Mattcha’s mystery tea C

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...

Mattcha’s mystery tea A

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...

Twelve Cent Brick

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,...

2015 W2T Last Thoughts

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...

2004 Chenyuan Hao Songpin Hao

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...