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This was a fairly standard green tea. It had some explosive baozhong like aromas in the bag but after resting for a bit, it settled into a typical green bean flavor. There were some light spinach notes, a hint of cream, and a little fruitiness along the way but otherwise it was generic tasting. Not a whole lot of body or depth in the way of flavor. It wasn’t bad or off-tasting, just didn’t have any real character to it.

Taiwan produces some excellent oolongs but in my experience, Taiwanese greens are lacking and don’t really measure up to their counterparts from mainland China and Japan. I’ve got another green tea sample from Taiwan Tea Crafts so here’s hoping it breaks the mold and proves me wrong.

Flavors: Fruity, Green Beans, Spinach, Zucchini

Ubacat

Did you get in a new order from Taiwan Tea Crafts? I see they had a sale on and was going to take advantage of it but 6 teas were too much for me. I was also waiting on about 3 other teas that are my favs before I place an order. They are taking forever to get some of their 2019 teas in.

LuckyMe

This was actually from an earlier order. Yeah the 2019 teas have been in low supply everywhere, likely due to the bad weather in Taiwan which affected the spring harvest. I usually just order samples from TTC to meet the $25 free shipping threshold. $60 is way too much tea for me as well. They also sold out of wenshan baozhong which is one of my must haves. I ended up ordering my spring oolongs from Mountain Stream Teas and Tea from Taiwan.

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Ubacat

Did you get in a new order from Taiwan Tea Crafts? I see they had a sale on and was going to take advantage of it but 6 teas were too much for me. I was also waiting on about 3 other teas that are my favs before I place an order. They are taking forever to get some of their 2019 teas in.

LuckyMe

This was actually from an earlier order. Yeah the 2019 teas have been in low supply everywhere, likely due to the bad weather in Taiwan which affected the spring harvest. I usually just order samples from TTC to meet the $25 free shipping threshold. $60 is way too much tea for me as well. They also sold out of wenshan baozhong which is one of my must haves. I ended up ordering my spring oolongs from Mountain Stream Teas and Tea from Taiwan.

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My Rating Criteria:

95 to 100: Top shelf stuff. Loved this tea and highly recommend it

90 to 94: Excellent. Enjoyed this tea and would likely repurchase

80 to 89: Good but not great. I liked it though it may be lacking in some aspects. I’ll finish it but probably won’t buy again

70 to 79: Average at best. Not terrible but wouldn’t willingly drink again

60 to 69: Sub-par. Low quality tea, barely palatable

59 and below: Bleh

Fell into tea many years ago and for a long time my experience was limited to Japanese greens and flavored Teavana teas. My tea epiphany happened when I discovered jade oolongs. That was my gateway drug to the world of high quality tea and teaware.

For the most part, I drink straight tea but do appreciate a good flavored tea on occasion. I love fresh green and floral flavors and as such, green tea and Taiwanese oolongs will always have a place in my cupboard. After avoiding black tea forever, Chinese blacks have started to grow on me. I’m less enthusiastic about puerh though. I also enjoy white tea and tisanes but reach for them less frequently.

Other non-tea interests include: cooking, reading, nature, philosophy, MMA, traveling when I can, and of course putzing around on the interwebs.

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