2022 年 4 月茶俱乐部

A sweet lightly grassy tea. Strong difference in taste and color between infusions. Tea session with the family today. I quite enjoyed Vincent’s Gan Lu. It’s a very subtle flavor at first, the grassy kind I find common in most Chinese green teas, but it builds with each infusion. The color gets darker as well. Thank you, Vincent, for letting me try the fruits of your labor!

The bag is only 4 grams? Did we do this right? We dumped in the whole thing! It's at least 1 gram too much, if not 2; it looks insane in the strainer! I'll be glad when I have a gram weight again. The dry leaves are lovely. They're very thin, with lovely twists of light and dark. They bleach quickly in the water. There's a lot of scruff! The taste starts off as sweet snow peas, and I think it was meant to remain there. With this set up, it gets very bitter very quickly. I'm not rating this because this brew was 1.5 stars, but I really think it should have been better!

Could have halved the ratio Probably could have halved the ratio

Finally tasted Vincent’s Guan lu. Wow! Super honey syrup, chestnut, sautéed asparagus or artichoke, and a mineral finish along the lines of chalk. What an enjoyable guan lu. I look forward to hear others opinions 🥰

Nice but milder than i tend to prefer. Sweetness in this tea was impressive Trying out the new tea tray

Dry leaf smells like creamy sea air. We leaf smells more salty. The colour is pale and greenish. I don't often drink green tea, but I love jin xuan oolong, so I was excited to give this a try. It's a very pleasant, soft, and comforting tea. I wrote notes for just three infusions, but I'm still enjoying it. Also, after removing the gaiwan lid to smell the hot, dry leaf, I could -literally- read the tea leaves today! (Although where I'm supposed to go, I'm not sure 🤷😉)

Eyes - Dry Leaf: dark olive green curled leaves Nose - Dry Leaf: roasted cashews, toast, cream Nose - Wet Leaf: steamed spinach/cabbage, sugared and roasted mixed nuts Eyes - Liquor: viscous pale yellow liquor Mouth - Texture: medium-thick and round, almost creamy Mouth - Taste: cream and a slight cabbage-like greeness moving to a high floral aroma Mouth - Finish: very floral and refreshing Nose - Empty Cup: floral Eyes - Wet Leaf: deep green tender leaves and buds Body - Sensation: relaxed

Still good although very sensitive to the temp. Cooler is better for sweet snd nutty. Goes bitter steeped too long After so many dark teas these months, for some reason this Phoenix green was the perfect compliment to curling up on the couch in this thunder and lightening rain storm…and a great Cdrama! 😃

Wow! Is this really a green? It’s like a berry tart oolong. Lol! Really nice interesting plethora of flavors Wow! Another really interesting palette! It’s a green masquerading as a berry tart oolong. Lol!

Eyes - Dry Leaf: stony grey to green leaves with a fair amount of white trichomes Nose - Dry Leaf: roasted almonds, blueberry muffins, goldfish crackers, leafy greens Nose - Wet Leaf: rhubarb, dark rye bread, kale, spinach Eyes - Liquor: pale yellow liquor with a medium viscosity Mouth - Texture: thick and creamy Mouth - Taste: peanut soup and leafy greens, leading to rhubarb and candied peaches and strawberries Mouth - Finish: very sweet and thick, with a honey graham note and a high gardenia aroma Nose - Empty Cup: peanut soup with a certain freshness Eyes - Wet Leaf: thin olive green buds and leaves Body - Sensation: lifted and energized

The color is a nice pale green. There's a lot of debris. This is a tough tea to rate! It's very complex in tastes. Once we got past the bitterness, it was very fresh tasting. There's a bit of lime, almost mintiness, and of course vegetal. This would probably be good iced on a hot day, especially with a little bit of sugar and actual lime added. It's very refreshing.

Eyes - Dry Leaf: small curled green leaves and buds with soft white trichomes Nose - Dry Leaf: butternut squash, cashew/walnut, and buttered asparagus Nose - Wet Leaf: roast chestnut/cashew and spinach Eyes - Liquor: pale yellow viscous liquor Mouth - Texture: medium-thick and soft Mouth - Taste: cream and cashews/cashew milk moving to a gentle blueberry finish Mouth - Finish: extensive fruity/floral aroma, with a tingling dryness at the sides of the tongue Nose - Empty Cup: buttery/creamy Eyes - Wet Leaf: delicate, vibrant green buds and leaves Body - Sensation: relaxed and centered

Trying this for a second day and really could taste the chestnuts and roasted corn! ♥️ less grassy today. Remarkably, this tea has a subtle cooling menthol-licorice bark that lingers in the mouth for a good hour after being drunk. I really do like the complexity of this one!

