Erik EllestadGolden Water Turtle (Shui Jin Gui) Rock Tea from Tong Xin She Teahouse seems an auspicious way to end the year. Have a happy and safe New Year's Eve!
What tea do you drink on your birthday? Do you pick a special tea or a special type of tea? Or just drink your usual teas? I picked this "Lotus Peak Shui Xian" from Tong Xin She Teahouse as a special tea to start the day and the next year of my life.
Last oolong from the 2023 Tong Xin She Teahouse rock tea tasting flight is an appropriately traditionally produced one. Though quite an unusual name, "Short Foot Oolong"! (Ai Jiao Wu Long.)
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Tong Xin She Teahouse's Auspicious Fragrance or Bai Rui Xiang (or White Winter Daphne) is a low oxidation low-medium roast rock tea. High fragrance, appropriate to the name and sweet scent of the tea.
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This "Plum Blossom" (Mei Zhan) is probably my favorite tea of the 2023 TXS Teahouse rock tea flight (so far)! Complex, a little fruity and sweet, well balanced. Good length of flavor.
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Yay! A rock tea from the 2023 Tong Xin She rock tea flight with heavier oxidation. A pleasure to drink this "Fo Shou" or Buddha's Hand! Mrs Flannesyad said, "This tastes like sweet flowers! I like rock tea!"
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"Tuberose Aroma" (Tie Luo Han) from Tong Xin She Teahouse is a lighter oxidation light/medium roast rock tea. Complex, yet subtle. Intriguing.
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"Noon Wraith" is a pretty spooky name for Tong Xin She's 2023 Ban Tian Yao! Is that what it actually means? Medium light oxidation and lighter roast make it a very drinkable and accessible rock tea on this rainy day.
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Been drinking a few different Golden Water Turtle rock teas, fortuitous to run across this delightful one to start the second half of the Tong Xin She 2023 rock tea flight.
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The last of the first dozen Tong Xin She Rock Oolong is "Yellow Goddess" (Huang Guan Yin). This rock oolong is a cross between two floral/herbal oolong varieties, the very famous "Tie Guan Yin" and the less well known "Huang Pan". As you would expect, the tea character is not far from Tie Guan Yin, but with more rock elements.
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