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Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 20th, '13, 11:13
by sergio
Rou gui . Spring 2012. Terre de Chine.

Leafy ( i'm not sure about the english term ..) Slight Chocolate flavor. Chestnut .
It 's not my favorite but i like it.

Smelll inside hot teapot is very interesting.

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 20th, '13, 12:25
by puerhking
12 DTH Spring Blossom Dancong -

The leaves are a bit darker and browner than they appear in the photo. Has what I would call a typical dancong flavor....think mi lan. A touch of roast and florals transitioning into some ripe fruit. Its best characteristic is a nice lingering finish. An enjoyable tea....but not blowing me away.

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 22nd, '13, 15:39
by Bad Jedi
Perfect looooong evening session.
Awesome Zheng Yan SX paired with Partagas Salomones 2008 and Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77 original LP.

All washed down with perfect Delamain Tres Venerable de Grande Champagne.
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Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 22nd, '13, 17:19
by etorix
2011 Autumn Dong Ding Oolong – master grade I - 30g

from 5star, id totally forgotten id ordered this by itself, it was on my mat as i went out earlier

familiar Taiwan overtaste, tho neither in the packet nor in the pot did it

smell well, maybe my nose is cold

after a second cup i recall why i ordered it, this be nice

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 23rd, '13, 11:14
by JRS22
The postman arrived at 8:30 am with a box full of wuyi samples from EoT. First up, an affordable half-handmade 2010 Zhu Lian Dan Cong. A very enjoyable tea which may benefit from more intense brewing. I look forward to experimenting.

Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 24th, '13, 15:05
by sergio
New evening session with a roasted tie guan yin from tea masters blog. Spring 2008.

This tea is unbelievable . It doesn't taste anything like the others .

Unique and delicious.

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 25th, '13, 19:15
by etorix
- 2011 Summer Da Yeh Oolong red tea 25gm from TeaMasters

forgot i had this, the final one of some samples from Stephane

fruit+honey indeed, this is a final antidote to the cold+snow+bitter winds outside

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 27th, '13, 21:52
by Devoted135
Milk oolong from Mountain Tea - delicious :)

Also watching an Iron Chef America battle where the secret ingredient was tea!

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 28th, '13, 09:28
by GARCH
2 boxes of Tie Guan Yin my mum received as a gift. Heavily roasted. Both smells like sour plums from the dry leaves and tastes like charcoal on the first brew. Subsequent brews did not offer up anything special as well :(

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 28th, '13, 16:14
by DVS
MTR 3 Stamp ShuiXian... Unsweetened chocolate w/ a nice mineral aftertaste :D

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 31st, '13, 10:02
by GARCH
A Winter 2011 Concubine Oolong (Dong Ding), courtesy of Stephane from Teamasters, brewed in a gaiwan. It's sublime really :D very nice sweetness, not the overpowering kind, but soft and mellow.

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Jan 31st, '13, 11:18
by chado.my.teaway
"Ponfeng cha" 2012....amaazing;)

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Feb 1st, '13, 16:42
by JRS22
I'm drinking the 9th infusion of 2011 half-handmade Jin Suo Shi from EoT.

I've clearly made progress in my tea education since lat year because this time around I can detect noticeable differences among the EoT samples. I'm trying to fall in love with the half-handmade teas but so far I haven't succeeded.

Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Feb 2nd, '13, 11:37
by debunix
2011 Gong Xiang Tribute Fragrance Dan Cong from Tea Habitat: due to current respiratory issues, a proper tasting didn't seem in order, so I didn't actually weigh out the leaves. Wet, they fill my Chao Zhou pot about this much, not packed at all

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The tea is amazing--last night, the first 5 or 6 infusions were floral and delicate. This morning, I'm another 3 or 4 infusions in, and the tea is spicy and bold with floral receding a bit behind the spiciness. Still nothing like bitter. It's quite an amazing tea. Although it's brewed quite hot, and my Mojave yunomi is not sufficiently protective of my fingers for a full cup of tea brewed at 205, it does fine with these little infusions, and is remarkably harmonious with the Chao Zhou pot and my Petr Novak yuzamashi.

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Re: Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

Posted: Feb 3rd, '13, 01:28
by GARCH
A Dong Ding oolong bought from a local teashop. Initial roast flavour turns to a flowery sweetness typical of Taiwanese oolongs. It's not super fantastic but still enjoyable! :D cheap too!