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$ about_Bi_Luo_Chun

★★★★☆

Jiangsu, green

Taste: fresh, sweet, pleasant

Aroma: fresh, sweet, spring, flowery

Notes: if you brew too much tea for the gaiwan, it gets a vegetable note, measure twice

$ about_Gongting_Yong_Zhen

★★★☆☆

Yongde/Lincang/Yunnan, gongting

Taste: earthy, barky, pleasant

Aroma: honey, sweet pastry, very strong, pleasant

Notes: densly pressed, becomes dust

$ about_Gongting_Gong_Pin

★★★★★

Menghai, gongting

Taste: earthy, barky, pleasant

Aroma: honey, pastry, strong, pleasant

Notes: perfect everyday pu'er, not pressed too hard, good price

$ about_GABA_Alishan

★★★★★

Taiwan, oolong

Taste: fruit, nicely sour

Aroma: honey, strong, pleasant

Notes: perfect everyday tea, but pricey

$ about_Lao_Cha_Wang

★★☆☆☆

Taiwan, oolong

Taste: too smoked, tobacco

Aroma: sweet sundried fruit

Notes: astringent

$ about_Da_Hong_Pao

★★★★☆

Wuyishan, oolong

Taste: smoked, sometimes tobacco

Aroma: sweet sundried fruit, hint of honey

Notes: not too much, about 6g

$ about_Dian_Hong

★★★★☆

Yunnan, red

Taste: sundried fruit, hint of sourness, sweetnes after the 3rd steeping

Aroma: pastry

$ about_Ye_Sheng_Hong_Cha

★★★☆☆

Wild, red

Taste: sourness is to bright, requires a special mood, untamed

Aroma: sweet pastry, but weak

Notes: 95 degrees, gaiwan

$ about_Hei_Jin

★★★★☆

Northern Fujian, red

Taste: sundried fruit, hint of sourness, dusty, tart, light, without coating

Aroma: sweet pastry, sundried fruit

Notes: 95 degrees, quick steepings, inhale while drinking