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“Oh boo!! I had a bad tea tasting day. The other tea I had this morning was not great either, and it was my standard toasty Triple Leaf Oolong… previously tasty, now less so! so I won’t rate it...” Read full tasting note
“Backlogging slightly: I had my very last cup of this one last night. I have had 100g of it since I first discovered it – in fact, it was my standard breakfast tea for a while – but a pretty little...” Read full tasting note
“Odd. Still very earthy and very smokey. I guess it just isn’t what I was expecting. Still I’d rather drink a pu-erh or lapsang if I’m craving something like this.” Read full tasting note
“A delicious alternative to a regular orange pekoe. This has become my “standard” black tea. It has a sliiight spicy undertone, but isn’t as bold as most orange pekoes. I grew up adding milk to...” Read full tasting note
Yunnan is a province in China that has been growing tea for 1700 years. The `yun` in Yunnan means `cloud`, which is fitting because most of the teas are grown at elevations of 3,000-7,000 feet. This Black Tea has a number of golden tips, which gives it a mild aromatic and slightly spicy flavour. All Black Tea lovers will want to try this traditional tea.
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Oh boo!! I had a bad tea tasting day. The other tea I had this morning was not great either, and it was my standard toasty Triple Leaf Oolong… previously tasty, now less so!
so I won’t rate it now.
This reminded me very much of a basic Asian black tea. Almost like the Teavana tea I bought awhile back.
Except… well it tasted somewhat soft. Like there was something missing. Picture the “flavour” made into a pie, and then someone removing a third of the ingredients. It’s not dampened or bad tasting, but simply missing.
Anyhow, I didn’t taste anything spicy at all so I suspect that’s the piece I need to find!
Doc app on Wednesday so hopefully I will get a lead on how to fix this. It’s driving me batty!
That said, I did find this tea to be mild, but rather sweet as well. Almost overpowering in that aspect
Backlogging slightly: I had my very last cup of this one last night. I have had 100g of it since I first discovered it – in fact, it was my standard breakfast tea for a while – but a pretty little Ceylon has since caught my eye…so it’s time to move on, and I don’t think I will be re-cupboarding this one.
I have been trying to formulate a tasting note for this one for weeks, and yet couldn’t seem to. Despite near-daily cups of the stuff, I just couldn’t generate something to say about it. It’s dependable. It’s…black. Yep, black! Suuuuure is a black tea…
It’s not “too” anything, but that also means there’s nothing particularly spectacular about it, and it was ideal for bleary mornings when I didn’t want to waste anything I’d really want to taste. I guess the only thing of real note here is that I could never stomach it with less than a packet of turbinado. Angrboda had a tasting note a few weeks back in which she said she finds Yunnans to often be like a mouthful of hay…and I have not been able to get that statement out of my head since when I drink this one. It’s not drinkable to me clear – it does, indeed, taste like hay, and sugar is required to cut that taste and bring out whatever-it-is that I like about black tea, the “tea” taste which I guess really only tastes like itself.
So. Goodbye, Yunnan FOP! I had a good time with you while it lasted.
Wow… That must be incredibly frustrating… Good luck at the Drs!
thanks Nivampi! My fingers are crossed :)
I do hope you find out what’s going on — it sounds very depressing!
Me to Calochortus, me to!! it is depressing indeed, but the possibility of figuring it out makes me happy :)
Good luck with getting some answers (or something you can work with) at the doctors!
gah, thanks so much ST!! I didn’t get any today. Went for more blood tests and am scheduled for a CT scan. fingers extra crossed :)