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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by silversun » Nov 10th, '10, 08:04

(Hi I'm new! Though I've been following the forum for a few weeks now)

I am drinking Oriental Beauty from Zhi Tea - it's almost a black tea! But I'm enjoying it. I have more samples from them to try.

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by brad4419 » Nov 10th, '10, 10:30

silversun wrote:(Hi I'm new! Though I've been following the forum for a few weeks now)

I am drinking Oriental Beauty from Zhi Tea - it's almost a black tea! But I'm enjoying it. I have more samples from them to try.
wow, you just reminded me I still need to open a sample of oriental beauty to try :shock:

tie luo han in my cup today from jingteashop

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by laura99 » Nov 10th, '10, 10:43

Four Season from Tea from Taiwan today. Very nice for the price!

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by TwoPynts » Nov 10th, '10, 11:06

silversun wrote:(Hi I'm new! Though I've been following the forum for a few weeks now)

I am drinking Oriental Beauty from Zhi Tea - it's almost a black tea! But I'm enjoying it. I have more samples from them to try.
Welcome Silversun! I have a Signature blend with oolong in my cup this morning (Autumn's Leaves).

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by rabbit » Nov 10th, '10, 14:17

silversun, your avatar gets my stamp of approval! And I noticed you are from Noho! I live in Holyoke :)

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by Herb_Master » Nov 10th, '10, 14:40

Welcome Silversun! I have not heard of Zhi Tea before are there teas good, I find it a little offputting that they want to tell us about the health benefits of Oolong.

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by AdamMY » Nov 10th, '10, 14:44

Drinking some Rou Gui from Hou de, pretty good though perhaps I should have done it on a slightly cooler day.

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by greenleafblue » Nov 10th, '10, 14:46

had some half handmade shuixian from essence of tea today.
8g/100ml pot 20sec for first infusion

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by Herb_Master » Nov 10th, '10, 16:06

greenleafblue wrote:had some half handmade shuixian from essence of tea today.
8g/100ml pot 20sec for first infusion
Have you also got the fully handmade ShuiXian - how do you rate the difference, worth the extra money?

Have I been away from Nada's site a long time, or is there a recent different look and feel to the site?
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by silversun » Nov 10th, '10, 16:18

rabbit wrote:silversun, your avatar gets my stamp of approval! And I noticed you are from Noho! I live in Holyoke :)
Nice! I go to Smith =)
Herb_mas... wrote:Welcome Silversun! I have not heard of Zhi Tea before are there teas good, I find it a little offputting that they want to tell us about the health benefits of Oolong.
Yeah I would probably avoid that sort of place too but they actually seemed to have a very good selection of oolongs and my prime interest right now is just sampling as much as I can (without paying enormous shipping fees). They seem to be the real deal so far.

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by David R. » Nov 10th, '10, 18:34

Herb_Master wrote:Have I been away from Nada's site a long time, or is there a recent different look and feel to the site?
EssenceOfTea
So it seems. I have the half hand made Rou Gui. It is quite young (2010) I'll wait a bit for the roast to wear off a bit.

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by rabbit » Nov 10th, '10, 22:32

silversun wrote:
rabbit wrote:silversun, your avatar gets my stamp of approval! And I noticed you are from Noho! I live in Holyoke :)
Nice! I go to Smith =)
Have you been to teatrekkers store yet?

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by silversun » Nov 11th, '10, 07:19

rabbit wrote:
silversun wrote:
rabbit wrote:silversun, your avatar gets my stamp of approval! And I noticed you are from Noho! I live in Holyoke :)
Nice! I go to Smith =)
Have you been to teatrekkers store yet?
I heard about that! Maybe I'll go this Saturday (finally not busy!) How is it?

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by greenleafblue » Nov 11th, '10, 10:08

Herb_Master wrote:
greenleafblue wrote:had some half handmade shuixian from essence of tea today.
8g/100ml pot 20sec for first infusion
Have you also got the fully handmade ShuiXian - how do you rate the difference, worth the extra money?
sorry, I have only had his half handmade shuixian and rougui.

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by rabbit » Nov 11th, '10, 13:27

silversun wrote:I heard about that! Maybe I'll go this Saturday (finally not busy!) How is it?
I don't know I still haven't gone there hehe!

Today I had an '08 dancong from MTR, to be honest I wasn't too impressed with the first infusion, but by the fourth I was really getting into it and noticing quite a few subtle flavors, sweetness- and a very slightly roasted flavor. It was nice but I don't think it's one of my favorite oolongs.

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