I was just wondering if anyone has tried the all gold buds yunnan black tea from yunnan sourcing. I just ordered some and want to know what others think.
Also does anybody have a yixing dedicated just to black tea or yunnan golds in general?
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Re: yunnan gold
I have a large yixing that I dedicated to Assams, since the yixing pots seem to reduce that Assam bite. I don't use it for China Blacks they are usually not very astringent. I know there are people out there, however, who use yixing pots for China Blacks.shogun89 wrote:I was just wondering if anyone has tried the all gold buds yunnan black tea from yunnan sourcing. I just ordered some and want to know what others think.
Also does anybody have a yixing dedicated just to black tea or yunnan golds in general?
Last time I looked at YSLLC for blacks I had to throw up my hands in desperation. It was just too much choice and I didn't want to deal with it. They used to have only two: Gold and all tips. That I could understand.
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I use a small yixing for qimen/keemun. I recall reading a post on ChaDao a while back on the favoured tea of yixing makers being something rather similar to qimen. Something about qimen begs to be put in a yixing, I don't get this feeling from fluffy gold tea.
I suspect I've linked to this before but anyway:
http://chadao.blogspot.com/2007/03/cora ... -hong.html
I suspect I've linked to this before but anyway:
http://chadao.blogspot.com/2007/03/cora ... -hong.html
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Re: yunnan gold
I have 100 grams of YS's "Pure Small Bud Black Tea Gold Tips." While it is not the **absolute** best Yunnan Gold I have come across, it is quite good.shogun89 wrote:I was just wondering if anyone has tried the all gold buds yunnan black tea from yunnan sourcing. I just ordered some and want to know what others think.
Also does anybody have a yixing dedicated just to black tea or yunnan golds in general?
I have tried Yunnan Gold from at least 5 different vendors, and I have found only one YG that I would rate higher (I admit, I have not tried adagio's, but I plan to do so).
This is Ito En's Yunnan Gold from 07, which was my favorite:
And Yunnan Sourcing's Yunnan Gold (slightly different lighting conditions):
Am I missing something?
The few times I've tried Yunnan Gold, I've been disappointed. There's a licorish (however you spell it) taste that I don't like. Maybe it hasn't been good quality. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea. Am I missing something? I'd rather have a pu'er or liubao.
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Re: Am I missing something?
Well, I'd say you're in a minority there, but I'll join you in the puer or liu bao any time!moretea wrote:The few times I've tried Yunnan Gold, I've been disappointed. There's a licorish (however you spell it) taste that I don't like. Maybe it hasn't been good quality. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea. Am I missing something? I'd rather have a pu'er or liubao.
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