Tea Review: In General
Posted on April 12th, 2008 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
Have you notice the change in the taste of your favorite tea lately? As I have discovered, the taste of the 2 teas which I usually drank is not what it usually is. Taste felt “faded”. It might most probably be due to the change in the weather, with an increase in downpour. The high humidity could have altered the moisture level of the tea. Since tea is dried, it is very prone to absorbing the moisture from the air.
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Tea Review: 41 yr old Pu Erh (Unknown Origin)
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
Bought some tea which is supposedly to be about 41yrs old of age at the moment. Since its origin is unclear I decided to post how the leaves look like. On opening the packing, one could smell the smoke something similar to the smoking barrier smell, but of course its many folds down. On examining the leaves, its not hard to notice the long leaves and stems. Most of the leaves are black but you could see there are some red ones. There are also many long stems.
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Tea Making
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
I was having tea at the usual tea shop when an experienced old timer spoke about the tea thickness. I have been wondering about this myself and was glad he was thinking the same as me. The thickness of the tea preference voiced down to individual but however some tea should be made thick while some can be made thin. Why so you might ask.
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Tea Review: De Hong Revisited
Posted on March 1st, 2008 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
Having tried this tea the first time round and wasn’t really impressed by it, I turned to my friend who got the tea for me for assistance. I have been wondering what had they tasted in the tea but not me which got them so crazy about this tea. And I mean its not only them. Some others too are so drawn to this tea.
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Tea Review: De Hong
Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
I have been waiting for this tea for quite sometime now and finally got to lay my hands on some just in for the Chinese New Year. Having said that, I was eagered to try it out so that I can share the review with the tea lovers out there. Some might had already tasted this tea before.
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Tea Review: MengHai Yi Wu Zheng Shan Da Ye Cha
Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
Chance by this good cooked tea and therefore decided to pick 2 pieces up. The golden soup of the makes looks really attractive. Yes I said golden soup. You might want to imagine to the boiling hot corn oil without the greasiness. I guessed many people would not think highly of an year old tea on top of the fact that its a cooked tea. But having tested the tea myself, it already gives me the confident it might turn out to be another Feng Qing or even better in time to come. The taste is already almost identical to Feng Qing already at this age. Therefore this gives me the confidence to bet on 2 pieces of this tea. The smoothness and easy to drink soup certainly leaves me asking for more during the testing. Hopefully in time to come, it would not disappoint me.
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Tea Review: Liu Bao Cha (六宝茶 6 Treasures Tea)
Posted on January 20th, 2008 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
As the name of the tea would suggest, it does taste a little like Ba Bao Cha ( 八宝茶 8 Treasures Tea). However, its certainly not tat sweet. A mellow and easy to drink concoction with a taste richer than Feng Qing. A good tea is hard to come by and this is the last of whats left in the shop which I frequent. I did not purchase it but however “traded” for it with some Kwang Yun Tie Bing. Review for Kwang Yun Tie Bing coming up in the next blog entry.
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Tea Review: Ban Tian Yiao (半天妖)
Posted on January 12th, 2008 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
I was walking around this place in Bugis when I spotted this new tea shop. I was attracted to some Zhu Ni tea pots which were on display. I enquire about them and the boss was pretty excited about the new generation of tea lovers. She therefore invited me to sit down and treated me to some of her good Ban Tian Yiao. I was more of a Pu-erh drinker and this is my first time that I tried Wu Long. Indeed it tasted different from the Pu-erh.
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Tea Review: Feng Qing Tuo Cha
Posted on January 1st, 2008 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
I just realised I’ve never wrote a review about this tea before. Its one of the first tea in my collection.
What got me wanting to write about it is because of something which I tried today. It got mee feeling so high after drinking the brew. I told this to a friend and he said that its highly undesirable. So you might be asking what I had done. Well I made 2 brews on Monday and left the leaves in the teapot with some of the undrained tea. This allows the tea to grow really thick within that small quantity of water.
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Tea Review: Lao Tong Zhi + Feng Qing Tuo
Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Justin and filed under Tea Review |
I was getting real bored from the same usual taste I get from the 2 cooked tea which I had when I decided to get naughty. The idea of mixing the 2 tea strucked my mind.
Actually there are some reasoning behind me wanting to do that.
Firstly, Lao Tong Zhi cooked tea being still very young from 2005 has this rough feeling when swallowing. In hokkien we call that “siap”. However, I like the medicated taste alot. On the contrary, Feng Qing Tuo being a 10 yrs tea, tasted much more mellow and smooth. Thus I was thinking what if I blend both together.