Well, this was a very complex green for me. I’ll be curious to see what others post. Over all very enjoyable hard to place sweetness, grassy, cleansing, and very viscous. Very uplifting qui! I would caution steeps over 5s after the first 10s steep. It went into bitter for me quite fast.

Lovely green tea. Highball method today as I try to finish some green tea. I noticed yesterday that I have an absurd amount of green tea to drink.

Really enjoyed this tea. I think I will adapt steeping times to my personal preferences but the leaves are excellent. So fresh! Great start to the week!

I actually had this on May 5th, before I knew of the "club" feature. It was sweet and fresh, very nice. I don't have a highball glass, but did use my fair cup at first, to enjoy the dancing leaves. 😅 I'm reposting to link this to the "club" feature.

The color was a mild yellow. The flavor was vegetal and fruity with shifting roasted and mineral notes, but it was overall very light, a little too much so for my tastes. I liked what I could taste, but it never reached a strength that I could rate a 3.

Dry leaf aroma chocolate fruity Appearance uniform twisted leaves Wet leaves: lovely aroma starts sweet vegetal and becomes grassy herbal ginger w more infusions. Lovely aroma persists through many infusions Taste: a light smooth easy drinking early spring tea.

Eyes - Dry Leaf: an array of green buds with tons and tons of white trichomes Nose - Dry Leaf: roasted chestnut/chips ahoy cookies and lemongrass Nose - Wet Leaf: asparagus and warm poppy seeds/nuts Eyes - Liquor: pale yellow liquor clouded by trichomes Mouth - Texture: thick, soft, and round Mouth - Taste: asparagus, lemongrass, peanut soup brininess, and a vanilla/cream sweetness Mouth - Finish: vanilla sweetness and roundness and a lemony/blueberry/floral tartness Nose - Empty Cup: honey roasted nuts Eyes - Wet Leaf: very small, smooth, fresh pistachio green buds Body - Sensation: happy and light

Well this one was kind of finicky for me and definitely better brewed and drunk at the cooler temps. Too subtle and not definite in any direction. Best I can discern is sautéed zucchini with some herbaceous something and a tiny kick of menthol. It’s energy is very swirly.

I usually love this tea but I’m only tasting a lot of raw and bitter. A sure sign that this isn’t right match for the status of my body in fall. What I love in spring, I cannot tolerate in fall. I was testing to see if it continues to hold true that my body has different needs in each season. I cannot taste any of the sweet buttery goodness, but am left with raw green peanut bitterness and astringency. I’ll put this lovely tea away until my body says “yes” again. Back to the puErs and blacks for fall

Delicious green tea. Color changes were interesting to watch as was the differece in taste with each infusion. The leaves are also quite beautiful. Nice session with my family today. Finally got to open the Long Jing from April’s box. I found it to be delightful.

Lovely vegetal notes. Subtle Umami emerged immediately for me. Minerality increased slightly with each brew. By the 4th brew, the pan-fried flavors and aroma began to come through. Really love this tea! It’s well balanced and doesn’t reveal any bitterness in my experience.

Thoroughly enjoyed this tea, a high quality long jing for sure Still catching up on some April tea‘s but really enjoyed this long jing!

Just sitting out in the wild garden listening to birds, the buzzing of bees, and occasional sound from humanity. Nice to have a quiet moment with my cat, some tea, and some warm sun. Wishing you a little peace wherever you are. ♥️

Eyes - Dry Leaf: small, flat, mottled pistachio green leaves Nose - Dry Leaf: roast chestnut, honey, stir fried greens Nose - Wet Leaf: chestnut, and warm toast, with fried greens and a hint of sweetness Eyes - Liquor: pale yellow viscous liquor Mouth - Texture: thick and round moving to vaporous Mouth - Taste: artichoke and green beans moving to gently sweet cream/honey, with a gently nutty warmth and a lemony tartness throughout Mouth - Finish: thick, long, and slightly sweet Nose - Empty Cup: honey-roasted nuts Eyes - Wet Leaf: fresh, avocado green young leaves and some buds Body - Sensation: relaxed, happy, and focused

Well this long jing is quite lovely! For me it started with sweet asparagus and mineral with some kind of baked sweetbread then got sweeter and less vegetal. And the whole time very thirst quenching! I look forward to everyone else’s assessment. ❤️