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Just spent nearly 90 € on tea. Is that normal? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz to c/tea@lemmy.zip

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Green, Sencha okumidori
some random Chinese oolong
White, bai hao yin zhen

Edit: The oolong was pretty good. Mildly floral and fruity. The okumidori was just as good as I expected. Worth the price IMO.

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just weighed all of them. It’s about 542 g and that figure includes the three paper bags. Many of the teas in that store cost roughly 160 €/kg.

[–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That seems pretty reasonable to me if they're high quality.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The white tea is already familiar to me, and I can tell it's really good. Haven't tried the other two yet.

The sencha okumidori smells fantastic, so I have high expectations. Sadly, they didn't have any gyokuro at the moment. Otherwise I would have bought that. Regardless, I don't think this sencha will disappoint me.

Maybe I'll start with the oolong tomorrow. It's been close to a year since I had any, so I kinda miss that taste. All I know about this oolong is that it's from China, which is a nearly useless description IMO. I guess it's going to be a bit of a surprise then.

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I like oolong a lot because it varies a lot. It has an additional step in the process where it's oxidized - more or less fried a little. Depending on how much was it oxidized, the taste will range from white/non-Japanese green up to nutty, creamy. IDR the name now but there is one that to me tastes almost like cookies

Edit: Da Hong Pao

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A few years ago, I went gaiwan shopping. I wanted a new one, because the old one was the cheapest and ugliest starter gaiwan you can find.

One of the local tea stores had a nice selection, and I found exactly what I was looking for. While I was there, I also bought one of those glass pitchers and a metal sieve. The store keeper seemed quite pleased with the deal, so she just gave me a little bag of oolong.

This one was a bit special though. It tasted very fruity and smelled like flowers. Can’t remember the name of that thing though.

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 2 points 5 days ago

I can relate. I have a few teas like "it was very tasty but which one was it?". Now I maintain notes for stuffs like this: link, name, more or less accurate date and a comment with my thoughts about it