Friday TeaDay 12/17/10 TasteDUDS 2010!

[gargoylekitty]

One pu and one white. The pu probably would have been better if I'd been in the mood for it, but it turns out I just wasn't so calling it a dud might not be entirely fair, though the white, a silver needle, was a definite dud with me. It was just way overpowering.

Having some dong ding atm.

[Cael]

I've had a few duds this year. Some things that smelled and looked great turned out that they weren't so good. I've even had a few samples that were sent to me that turned out that they were not good tea.

[Chip]

I have been thinking all day, and have struggled to remember duds. Some were not as good as others, but no real duds ... though still thinking about this.

Great TD beginning with Oku Yutaka Organic asamushi with the Mrs. Next up Yutaka Midori, and now Happy Tea ... which is making me happy.

[Skippyandjif]

All three were herbal tisanes. One was dried gourd, another was artichoke, and a third was "Ballerina Tea". All three were spectacularly yucky.

Pu-erh this morning, genmaicha with dinner, jasmine sencha in a few minutes (the water is heating up as I type this ).

[geeber1]

I was interested in trying some Nilgiri Frost Tea. I got a 2 oz. sample a few months ago, and really didn't care for it. It had a weird aftertaste. So I guess that would be my dud for the year. Oh, and another Nilgiri that was mixed with lemon myrtle - very overpowering. But it mellowed out when iced so wasn't so bad.

[edkrueger]

I always have some duds. Quite a few oolongs did not live up to expectations; weren't good enough to keep in the collection.