1113 Tasting Notes
I may have reviewed this tea before under a slightly different name. I’m a little confused about it!
ANYWAY a sample of this tea was part of my Christmas gift from Marzipan <3
I really didn’t enjoy my first steep of it this morning, but the 2nd steep is very very nice :D
It has a nice combination of aged and younger sheng flavors. Mmmmm :)
Happy Friday Steepster friends!
Steepster appears to have mangled this one. Alas!
mangled?
Yeah my note is incomplete…steepster ate a big hunk out of the middle
OH haha well it doesn’t look mangled at least..
Did you share this issue with Jason?
Definitely email jason@steepster.com about this – I’ve had it a happen a few times but it hasn’t been reproducable.
I had the same issue. I posted about it in the Steepster Bug Thread.
This is the 3rd or 4th note I’ve had this happen to. I’ll email him later when I have time. Thanks guys!
Drank this one all morning while at work. I enjoyed it but failed to write detailed notes as I drank. Tea good…but Stephie fails at Steepstering :P
Thanks for the sample Cameron B
Apparently ginseng is NOT for me. It tastes a little sweet and a little like oolong but mostly it tastes like licorice and medicine. So, WARNING, if you do not like the taste of licorice beware of ginseng!
Aged sheng appears to be growing on me! That or I’m starting to find styles I actually enjoy.
I stole this sample from Marzipan when I went to her house a few weeks back :D Ok I didn’t steal it, she was very generous and willing to split some of her White2Tea samples with me!
I am drinking it today because Cheri was drinking it yesterday and the day before and talking about how awesome it is on Steepster chat! I agree, this is a very nice one :)
Still having trouble describing aged flavors. This one is sweeter and “cleaner” tasting than some of the others I’ve had. I guess some aged sheng tastes like raw, green lumber to me and this woody taste is more of a ripe, almost fruity wood with a more complex taste. Like the difference between the smell of a cheap piece of plywood and a fancy piece of apple or cherry wood maybe? I’m getting a little abstract here, sorry!
Yes!!! these are words I was trying to think of! It’s almost fruity with a complex sweetness to it. It just was so….WOW!
i loved this one. A lot. Sarcy didnt like it and shared a sample with me. Cheri, i hope you wont change your mind !
also i want to add that i have a problem with some wet aged sheng or shou. They make my throat dry and scratchy. some flavors just dont work for me. but this one is beautiful. Fruity !
I’m totally down with splitting a cake with you, boychik. Working my way through the rest of the w2t that I have so I can decide if I want anything else.
yay. Me too. i made it my priority samples. want to break Often now.
I think I’ll probably just get some more samples of other things again…which will probably lead me to asking if someone wants to split a $250 cake….
Weird, now that you mention it boychik I may have experienced that dry scratchy throat thing! Cheri is trying to tempt me to get in on this order…not sure yet ;)
A clean non-funky shou with a good rice flavor. I’m not detecting any corn. Not bad but has not replaced a different rice shou as my favorite! :)
which is your favourite?
So far the Teavivre, which is loose and in a sachet which normally would be off putting to me. The others I have tried are various other vendors nest shape mini tuos which are all not bad.
My fav is Tao Tea Leaf
Have you had the Teavivre yet Boychick? If not I’ll set one aside for you :)
Sil, do you have a favorite?
This was really good and unlike anything I’ve ever tried before!
I got pastry/baked notes, it reminded me of a green tea in a way, and towards the end some fruity notes came forward. Super cool and so happy I got to try it. I have the best Tea Friends!!!
jealous!
I’ve been stalking Steepster to see a review of this. Yay, glad you like it! I was super happy with how it turned out but curious to see if others enjoyed it too.
I was very close to getting this one because the combo of flavours is so different! Still not totally sure I made the right call ;)
I do love both cantaloupe and coffee, they just sound like they would be so odd together! I’m glad it came out tasty.
Cameron B-The espresso is very light and really there just to temper the sweetness of the cantaloupe and add depth.
You don’t think coffee as you are drinking it, for sure.