Caramel, Chocolate, Malt, Pepper, Cocoa, Smoke, Earth, Floral, Fruity, Olive Oil, Pine, Baked Bread, Brown Sugar, Creamy, Honey, Molasses, Smooth, Burnt Sugar, Cream, Plums, Raisins, Cherry, Red Wine, Rose, Rosehips, Sweet, Anise, Autumn Leaf Pile, Flowers, Licorice, Orange, Wood, Grapes, Sweet Potatoes, Tobacco, Butternut Squash, Blackberry, Herbs, Jam, Berries, Nuts, Dates
“I’m mostly a flavored tea drinker, but I am slowly moving into the world of unflavored blacks.
This is very smooth, and goes down a treat. Its a good, sturdy cup.
There is no bitterness to...”
“Generously received this sample as a part of my WP order.
Unflavoured black tea is currently resides in the “unfavoured” pile, along with sheng puerh, flavoured green...”
“Savory, smooth, cocoa, peat, bakery, a wisp of smoke and the faintest bit of anise. Medium-rich for a black, full-flavored. A nice cup, would be delighted to find this tea in a restaurant.”
“Sipdown (143)!
I drank this one on the commute to work this week, I’d have loved to brew it Gong Fu but I was a little hesitant that...”
I’m mostly a flavored tea drinker, but I am slowly moving into the world of unflavored blacks.
This is very smooth, and goes down a treat. Its a good, sturdy cup. There is no bitterness to it, just a pleasant trace of maltiness. I’ve got a bit of this left, and will enjoy my next cup.
Generously received this sample as a part of my WP order.
Unflavoured black tea is currently resides in the “unfavoured” pile, along with sheng puerh, flavoured green (“sencha”) tea, and honeybush. That’s not to say I dislike those guys, or that I don’t have all-time favourites residing in those categories, but they do get a low priority stamp.
This Ailaoshan black is smooth, has some great flavours, and I can easily drink a whole pot serving, as opposed to a single mug steep and/or a gongfu session. Still, drinking through my black teas right now is a bit of a chore. My most voluminous teas are currently (mostly Chinese) black and rooibos blends, and I’m so very done with all that.
Maybe my tastes will change in the winter. Maybe I need to mix up the black tea section with a little darjeeling. Oh, hum.
Flavors: Caramel, Chocolate, Malt, Pepper
I drank this one on the commute to work this week, I’d have loved to brew it Gong Fu but I was a little hesitant that the sample wouldn’t be quite enough leaf and my session would be a little week. And, in the end I ended up putting the rest of the sample in the GCTTB because Jillian had asked to try it, and I just had to take advantage of the chance to share a WP tea since everyone wants the chance to get to try them. Usually for good reason.
You’ll have to forgive my lazyness; I’ve built up a queue of posts this week and I’m feeling too tired to reword all of the jot notes into paragraphs, so these next few notes will likely just be copy and pasted jot notes for convenience/speed.
- Brisk/Astringent at first
- More of a round/clean flavour as it cooled
- Malt/Raisin/Honey top notes
- With some woody, cinnamon, and nut body notes
- Little bit of a sweeter marzipan finish?
This was a super fragrant, incredibly flavorful, very generous free sample from Whispering Pines Tea Co. This tea session felt like walking through the semi damp forest in Autumn. Dark brown sugar, fall spice, dark ripened and dried fruits, malt and subtle yam, butternut squash and sweet potatoes hiding in there as well. Towards the end woodsy autumn leaves took over. These are some seriously feel good leaves of love…
5g, 100ml Purion, just under boiling and then up to boiling temperatures for 10s and counting up till around 3m for over 6 infusions.
https://instagram.com/p/BFPI2y2hUkX/
I am really enjoying my Whispering Pines order! All the teas seem to be very high quality!
This kind of tea is quickly becoming my favourite…malty chocolate.
This tea is malty chocolate with some caramel in the forefront. As the tea cools, the fruity notes take over, primarily plum and raisin (it says current in the description though). I have no idea what longan fruit is, so I can’t pick that note up. I also don’t really get the salted caramel but that’s ok, it’s probably just my palate. It isn’t that refined.
Resteeped at 5&8 minutes.
