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50

This is a really interesting-looking tea with the leaves tightly rolled into thin, little sticks an inch or two long. I couldn’t exactly measure out a teaspoon with my little scoop so instead I just used six of the ‘sticks’ assuming that would be enough.

The description was right when it described this tea as bitter – wow is it ever! I was surprised that something brewed up so clear (only a few shades darker than water) could be so pungent. Maybe I just used too much tea from the start. The bitterness isn’t as bad after the first couple of sips and I can taste a bit of a cool, mint-like quality to it – it gives the tea very clean flavour, too bad it’s almost on par with industrial-strength cleaners.

Normally I’d resteep the leaves, but I don’t think I could stomach another cup. I’ll try using less of the tea next time and see if that help. But for now – bleh!

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 2 min, 0 sec
Sara

I said this in my own tasting note, but two sticks per cup will do you! This is definitely a challenging tea.

Jillian

Thanks for the advice – I really didn’t have any clue how much to use, so I’ll try your way.

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92

I’m having another cup of this tea and writing a review of it for the SororiTea Sisters blog.

The flavor is so good – sweet, vegetative and fruit-like! Very pleasant, very soothing, very mild and just perfect.

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92

I don’t know if this is the correct listing for this tea, but, I’ll go with it. What I’m drinking is “Supreme” Dragon’s Well Organic Green Tea, but, I couldn’t find the correct item number even on the website, so… anyways…

This is a very flavorful Dragon’s Well. There is a pleasant fruit flavor in the forefront of the tea. It’s very mellow and vegetative. The more I sip on this, the more I like it. It has such a lovely light flavor. One of the best Dragon’s Well teas I’ve encountered.

Shinobi_cha

I think this is what you are looking for!
http://www.winghopfung.com/supreme-dragon-s-well-organic-green-tea.html
(Wing Hop Fung owns Bird Pick)

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68

I don’t generally like chamomile, but I’m sick, so I’ve been going through my stash of this. I like that this is just straight-up chamomile, not a blend. It keeps the taste mild and not too sweet, so I can add some honey without feeling like my teeth are going to rot. Just a little bit grassy, and a touch spicy in a way that reminds me of cinnamon.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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85

This tea kind of blows my mind. I only had it once, but it was like eating buttered toast with jasmine flowers sprinkled on it. Super rich taste. Since they brewed it in the store for me, I can’t tell you much about the steeping parameters, but I’m fairly certain they steeped it for about 3 min.

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98

An outstanding Oolong. The flavor is so delightfully complex!

The flavor is so smooth and rich. Delicious! I can taste notes of fruit: plum, apricot and lime zest! I can taste hints of wood and the autumn air!

This is really so… so… so… GOOD!

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 0 min, 45 sec
Shinobi_cha

I liked that one too.

LiberTEAS

many flavorful infusions from this one… I’ve managed 6 thus far and the leaves still seem willing to submit!

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86

Soothing! Very, VERY Soothing! I think this is a great Dragonwell! Smooth, creamy, true green, clean, semi-sweet! Lovely!

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82

Another SIPDOWN today! This will also be missed. Take a look at my previous notes on this one :)

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82

YUMYUMYUM
A cup hot and another cold both very nice…see my other notes on this!

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82

This has a slight woodsy aroma and on top of that a more charcoal type aroma with hints of fruit…altho I can’t tell you what type of fruit…and it’s more of a rind or skin of the fruit than the actual ‘meat’ or ‘flesh’ of the fruit if that makes sense.

As for the taste…it’s VERY different! Again, taste-wise, I can taste the fruit comparison but it’s more of a rind/zest or skin type fruit taste than the actual fruit itself, I suppose. There is a slight drier-wine type taste so maybe the fruit I am tasting could be comparable to grape-skin type taste!? Not sure…but it’s interesting!

The more I sip the more I like. And the more I am thinking of a wine comparison. There are hints at the strawberry that Shinobicha mentioned…I’m thinking more like the top of the strawberry – like up top by the leaves and stem rather than a plump juicy strawberry. Again…I hope you can picture what I am trying to describe here…lol…

Regardless this is GOOD because it’s interesting and unique and I am enjoying my cuppa!

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90

Enjoying another cup of this today and writing a review for it (which will publish in a few days).

I am getting the most enchanting cocoa notes as well as a nice, caramel-y sweetness and a note of bitter that cuts through the sweetness to prevent it from being too cloying. A very nice tea. This could make a very nice substitution for Dawn!

