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Blind sampling is very important for calibrating your own tasting ability, but it can be tricky. I enjoy it because it frees me of expectations concerning the tea, but I...
Blind sampling is very important for calibrating your own tasting ability, but it can be tricky. I enjoy it because it frees me of expectations concerning the tea, but I...
Thanks to one of my favourite Canadian crown corporations, Matt over at mattcha’s tea blog and I exchanged blind sample sets as explained here. After we’ve written about all seven...
I’ve tasted this tea about a dozen times in the past few months, as part of the tasting panel for Teas We Like. I voted in favour of this tea,...
Another update on my experimental storage (click here for all relevant posts). The first hotbox has now been running for 2.5 years, with no intervention from me. One of the...
Last Thoughts, one of the top-tier cakes from W2T, is a blend of Yiwu material which obviously includes some powerful tea. I have sampled various years of this and it...
5.5g/100ml gaiwan One of my most anticipated tastings. Thanks again to Su for making it possible for me to experience this tea. The dry leaf has pungent savoury tobacco, similar...