Flavors: Caramel, Cocoa, Malt, Plums, Raisins
Caramel, Chocolate, Malt, Pepper, Cocoa, Smoke, Earth, Floral, Fruity, Olive Oil, Pine, Baked Bread, Brown Sugar, Creamy, Honey, Molasses, Smooth, Burnt Sugar, Cream, Plums, Raisins, Cherry, Red Wine, Rose, Rosehips, Sweet, Anise, Autumn Leaf Pile, Flowers, Licorice, Orange, Wood, Grapes, Sweet Potatoes, Tobacco, Butternut Squash, Blackberry, Herbs, Jam, Berries, Nuts, Dates
“I’m mostly a flavored tea drinker, but I am slowly moving into the world of unflavored blacks.
This is very smooth, and goes down a treat. Its a good, sturdy cup.
There is no bitterness to...”
“Generously received this sample as a part of my WP order.
Unflavoured black tea is currently resides in the “unfavoured” pile, along with sheng puerh, flavoured green...”
“Savory, smooth, cocoa, peat, bakery, a wisp of smoke and the faintest bit of anise. Medium-rich for a black, full-flavored. A nice cup, would be delighted to find this tea in a restaurant.”
“Sipdown (143)!
I drank this one on the commute to work this week, I’d have loved to brew it Gong Fu but I was a little hesitant that...”
I’m mostly a flavored tea drinker, but I am slowly moving into the world of unflavored blacks.
This is very smooth, and goes down a treat. Its a good, sturdy cup. There is no bitterness to it, just a pleasant trace of maltiness. I’ve got a bit of this left, and will enjoy my next cup.
Generously received this sample as a part of my WP order.
Unflavoured black tea is currently resides in the “unfavoured” pile, along with sheng puerh, flavoured green (“sencha”) tea, and honeybush. That’s not to say I dislike those guys, or that I don’t have all-time favourites residing in those categories, but they do get a low priority stamp.
This Ailaoshan black is smooth, has some great flavours, and I can easily drink a whole pot serving, as opposed to a single mug steep and/or a gongfu session. Still, drinking through my black teas right now is a bit of a chore. My most voluminous teas are currently (mostly Chinese) black and rooibos blends, and I’m so very done with all that.
Maybe my tastes will change in the winter. Maybe I need to mix up the black tea section wi
th a little darjeeling. Oh, hum.
Flavors: Caramel, Chocolate, Malt, Pepper
I drank this one on the commute to work this week, I’d have loved to brew it Gong Fu but I was a little hesitant that the sample wouldn’t be quite enough leaf and my session would be a little week. And, in the end I ended up putting the rest of the sample in the GCTTB because Jillian had asked to try it, and I just had to take advantage of the chance to share a WP tea since everyone wants the chance to get to try them. Usually for good reason.
You’ll have to forgive my lazyness; I’ve built up a queue of posts this week and I’m feeling too tired to reword all of the jot notes into paragraphs, so these next few notes will likely just be copy and pasted jot notes for convenience/speed.
- Brisk/Astringent at first
- More of a round/clean flavour as it cooled
- Malt/Raisin/Honey top notes
- With some woody, cinnamon, and nut body notes
- Little bit of a sweeter marzipan finish?
This was a super fragrant, incredibly flavorful, very generous free sample from Whispering Pines Tea Co. This tea session felt like walking through the semi damp forest in Autumn. Dark brown sugar, fall spice, dark ripened and dried fruits, malt and subtle yam, butternut squash and sweet potatoes hiding in there as well. Towards the end woodsy autumn leaves took over. These are some seriously feel good leaves of love…
5g, 100ml Purion, just under boiling and then up to boiling temperatures for 10s and counting up till around 3m for over 6 infusions.
https://instagram.com/p/BFPI2y2hUkX/
I am really enjoying my Whispering Pines order! All the teas seem to be very high quality!
This kind of tea is quickly becoming my favourite…malty chocolate.
This tea is malty chocolate with some caramel in the forefront. As the tea cools, the fruity notes take over, primarily plum and raisin (it says current in the description though). I have no idea what longan fruit is, so I can’t pick that note up. I also don’t really get the salted caramel but that’s ok, it’s probably just my palate. It isn’t that refined.
Resteeped at 5&8 minutes.
Flavors: Caramel, Cocoa, Malt, Plums, Raisins