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Another Oolong sample from Mud and Leaves, this one a Taiwanese 2019 "Alishan Jin Xuan Golden Lily". A "Milk Oolong", it is very light, subtle oolong with no roast and medium (25%) Oxidation. Tasty, but I probably should have drunk it sooner...

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HeHuanShan High Mountain Oolong (2019) from Mud and Leaves light and cheery Taiwanese oolong; light oxidation, no roast. Almost a green tea. I should probably have drunk it sooner, but the sample was vacuum sealed, so probably not much change in my cool basement storage.

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Alishan High Mountain Jade Oolong (spring, 2021) from Mud and Leaves is a super clean light oxidation and roast Taiwanese oolong. Pretty close to a green tea.

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Experimenting with a potential new simple travel tea set, strainer and pyrex beaker. Happily, the 250ml beaker fits snugly inside my travel electric kettle. (RiYueTan Sun Moon Lake Taiwanese black tea via Mud and Leaves.)

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A big mug of uncomplicated Yunnan black tea. A blend of the Mud and Leaves Azure Spring and Yunnan Sourcing Drunk on Red black tea cakes.

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Green tea flow continues, the whole family enjoys Premium Longjing via Mud and Leaves.

#GreenTea #LüCha #Dragonwell #Longjing #MudAndLeaves #Tea #Cha #DailyTea #MadamePresident #HarrisWalz2024 @tea

Every year I buy some small amount of Longjing/Dragonwell green tea. For the last few years, I have pre-ordered Longjing from Mud and Leaves, theirs is always a reliable and tasty example of the tea. This is 2022 Mingqian Mei Jia Wu West Lake Longjing #43, Premium Grade.

#MudAndLeaves #GreenTea #LüCha #Longjing #Dragonwell #Tea #Cha #DailyTea @tea

Nearing the bottom of this bag of Taiwanese red oolong from Mud and Leaves.

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2023 Azure Spring Yunnan Sun Dried Ancient Tree Black Tea is from a Taiwan based producer via Mud and Leaves. Less aggressive than I expected, quite mellow dark stone fruit flavor, but with strong, fast energy. Zip, zap, zoom!

#BlackTea #RedTea #HongCha #ShaiHong #MudAndLeaves #Tea #Cha #DailyTea @tea

Oolong or black tea? Somewhere in between? I always enjoy DalunShan Red High Mountain Oolong no matter how you classify it.

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DalunShan Red High Mountain Oolong from Mud and Leaves. As I have mentioned before, I always find Taiwanese red oolongs (and Taiwanese red/black teas generally) to be comfort teas. They are easy to brew with their low astringency and bitterness. Nearly impossible to oversteep, I often brew them quasi-gongfu with an in mug filter. Here, I am brewing in a stoneware pot.

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Back home, back on my usual shit. DalunShan Red High Mountain Oolong from Mud and Leaves. Re-Entry Blues.

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Taiwanese red oolong are some of my favorite teas in general, but they are particularly good for travelling. It is almost impossible to brew them badly. DalunShan Red High Mountain Oolong from Mud and Leaves.

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After a few days of hotel tea packet dust and watery diner iced tea, nice to be back to actual tea. DalunShan Red High Mountain Oolong from Mud and Leaves.

#OolongTea #BlackTea #RedTea #HongCha #MudAndLeaves #Tea #Cha #DailyTea @tea

Experimenting with brewing other green teas in the Japanese Komaru Kyusu clay teapot, in this case some west lake longjing.

#GreenTea #LüCha #MudAndLeaves #Longjing #Dragonwell #Tea #Cha #DailyTea @tea

No real hardship to drink down this slightly aged Mingqian 2021 Mei Jia Wu West Lake Longjing #43 from Mud and Leaves.

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Warm weather continues, so finishing off the end of some Mingqian 2021 Mei Jia Wu West Lake Longing #43 Green Tea from Mud and Leaves. Still great tea, but bottom of the bag, more broken leaves than usual. Also, I think my scale needs new batteries, it's getting a little flaky, (this seems like a lot of leaves, even though I weighed a couple times). Zip, Zap, Zoom!

#GreenTea #MudAndLeaves #Tea #Cha #Dragonwell #Longjing #DailyTea @tea

It really is impossible to dislike (or misbrew) this "Dalun Shan Red High Mountain Oolong" from Mud and Leaves. The only real question is, is it a black tea or an oolong?

#HongCha #RedTea #BlackTea #Oolong #MudAndLeaves #Cha #Tea #DrinkTea #DailyTea @tea

Alas, brewing the last of my white tea samples from Mud and Leaves. 2010 Sanquan Shoumei.

#Baicha #WhiteTea #Tea #Cha #DailyTea #MudAndLeaves #FudingTea #Shoumei