An afternoon of meetings calls for a sweet, ripe pu’erh, or at least, that’s how I feel about it.
I grabbed this tea for the first time, and it delivered. I got something rich. Something heavy. Something that could help me beat up the opposition.
This isn’t a fishy or old-tasting or spicy pu’erh. It’s a beautiful older woman. It’s basically a bunch of flowers, wisened with age, kind of tough. Like Olenna Tyrell.
This tea is called “forest song” because — as I discovered on Global Tea Hut’s blog — trees respond to sound. It turns out that plants grow best when they’re exposed to the same sort of pitches as birdsong. Birds are the sign of a healthy forest. So when trees hear those pitches, they grow better.
As nature gets trashed by global warming, deforestation, extinction, etc, the songs of the forest are going to change. And tea production is going to change.
That’s right, guys: our planet’s tea is at risk.
Call Captain Planet.
We’ve gotta fix this.
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Leaf Type: Pu-erh
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Mao Feng from Global Tea Hut. . . . .
My holidays started early with the surprise receipt of Global Tea Hut’s Magazine and tea tin subscription from Taiwan.
I’m the type of person to read the manual first before trying something new, and was a little worried that this 80 page magazine would require me to brush up on my rusty Mandarin, but there were no parts lost in translation! It was both poetic and relatable, mixing Chinese tea history and culture as well as modern processing techniques used for the very Mao Feng Tea I was about to taste.
This months sample of bright colored organic buds and leaves from China’s Yellow mountain brewed into a clear liquor. After brewing there is an aroma of browned butter and a remarkable hint of sweetness – the lingering scent on a lovers sweater.
The sipping flavor was muted, but the long-lasting, sweet aftertaste was wholly unexpected! This is perhaps the purest tea I’ve ever consumed.
Reading the magazine along with my multiple resteeps, I felt a very meditative connection to this experience. There was even an invitation to contemplate the Personality (qi) of the tea. The care that went into its preparation and the lingering feeling of comfort I felt drinking it, led me to think of this Mao Feng as the embodiment of love. A very special surprise indeed!
When you subscribe, they offer to send a free gift to anyone. This company has won itself a great deal of my appreciation. I’d highly recommend their subscription for anyone who wants to learn more about teas, or who enjoys non-flavored leaves. Recently they’ve also started an App to connect Tea enthusiasts from around the world.
The tea by itself is a treat, but there is something even more beautiful in making a connection to the growers. It’s exciting and grounding at the same time. Is this Zen?
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Loose Leaf: Green
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Beneath the Pines from Global Tea Hut. . . . .
I had a little bit of trouble getting to this tea. I had to use a combination of my foot and a can opener to wrench the tin open.
Packaging difficulties aside, this tea tastes a bit like what I imagine seafood tastes like. (No, I’ve never had seafood. Of any sort.) This is a flavor profile that doesn’t usually pop up in black teas.
In part, the taste probably differs from a straight black because the tea has been fermented. Fermentation is how a “black” tea becomes a “pu’erh” tea.
To make it more confusing, people in Asia think of our “black” tea as “red.” And they call pu-erh “black.” If that hurts your spirit, feel free to forget I said anything. If that intrigues you, you can read a lot more about this tea and its processing technique here.
Though this tea wasn’t my favorite, I figured you’d get a kick out of my experience of opening it. Plus, the combinations of tea & fermentation types can turn into a wide bounty of flavor options! Who knew? This tea or one like it might be for you!
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Leaf Type: Puerh
Where to Buy: Global Tea Hut
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TeaEqualBliss’s Top Ten SURPRISING Teas of the Moment. . . . . .
- Basil Lemonade Oolong from Pekoe Sip House *
- Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Tea Blend from Simpson & Vail
- White Christmas from Full Leaf Tea Company *
- Sour Apple Green from Stylin’ Tea Blends
- Bittermelon Stuffed with Roasted Tie Guan Yin Oolong from Yunnan Sourcing
- Forest Song 2016 Sheng Puerh Maocha from Global Tea Hut
- Ginger & Lemon Myrtle from Lupicia
- Bianca from The Necessiteas
- Really Root Beer from Nelson’s Tea
- Pumpkin Spice Latte Genmaicha from 52 Teas
- * These tea reviews have NOT gone LIVE the day this post was written. Please check back soon for FULL length reviews!
These are my TOP TEN Surprising Teas of the Moment here at SororiTea Sisters! I’ve been doing some of these TOP TEN lists as of late and I have been asked to do more! I certainly aim to please so here is one of many!
This TOP TEN List is of the TOP SURPRISING Teas of the Moment! Since we drink SO MUCH tea here I’m sure we will be doing this one every so often with a new list of teas!
My taste buds are different from yours so these are just a few of my suggestions to check out! If you have some suggestions we would LOVE to hear about them! Let us know in comments!
“Calm Fragrance” November 2016 Mi Xiang Oolong from Global Tea Hut. . . .
Every tea I drink is an experience but when I drink a tea from The Global Tea Hut it’s more like a meditation. “Calm Fragrance” November 2016 Mi Xiang Oolong from Global Tea Hut is the tea I am writing about at the moment.
“Calm Fragrance” November 2016 Mi Xiang Oolong from Global Tea Hut was part of the November 2016 Issue and Package. This oolong is a gently roasted oolong that – indeed – does have a calm fragrance. This oolong hails from the Mingjian, Taiwan area and is a 2016 Mi Xiang Oolong. Elevation-wise we are talking roughly 500 Meters!
Once the leaves unfurls in the strainer I was shocked at how BIG the leaves actually were. This just proves how tightly rolled the leaves were to begin with! I know it would be even more stunning to see if infused and unfurled Gongfu Style. Next time I will surely try it that way!
The color of the post-infused tea liquor was a lightly-tanned brown. The natural flavor is absolutely delicious! This will certainly be going on a future Top Ten List of mine!
The flavor on the tongue is of medium strength but there are equal parts woodsy and sweet happening. I can’t decide which part of the sip I enjoy more!
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Leaf Type: Oolong Tea
Where to Buy: Global Tea Hut
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