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by Katmandu » Jan 8th, '09, 13:45
Hey oolong lovers or those soon-to be
I just opened a brand new Dong Ding from Teaspring and it is wonderful!! I highly recommend it!! This is my second try at an oolong after loving Adagio's #40. I may just becoming an oolong drinker as well, my girlfriend has been steeping Shen Yun Tie Guan Yin for 2 years now and loving it.
By the way, how many steeps do you get out of a good oolong?
Jan 8th, '09, 15:25
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by bi lew chun » Jan 8th, '09, 15:25
Tea Spring's Dong Ding was the oolong that turned me on to green oolongs. I remember liking it a lot. I re-ordered it just recently, along with a handful of other Dong Dings, to get to know this tea better.
The number of steeps a good oolong will provide probably depends on a lot of factors. I'd say steep until it stops tasting good.
Jan 9th, '09, 00:08
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by murrius » Jan 9th, '09, 00:08
I have gone for five steeps with Dong Ding and it shows no signs of giving up. Dong Ding drinks me under the table very time.
Jan 9th, '09, 06:47
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by Katmandu » Jan 9th, '09, 06:47
Thanks, sounds good to me!
Jan 9th, '09, 07:33
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by Vulture » Jan 9th, '09, 07:33
bi lew chun wrote:The number of steeps a good oolong will provide probably depends on a lot of factors. I'd say steep until it stops tasting good.
Yah I actually have an oolong as soon as I get into work. I make around 5 infusions at least for me and my coworker(s). Then through out the night I can get up and brew more when I feel like it.
Jan 22nd, '09, 04:29
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by Oni » Jan 22nd, '09, 04:29
I recently ordered 8 oolongs from teaspring, and one of it is Dong Ding. I had a more roasted version of this tea, tell me how you brewed this lighter version.
Jan 22nd, '09, 07:10
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by Katmandu » Jan 22nd, '09, 07:10
I brewed it following Teasprings brewing instructions and that was at 175 for one minute each for the first 2 infusions, then gradually increase the time for subsequent brews.
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by hop_goblin » Jan 22nd, '09, 08:48
Katmandu wrote:Hey oolong lovers or those soon-to be
I just opened a brand new Dong Ding from Teaspring and it is wonderful!! I highly recommend it!! This is my second try at an oolong after loving Adagio's #40. I may just becoming an oolong drinker as well, my girlfriend has been steeping Shen Yun Tie Guan Yin for 2 years now and loving it.
By the way, how many steeps do you get out of a good oolong?
You should be able to get atleast 3 good but generally four steeps
Jan 22nd, '09, 10:31
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by Beidao » Jan 22nd, '09, 10:31
I want to get seven, as a medium
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Jan 22nd, '09, 21:09
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by Consilium » Jan 22nd, '09, 21:09
I have Teaspring's DD and I have to politely disagree with your opinion. I have brewed this tea a dozen times trying various parameters - including the website reccomendation. I have yet to taste anything near its description. All I get is green vegetable and spinach as the predominant flavor.
Maybe they gave me some leftover garbage before ordering new stock.
Good to hear that at least some people are enjoying this tea.
Jan 22nd, '09, 21:20
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by murrius » Jan 22nd, '09, 21:20
Consilium wrote:
All I get is green vegetable and spinach as the predominant flavor.
Maybe they gave me some leftover garbage before ordering new stock.
Good to hear that at least some people are enjoying this tea.
The only Dong Ding tea I have had was from a German distributor. I found it to be predominantly floral with a background of green but certainly not to the extent of the dreaded spinach.
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by Salsero » Jan 22nd, '09, 22:36
It's my sort of general impression that TeaSpring is not the best place to get Taiwanese oolongs.
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by Chip » Jan 22nd, '09, 22:43
Salsero wrote:It's my sort of general impression that TeaSpring is not the best place to get Taiwanese oolongs.
+1
My TeaSpring DD tasted mediciney to me, and I generally like DD. I stick to their Chinese greens and oolongs these days.
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Jan 23rd, '09, 01:55
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by Oni » Jan 23rd, '09, 01:55
What is the best place to buy chinese oolong tea, and which is the best vendor for taiwanese oolong.
Jan 23rd, '09, 03:35
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by tenuki » Jan 23rd, '09, 03:35
'Best' is subjective of course. I generally get my Taiwanese tea from Floating Leaves Tea and Hou De (both owners have strong ties to Taiwan, a focus on that tea industry and excellent pallettes), and my chinese tea from New Century Tea Gallery, Jing and Teaspring with some RB and Teacuppa thrown in occasionally. FLT and NCTG are both local to me and to be honest with those two sources available where I can sit and sample all of their offerings prior to purchase my online exploration is starting to fall off a bit and is way more targeted and cautious than it has been in the past.
I agree it is a good general rule to not buy Taiwanese tea from the mainland, and visa versa. Especially something like Dong Ding which has become so diluted as a style it is even produced in China nowadays, and sometimes with strange/oddball varietals (very little of it comes from the traditional region even in Taiwan from what I understand)....
