2023 Blood Moon

Tea type
Black White Blend
Ingredients
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Flavors
Smoke, Strawberry
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Edit tea info Last updated by Roswell Strange
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 4 oz / 120 ml

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  • “Sometimes you read a description and decide you need to buy the item described. I wanted to love this. It’s white. It’s black. A mysterious experiment. However for me, tasting this tea in 2024, it...” Read full tasting note
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The return of our sold out Blood Moon. A bit of an odd hybrid Yunnan tea. Picked and processed most similarly to yueguangbaior moonlight white tea that has been shade dried, this tea was also intentionally partially oxidized, about half way to being a black tea*. It’s a unique tea that feels closer to an aged shade dried white.

The bright and clear soup is sweet and enduring, with a velvety softness and aromas that flit between vegetal and fruity. Soft strawberry flavors and grassy honey are at the forefront of its youth, though we suspect it will deepen and thicken up in the coming years. It’s a beautiful experiment to experience.

Each cake is 200g. The cakes are in bamboo tongs, with five cakes per tong. Pressed in 2023.

*FOR CATEGORICAL BOXES, BLOOD MOON DOESN’T QUITE FIT INTO EITHER THE WHITE OR BLACK TEA BOX, AND TECHNICALLY IS PROBABLY AN OOLONG, DUE TO IT’S PARTIAL OXIDATION DURING PROCESSING. HOWEVER, FOR EASE OF UNDERSTANDING OF THIS TEA, SINCE IT DRINKS MORE LIKE A BLACK TEA/WHITE TEA HYBRID, WE HAVE LISTED IT ACROSS THOSE TWO CATEGORIES RATHER THAN AS AN OOLONG TEA, WHICH IN PRACTICE, IT DOES NOT REALLY RESEMBLE AT ALL.

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Sometimes you read a description and decide you need to buy the item described. I wanted to love this. It’s white. It’s black. A mysterious experiment.
However for me, tasting this tea in 2024, it misses the mark. It’s not bad, just not notable. The oxidation is too high and sends the expensive bud material into hongcha territory. The result is strawberry flavored water with an awkward dryness. It’s not a tea to collect nor worthy of serving to guests. It leaves me irritated that it’s not at least the sum of its parts, but instead less than.
I’ve got another 14 grams to get through but I’m just going to give it away and hope someone else finds it to be their cup of tea.

Flavors: Smoke, Strawberry

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 4 OZ / 120 ML

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