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Christina / BooksandTea drank Yunnan Biluochun Green Tea by teasenz

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Sipdown!

Now that I’ve made my Black Friday orders, I’m in a bit of a panic to go through my teas and figure out which ones are low enough that I can finish them off before the BF orders arrive.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that this one was in sipdown territory – since one of my order is some Bi Luo Chun from Teavivre, I’m glad I’m getting this out of the way.

I underleafed it slightly, and I have to admit that this tea does benefit from a bit of underleafing. However, I’m happy to see it go. Yunnan greens are not my thing, and now that I’ve got the good Bi Luo Chun on the way, it’s a relief to see this one go.

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Updated March 2016:

I’m a writer and editor who’s fallen in love with loose-leaf tea. I’ve also set up a site for tea reviews at http://www.booksandtea.ca – an excellent excuse to keep on buying and trying new blends. There will always be more to discover!

In the meantime, since joining Steepster in January 2014, I’ve gotten a pretty good handle on my likes and dislikes

Likes: Raw/Sheng pu’erh, sobacha, fruit flavours, masala chais, jasmine, mint, citrus, ginger, Ceylons, Chinese blacks, rooibos.

Dislikes (or at least generally disinclined towards): Hibiscus, rosehip, chamomile, licorice, lavender, really vegetal green teas, shu/ripe pu’erh.

Things I generally decide on a case-by-case basis: Oolong, white teas.

Still need to do my research on: matcha

I rarely score teas anymore, but if I do, here’s the system I follow:

100-85: A winner!
84-70: Pretty good. This is a nice, everyday kind of tea.
69-60: Decent, but not up to snuff.
59-50: Not great. Better treated as an experiment.
49-0: I didn’t like this, and I’m going to avoid it in the future. Blech.

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