Additional notes: I think this one was once considered Organic? The site and the packaging no longer calls it organic. It’s also very comparable in price to the Superfine Keemun Mao Feng. The leaves here seem slightly bigger than the Superfine Mao Feng. Also less of the fuzzies and more black overall, less gold, but still not that shiny black I associate with a keemun leaf. The fragrance of the dry leaf is not noticeably “fragrant” enough to name it that. But somehow the first steep is tangy like I mentioned the Superfine Mao Feng being very tangy on the second steep. The flavor is like mixing summer squash with some sort of fruit — the only thing I can think of, having tasted it from a Butiki tea, would be tamarind! I really don’t think stocking up on both this one and the Superfine Mao Feng is necessary, as they are the most similar and I can’t really tell the flavor apart. The second steep gets a tad bitter, which is surprising. None of these other keemuns were ever bitter. In the lingering tail end of the sip, it tastes like raspberries or blackberries with a hint of dark chocolate. Then I realize none of these have really tasted like chocolate at all. The rating now would probably be 88.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoon for full mug // 20 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3 min steep
Harvest: 2018
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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.
Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
teakruthi.com
harney.com
angrytearoom.com
Dammann Freres
Yunnan Sourcing
fusionteas.com
AprTea.com
Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Plumdeluxe.com
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
justea.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
whisperingpinestea.com
Mandala
verdanttea.com
thenecessiteas.com
Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas
My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.
Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!
My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors
My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again
I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer.) :D
Happy sipping!
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