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Buying tea could be overwhelming. You want to get the right thing and pay a fair price. You don’t want to be ripped off. You may not be...
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Not Just A Cuppa
Feb 14, 20212 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 363 - Award-winning Da Hong Pao
The final oolong of this challenge. It’s an award-winning Da Hong Pao. I have reviewed a few Da Hong Paos and to be perfectly honest, I...
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Feb 10, 20212 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 359 - Lishan High Mountain Winter Oolong
Taiwan today grows around 20% of the world’s oolong teas, where oolong production has started about 150 years. The Taiwanese tea makers...
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Feb 3, 20212 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 352 - Ducksh*t Oolong 2020
This famous dan cong (single bush) tea has been featured under this challenge a few times. Most of my experience was positive, but I had...
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Jan 24, 20212 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 343 - Aged Alishan Oolong 2010
I have not had many of them but old the aged Taiwanese oolong teas I’ve had left me mesmerized. Including this oolong from 2010 that...
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Jan 15, 20212 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 337 - Organic GABA Oolong from Taiwan
I have reviewed a black GABA tea from Taiwan under this challenge, and I talked about the technique of producing GABA tea but also about...
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Jan 8, 20212 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 332 - Chilaishan Oolong
This is a high mountain oolong from Taiwan. It comes from Chilaishan at an elevation of 1900m. It is a unique tea because the tea garden...
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Jan 4, 20211 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 328 - Not Just An Oolong Tea
After our own black and green teas line, I am delighted to review our oolong tea too. Like all of our teas, this oolong tea has been...
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Dec 29, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 323 - Shanlinxi Jinxuan Winter Oolong 2020
Shanlinxi is located in central Taiwan, and its height reaches 1800 meters. This tea comes from an elevation around 1500 meters, not the...
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Dec 22, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 317 - 30 Year Old Oolong Tea from Taiwan
My Shenzhen Expo tea adventures continue. This one is a bit of a mystery tea which I got to taste by chance. All I know is that it is a...
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Dec 19, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 312 - Tie Guan Yin 2020
The most famous oolong tea in China is Tie Guan Yin. It is also popular in East and Southeast Asia (I saw a variety of TGY sold in...
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Dec 12, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 308 - Da Hong Pao, Qi Dan
Da Hong Pao has a good name and an interesting story. The original (mother trees) are under protection by the Chinese Government....
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Dec 4, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 302 - Shui Xian with Fir Flavour Yancha 2020
On day 108 of this challenge, I reviewed an old bush Shui Xian Yancha, and I remember that it was such a special tea and made me go back...
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Nov 27, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 296 - Highly Oxidised Alishan Oolong 2020
Oolong tea can be anything between green and black tea from an oxidation level of 10% to 95%. This is a rough definition I came up with,...
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Nov 21, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 290 - Dong Ding Oolong 2020
When I am offered a tea, I usually pick Taiwanese Oolong if it is amongst the options. It is because I cannot source good quality oolong...
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Nov 18, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 287 - Tie Guan Yin from Anxi 2020
Tie Guan Yin (aka Iron Goddess of Mercy) is very popular in China, and I got hold of a few different varieties when I started this...
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Nov 11, 20201 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 280 - Oordinary Oolong from Malawi
I always say, Chinese are masters of oolong tea, and I have tried oolong teas from different countries, including Japan, Thailand and...
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Nov 7, 20201 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 275 - Zhilang Xiang Oolong Tea
This Dan Cong oolong is of ‘Zhilang’ flavour which is ‘iris flowers’. It is more pungent and thicker than other Dan Cong oolongs I have...
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Nov 1, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 270 - Tie Guan Yin in a teapot
I have been focusing on Wuyi Shan and Phoenix oolong teas more than those that are lightly oxidized such as the famous iron goddess of...
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Nov 1, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 269 - Honey Orchid Phoenix Oolong 2020
I was very intrigued when I tasted my first charcoal oolong tea. It was nothing like I had before. The aromas and flavours just blew me...
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Oct 25, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 265 - Floral Aroma Da Hong Pao (Big Red Rob)
Da Hong Pao is featured enough, you may think! I undoubtedly cannot get enough of it. This one was considerably different. It even has...
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Oct 20, 20201 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 260 - Jin Mu Dan Yancha
Another brilliant tea to post about. However, I have very little information to provide you with. As I searched about this yancha variety...
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Oct 10, 20202 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 250 - Rou Gui Yan Cha (2019)
Yay! It’s the 250th day of the 365 teas challenge, and I have an excellent tea to review. Actually, this is the best rou gui yan cha I...
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Oct 2, 20201 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 244 - Wuyi Yancha Yellow Rose (Huang Mei Gui)
Wow! This tea was the first one I tried out of a set of six Wuyi Yancha (rock tea) from Niulan Pit, and it impressed me so much....
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