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“I wouldn’t be surprised if this tea comes from the same patch of leaves the Turtle Dove white tea comes from? I find a lot of similarity between these two teas. This is a lovely winey black tea,...” Read full tasting note
“Made this gongfu style – half a coin (about 3.5 g) to 50-60 mL of water. Rinsed for about 45 seconds to let the cake decompress and open up, steamed for ~30 sec. First steep for about 10 seconds,...” Read full tasting note
“Made a Western mug using half of the coin that was included as a freebie in my last order!! Though there are other black teas from W2T that have made stronger impressions on me since this yearly...” Read full tasting note
Pressed in 2021 using 2021 material, this production of our classic Yunnan black tea has been rested around 6 months before release.
Made from large leaf varietal material, the tea is sun dried with no machine roasting. The tea is smooth, with a very thick body, and a soft natural fragrance. A crowd favorite across all types of tea drinkers.
Drink now or age a few years before drinking.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this tea comes from the same patch of leaves the Turtle Dove white tea comes from? I find a lot of similarity between these two teas.
This is a lovely winey black tea, not very malty at all, but with deep red wine flavors and wonderful perfumy rose-floral notes. Taste profile is very reminiscent to me of the 2018 Turtle Dove white tea I tried a few days ago, but this is maybe not as woody. Kind of like a Yunnan version of Keemun black tea, a favorite of mine.
My mini weighed in at 6.68 grams on my kitchen scale.
Made this gongfu style – half a coin (about 3.5 g) to 50-60 mL of water. Rinsed for about 45 seconds to let the cake decompress and open up, steamed for ~30 sec. First steep for about 10 seconds, added 5-10 seconds for each steep. Starts off woodsy, then by the second/third steep, the wood pulls back and the stonefruit comes forward. Steeping too long towards the end results in a slight metallic taste, but nothing worth dumping imo.
Flavors: Apricot, Dark Wood, Malty
Made a Western mug using half of the coin that was included as a freebie in my last order!! Though there are other black teas from W2T that have made stronger impressions on me since this yearly pressing was first introduced, I feel Natural Redhead has always remained pretty consistent year over year! It’s such a reliable tea, with comforting notes of malt and a mix of redfruit and stonefruit notes that, generally speaking, only seem to be more prominent with age. I will honestly never turn down a good Natty Red tea session!
Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj6RUr_O4jj/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WUc47ZVAyU
I was skeptical at first, but White2Tea is definitely winning me over as a fan. There sure have been a lot of bangers amongst the teas I have chosen to sample from them. And there should be, as the pricing is higher than what I’m used to. I feared I’d be mostly paying for the cost of the fancy packaging and twist ties involved in selling the individual serving-sized teas, but I am happy to report that I think the pricing also reflects the quality of the tea selections overall. I do feel bad about all of the packaging waste, though – It would be better perhaps to sell the dragon balls in maybe bulk packages of 5 or 10 or 15 or something like that, without all of the individual packaging. For all of the 27 teas I ordered, they came not only in their individual twist-tied artwork packaging, but also each different variety of tea was packed in its own tiny ziplock for freshness and probably to keep flavors from mingling between different teas.
I agree, white2tea is delightful!
Keemunlover: I am so glad the teas have not been a disappointment for you! I need to check them out someday. I am trying hard to reach my cupboard goals right now but maybe early next year I will take a close look and try something!
Ha ha! “Cupboard goals” – I gather you must have a large tea stash?
It isn’t too bad right now but I would love to get it down to 65 teas by the end of this year. I feel a little overwhelmed and guilty when it hits 140 because it is very hard to drink things before their best by date, and that is even with me giving g samples away to friends and family!
I just dumped a good amount of “imperial gold oolong” from Mark T Wendell the other day. It wasn’t a bad tea in its prime, but definitely when stale and got a little nasty on me. Purchased at least 3 or 4 years ago.