100

This is the stuff of dreams right here. Just an amazing taste and smell experience. The perfumey leaves emit heady aromas of lilac, gardenia, orchid, and jasmine. It gives a taste sensation that I can only describe as flowers dancing on the tongue. The refined floral flavor here is velvety smooth and complex accompanied by sweet warm grassy tones that evoke rainforests and springtime.

Grandpa style is the way to go with this tea. It’s not my usual steeping method, but it lets you fully experience the ethereal aroma and makes an otherwise pricey tea economical.

Flavors: Flowers, Gardenias, Jasmine, Orchids

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185 °F / 85 °C 1 g 10 OZ / 295 ML
Evol Ving Ness

Ouf! This sounds intoxicating. And tempting. Very.

Daylon R Thomas

A 100…dang.

Rasseru

yeah its making me drool and i’m in puerh heaven right now

LuckyMe

I seldom rate teas at a 100, but the competition grade baozhongs are really on another level. For some odd reason, TTC only sells it in 10g, 150g, and 300g sizes. The 10g sampler though lasted me an entire month.

Daylon R Thomas

Impressive staying power. I’ve seen otherwise for the competition grades-I actually liked the Farmer’s choice more than the Competition grade for BTTC.

Chrysostom

Does grandpa style mean longer steeps (3+ min) or that you just drink with the leaves still in the whole time?

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Evol Ving Ness

Ouf! This sounds intoxicating. And tempting. Very.

Daylon R Thomas

A 100…dang.

Rasseru

yeah its making me drool and i’m in puerh heaven right now

LuckyMe

I seldom rate teas at a 100, but the competition grade baozhongs are really on another level. For some odd reason, TTC only sells it in 10g, 150g, and 300g sizes. The 10g sampler though lasted me an entire month.

Daylon R Thomas

Impressive staying power. I’ve seen otherwise for the competition grades-I actually liked the Farmer’s choice more than the Competition grade for BTTC.

Chrysostom

Does grandpa style mean longer steeps (3+ min) or that you just drink with the leaves still in the whole time?

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My Rating Criteria:

95 to 100: Top shelf stuff. Loved this tea and highly recommend it

90 to 94: Excellent. Enjoyed this tea and would likely repurchase

80 to 89: Good but not great. I liked it though it may be lacking in some aspects. I’ll finish it but probably won’t buy again

70 to 79: Average at best. Not terrible but wouldn’t willingly drink again

60 to 69: Sub-par. Low quality tea, barely palatable

59 and below: Bleh

Fell into tea many years ago and for a long time my experience was limited to Japanese greens and flavored Teavana teas. My tea epiphany happened when I discovered jade oolongs. That was my gateway drug to the world of high quality tea and teaware.

For the most part, I drink straight tea but do appreciate a good flavored tea on occasion. I love fresh green and floral flavors and as such, green tea and Taiwanese oolongs will always have a place in my cupboard. After avoiding black tea forever, Chinese blacks have started to grow on me. I’m less enthusiastic about puerh though. I also enjoy white tea and tisanes but reach for them less frequently.

Other non-tea interests include: cooking, reading, nature, philosophy, MMA, traveling when I can, and of course putzing around on the interwebs.

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