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec

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90

Very nice, indeed. Deep, rich and delicious.

I found the aroma of the dry leaf to be most intriguing, there were notes of cocoa along with a faint hint of black licorice. I’m not sure exactly why I got that note, but, I liked it. Alas, the licorice does not translate into the flavor, but that’s alright because I quite like the flavor the way it is.

This is one with which I shall enjoy spending some time.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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100

Forgot to backlog this sipdown last week…I miss this already. I see a Bird Pick Order in my future…

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100

3rd Infusion…

Again completely different from the previous infusion! WOW! What a cup! This is still intensely flavored but this time around it’s more of a grassy green with slight buttery notes underneath. It still ends rather smooth and I would still call it silky but a grassier silky instead of a buttered popcorn silky/creamy…maybe more like a broccoli type!?

LOVE YOU Silky Green!

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100

2nd infusion…
completely different than the first but far from disappointing!!!!

This is MUCH sweeter and MUCH MORE silkier and creamy and sooth the 2nd time around! This tea is VERY memorable and I’m truly amazed by it!

It’s less buttery and more sweet with the 2nd infusion. It’s still FULL of flavor tho and a wonderful tasting green!!!

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100

Oh.My.Gawd. This has an AWESOME aroma! It’s like nothing I have ever smelled before – in tea form, that is!!!!

The only way I can describe the dry loose leaf aroma is intensely buttered flavored popcorn – I think I can even smell a little naturally salted flavor – unless I just am associating the aroma with buttered popcorn so much so that my mind is playing tricks on me! Whatever it is I have to say I would easily give the aroma on this one a 100!!!!

Now…on to the other notes…

These are some wild leaves and I am LOVING watching them in my new Libre Tea Loose Leaf Glass! YAY!

Post infusion I am STILL sniffing this awesome aroma of buttered popcorn! It’s VERY aromatic! And I mean VERY!!!!

YUM!

Buttery! Buttered Veggies, Buttered Popcorn! It’s semi-sweet and a very flavorful green! The more I sip it the more sweeter it gets! This is smooth! It reminds me of a milky oolong but then it reminds me of a buttery green! It may be somewhere in the middle – regardless I am REALLY enjoying this one!

Probably one of the most memorable greens I have had in a LONG time! WOW!

TeaEqualsBliss

I’m giving this a 100 until it gives me the slightest bit of reason to lower it which I doubt it will…wow! Awesome!

Libre Tea

Buttered Popcorn… sounds like a delicious tea moment and in a Libre Tea glass, what could be better :-) Can’t wait to try it!

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84

backlogging from yesterday…SIPDOWN…I will miss this one too! This is really tasty! See my other notes :)

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84

The aroma of this one reminds me of one of the Charcoal Oolong Offerings that Life In Teacup offers.

It tastes different tho.

This specific tea tastes like a nice, flavorful oolong, yes, but it starts off earthy and leafy-like and ends sweeter and more refreshing. It doesn’t seem to keep the charcoal traits I thought it would based on the aroma…not that that is good, bad, or indifferent, just something I noticed.

This is a really nice oolong. Nice and strong!

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90

SIDOWN. I had 3 cups today. Until the taste didn’t taste any longer. Boo Hiss…this one, I shall miss…sigh…

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90

Backlogging a cup and a 2nd infusion – both were great! See previous notes.

Zephyr

I have a Bird Pick Tea near me I have been meaning to check it out. Definitely grab some of this when I go :-)

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90

SIPDOWN! I’m bummed I am out of this…sigh…
it was good while it lasted
See previous notes

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90

Started my day with 2 cups of this! Nom! I have LOTS of backlogging to do and will do that later!

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90

VERY fine/thin/long leaves – lovely! This infuses to a wonderful dark brown color! As I opened the pouch I thought I could smell a hint of cocoa – almost like a dark hot chocolate powder of sorts. After infusing It was a solid black tea with earthy characteristics throughout. This is a great, bold black tea – not astringent tho! It has a slight chewiness to it and I can pick up a hint of a nuttiness taste right smack dab in the center of the sip. It has a flavorful but smooth ending tho. I really like this!

TeaEqualsBliss

As this cools a little it becomes more chewy

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95

Finally finished this sample. Thumbs up! If you’re looking for a nice, deliciously sweet gyokuro, this is a good one!

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