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drank Oolong Supreme by DAVIDsTEA
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Another tea I bought 12 grams of just to try. I made this tea in my individual tea pot with the basket infuser so the leaves would expand. The leave are quite long and pretty, and I steeped them twice.

I recently read that oolong is in between green and black teas in terms of caffeine and oxidization. This totally makes sense and that’s exactly what I was getting out of this tea. It’s more delicate than a black tea but bolder than green. It’s quite smooth and I did notice the “mineral” taste others have mentioned. All in all a nice tea. However, as someone who cannot drink anything stronger than green tea too often due to a sensitive stomach I probably won’t be repurchasing this tea. I totally recommend it to those who love oolongs, but keep in mind this is nearly $20/50g. Sorry if it’s tacky to be critical of a tea due to price-I’m starting up a budget and cost-effectiveness has been on my mind lately (not to say that I don’t buy expensive teas-I will on occasion go all out on a green tea of the same price, but I drink that tea everyday and I’m better picking up subtle notes in greens than other forms of tea, thus I appreciate it more :) ). Also, because I do not purchase or drink oolongs I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between this one and a cheaper one.

Flavors: Mineral

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 4 min, 45 sec
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Anlina 10 years ago

Critiquing on price is totally legit. Quality and price should match up reasonably well.

Kristal 10 years ago

Glad to hear it’s not me being stingy, haha ;).

I haven’t drank a lot of oolong tea before so I can’t say 100% how much better this is compared to cheaper oolong. It’s seems really nice, but for the price I’d rather pick up gyokuro cause I know I’ll appreciate it more.

Lisa Elizabeth 10 years ago

I haven’t drunk a straight oolong yet, but I’m a fan of their flavoured ones so far.

Kristal 10 years ago

I LOVED ginseng oolong from David’s tea. But they got rid of it :(.

Lisa Elizabeth 10 years ago

:( They swap out their teas too much!

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Anlina 10 years ago

Critiquing on price is totally legit. Quality and price should match up reasonably well.

Kristal 10 years ago

Glad to hear it’s not me being stingy, haha ;).

I haven’t drank a lot of oolong tea before so I can’t say 100% how much better this is compared to cheaper oolong. It’s seems really nice, but for the price I’d rather pick up gyokuro cause I know I’ll appreciate it more.

Lisa Elizabeth 10 years ago

I haven’t drunk a straight oolong yet, but I’m a fan of their flavoured ones so far.

Kristal 10 years ago

I LOVED ginseng oolong from David’s tea. But they got rid of it :(.

Lisa Elizabeth 10 years ago

:( They swap out their teas too much!

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I used to drink coffee, but it started to hurt my stomach so I switched to tea. A friend of mine introduced me to DAVID’s TEA and I couldn’t stop after that! I’ve now been expanding my scope beyond DAVIDs away from “candy-like teas” into more natural teas or flavourings. Current favourite stores include International House of Tea (iHOT) and Verdant Tea.

When it comes to tea ratings, I usually only ever rate them once. I know a lot of people on steepster do many tasting notes for the same teas depending on their mood, but I prefer to rate once and if my opinion changes, I will delete the old note and rate again. How I rate teas goes as following:

1-49: Teas I won’t buy again. Either the taste is disgusting to me, or it’s too bland, etc. I’m most likely not even going to finish the tin/bag.

50-59: Teas I wouldn’t buy again; I have to force myself to drink the whole cup to not waste it.

60-69: I’ll finish the cup and even the bag/tin, but I wouldn’t buy these teas again. Teas of this rating are “lacking something”.

70-79:Teas that are pretty good and ones I might buy again. Usually these teas are ones I have to be “in the mood for” and drink occasionally.

80-89: Great teas! Ones I will drink several times a week and often have in my stash :).

90-100: Favourite must-have teas!

My favourite types of tea are green tea and different types of “natural” herbal tea (different herbs, natural flavourings, etc). I cannot drink black or oolong teas due a sensitive stomach. I don’t really go for white tea due to its cost and the fact that it has just a little caffeine (if I want caffeine I’ll just go for a green tea and if I don’t I’ll go for a herbal-no sense on just having a little caffeine). I also like to do iced teas in the summer time, and then I’ll gravitate towards herbal fruit blends that are bagged to cut costs and convenience (it’s easier to throw out bags than clean a filter). Flavours I don’t care for include anything too tart, bitter, artificial, overly spicy or overly sweet.
Also, when I have time (usually when I’m not working much) I like to make tea lattes out of different rooibos blends.

My everyday green tea is Gunpowder since it is strong and not sensitive to temperatures or steeping time which is something I cannot be bothered with when I’m getting ready for work. Other greens I enjoy are dragonwell, sencha, and different Chinese greens. I’m not the biggest fan of yunnan greens since they are so finicky (although I do like gyokuro)

On a day to day basis I usually have 2-3 cups of green tea and several more cups of different herbal blends.

Besides tea I also work at a couple libraries (I am finishing my library tech diploma),am in my early 20s and got married in Oct 2014.

Location

Northwestern Ontario

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