea. I highly recommend trying it, and at just under 2 dollars, it’s worth adding on to any w2t order you make in the future to try it out.

This is my first time drinking puerh! Please be gentle.

I got this tea in the mail today, and while my brain was telling me to air it out for at least a week, I had strong tea craving pangs. I immediately dissected the wrapper and chipped off 6g of the brick. It’s not like drinking an unaired shou would hurt, right? I was able to distinguish the woody scent of the pu even before I opened the paper bag.

My bullheaded decision gave me an otherwise pleasant drinking experience. 6g in a 100ml gaiwan, boiling water, flash steeps. Steeps 1-3 really packed a punch. I got a very strong, sweet, woody flavor. Each sip ended on a slightly bitter note. As a new pu drinker, I wasn’t sure what I expected. It tasted exactly what it smelled like; wet wood, moss, and a hint of dirt. This was when I started thinking, this might be a bit too strong for me, I really should have aired this out for a bit. Despite this, Brown Sugar is still very drinkable. In general, the mouthfeel of the tea was particularly pleasant. It certainly is as smooth as the wrapper claims to be, which is what made me determined to press on. Steeps 4-6 brought out the sweeter side of the wood taste. The liquor also got noticeably darker, and I sort of noticed a slightly redder hue I didn’t see in the earlier steeps? Though I’m definitely not an expert when it comes to tea, I just really wanted to record this experience. While this tea is still sitting in my gaiwan, I’m definitely infusing it more to see how it transforms.

The cake is lightly compressed with beautiful color.

I often use boiling water or off the boil and found this tea held up well with quick steeps in my Ruyao Xishi Teapot.

Dates, thick, sweet, a little drying toward the end of a long session when some bitterness crept in, expected because of the hot water. A pink grapefruit aroma throughout.

I found this an interesting white, nothing boring about it. Apparently it was a small production.

BF 2017: Ordered another cake.

Sister is nicely compressed daily type of sheng. Easy to break. Simple to brew. Consistency is a for sure here as well

Maybe not the best for longevity, but it’s an easy sipper for a daily drinker.

An update to my previous review. I left it for about ten weeks and that has really made a difference. Both teas have lost the bacon taste. Brother has retained a bit of pleasant smokiness, especially in the first few steeps. Sister seems to have lost that as well. It is probably a nice enough tea on its own but next to the stronger tasting brother it feels like it’s missing something.

Both teas are somewhat light bodied though, whereas my preference runs more towards strong bodied teas.

It will be interesting to see how they develop further.