This morning was an attempt to clear my conscience of tossing some samples. I put actual tasting notes for the samples that stood out but this is for the ones that didn’t.
Yunnan from In Pursuit of Tea. This one was through someone’s Steepster Select. It was okay but nothing outstanding.
Tie Guan Yin 2014 from Mandala. Probably an okay example, but this is more my mom’s thing. And I let it go maybe a bit too long as it got bitter. And to be fair, if age impacts this kind of tea, it is pretty old.
Golden Blend from Harney & Sons. This was also aged but I don’t get any GM notes, just sharp tea. No longer to my taste.
Health & Well Being Green from Tealeaves. This was one that Mom shared with me from one of our joint orders. Truly not my thing. It’s highly possible that since I don’t prepare greens often I’m just not preparing it correctly. I read something recently that good quality Chinese greens actually need higher temps than is commonly recommended in the West to bring out their flavors but that lower quality tea needs lower temps to compensate. I’m not sure how old this is – you can’t get loose leaf of this on the site any more but that’s what I had.
