Yummy Beipu Oriental Beauty

[Tea4Todd]

Been experimenting with my little Chao Zhou the past few days and trying different Oolongs in it. This is the Beipu Oriental Beauty from iShopo. I must admit, I am really pleased with the teas from iShopo and I will definitely be buying from them again when my samples run out. Here are a few shots I took while drinking.



Really nice flavor, excellent aroma. The aroma of this leaf when dry almost has a chocolatey aroma, when brewed the aroma becomes sweeter and more floral with a hint of citrus flower. Taste wise it's very smooth, a little tart, with fruity undertones. I really like this one a lot, it's slowly becoming one of my favorites. It's rather easy to brew too and I've not messed it up yet despite doing some experiments with it. I've brewed it in a gaiwan before as well, but I prefer the Chao Zhou for this tea.

Enjoy!

[Alex]

Hey Todd. OB was the oolong I first fell in love with! Great pic

Ishopi OB was fairly average, not bad though considering it was very cheap. I'd definitely recommend trying out different vendor rather then re-ordering from the same one. There are OB's out there which are a lot better and you may find it well worth it to pay a little more.

Check out teafromtaiwan.com They have loads of sample packs for you to try and will give you a little comparison between taiwan vendors.

http://www.teafromtaiwan.com/shop/tea-s ... 11eb80b3c4

Also try ordering teas from jingteashop. They have very good stuff.

If you like OB's I strongly recommend you start working your way though Wuyi's a lot of people end up obsessed with Wuyi....me included. In fact I'd say 80%+ of my total tea drinking is now wuyi

Get some decent stuff from here you wont be disappointed!
http://www.jingteashop.com/cat-jing-tea ... yi-tea.cfm

I thought I recognised that cup from a set I saw a month or 2 back

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Heng-Fu-Chinese-T ... 069wt_1139

[Tea4Todd]

@ Zensuji

Yeah, I have just been pretty happy with the tea I received from iShopo. This was my first big tea order and it's the only website I've used so you're right I should probably branch out. Hou De, and a few other shops I've seen seem to have some really nice stuff, but what I like about iShopo is the really small sample sizes because it keeps price relatively low and also allows me to sample a wide variety of teas at once.

A few of the other shops that offer samples don't seem to have as flexible of sample sizes as some of the others.

I know that I have a lot of High Mountain rolled oolongs, green and light roast. I have some Nantou Milky Oolong and honestly as a go to Oolong this is one of my favorites, it really does taste like there is milk or cream in the tea and it has a really nutty flavor too reminiscent of chestnuts.

I love that little cup! I didn't realize it came in a set like that, mine was donated to me from a teachatter.

[Alex]

@ Zensuji

Yeah, I have just been pretty happy with the tea I received from iShopo. This was my first big tea order and it's the only website I've used so you're right I should probably branch out. Hou De, and a few other shops I've seen seem to have some really nice stuff, but what I like about iShopo is the really small sample sizes because it keeps price relatively low and also allows me to sample a wide variety of teas at once.

A few of the other shops that offer samples don't seem to have as flexible of sample sizes as some of the others.

I know that I have a lot of High Mountain rolled oolongs, green and light roast. I have some Nantou Milky Oolong and honestly as a go to Oolong this is one of my favorites, it really does taste like there is milk or cream in the tea and it has a really nutty flavor too reminiscent of chestnuts.

I love that little cup! I didn't realize it came in a set like that, mine was donated to me from a teachatter.

Good stuff! and hats off to the person that donated you that cup.

[britt]

I think OB is awesome. Hou De's 2009 and Cloudwalker's 2010 left a very lasting impression on me. I tried porcelain and zhi sha, and actually preferred using the Yixing for this one.