šŸŽ¤ Live from Yoshi En talk "Rock Tea Oolong - Yan Cha"

The room is full and people are ready to hear more about this kind of tea and drink some of it.

Only 1/5 of people heard about it before, the presentation starts now!

"It tastes like licking a stone" is how many people reflect on the minerality of it.

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Some slides by Toby Hurschler from LƤnggass-Tee during is talk "Quality of tea in sensory perception"

Distinguishing Bitterness: Western established terms

sharp bitter - quinine tonic-like
clean, short - often connected to Caffeine
sweet-bitter - similar to cocoa nibs
metallic bitter - sheng cha with very dry storage
burnt bitter - over-roasted oolong
bitter + astringent - over brewed tea or processing error

@tea #tea #BerlinTeaFestival #Thé #Tee #cha #茶
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🐻 Today and tomorrow is Berlin Tea Festival in Berlin, Wedding!

There are many exhibitors (selling tea, ceramics and more)
Talks and workshops happening all day long, and important, a lot of tea to drink šŸµ

https://berlin-tea-festival.de/

@tea #tea #berlin #BerlinTeaFestival #Thé #Tee #cha #puerh #puerhtea #shengpuerh #matcha #greentea #chinesetea #taiwanesetea #japanesetea #koreantea #茶 #gongfucha #teatime #oolong