I got one of those $3 samplers from Samovar. And what is frustrating about those samples are the size: they are soo tiny so only one shot to try it. In my inexperienced view, I am not sure how I feel about this compared to the raves and price.
This IS a peppery and bold yunnan. Reading other tasting notes, maybe it was Liberteas’, this tea’s third steep was sort of like a darjeeling. In fact, I would imagine if this tea were oversteeped, it could be astrigent. But I have to agree w/Ricky (even though we are well in the minority), this was sort of OK. But then what does a high quality yunnan taste like? The others I have tried have been mild and sweet…
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It’s okay to say that a Samovar tea is okay. They all can’t be perfect! :) Maybe they forgot to put crack in this one! ;)
LOL, I felt guilty about not being terribly thrilled with their Four Seasons Oolong after everyone had been raving about it.
True! But then I feel like my taste buds are off?! And Jillian , I think the 4 seasons was a boring /too mild of a tea for me…
It’s okay to say that a Samovar tea is okay. They all can’t be perfect! :) Maybe they forgot to put crack in this one! ;)
LOL, I felt guilty about not being terribly thrilled with their Four Seasons Oolong after everyone had been raving about it.
True! But then I feel like my taste buds are off?! And Jillian , I think the 4 seasons was a boring /too mild of a tea for me…