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Oriental Beauty, last chance
On my last trip to SF Chinatown I bought some Eastern Beauty from a
well regarded Chinese vendor. I am happy to say it looks like and tastes like my only purchase several years ago from an Ebay vendor. I always questioned that taste when compared to what was described here as something special. All I can say the taste is more like Darjeeling than anything else. There are no subsequent infusions. If I ever run out of this tea I won't miss it. I think I might be able to pass this by my wife's quality control as anything but Chinese. Jim PS Why would a loose 1993 wild whole leaf Sheng be so uniform in dry and infused appearance. The infused leaves are the golden brown as described in older Sheng. If this is the real deal then I also won't miss it when I run out. My hat off to the Taiwan scientists that came up with the tea tits that make milk tea. That is something special. |
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Oriental Beauty, last chance
Space Cowboy > writes:
> [...] > PS Why would a loose 1993 wild whole leaf Sheng be so uniform in dry > and infused appearance. The infused leaves are the golden brown as > described in older Sheng. Sorry, I don't understand. Why *wouldn't* the tea look this way? /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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Oriental Beauty, last chance
On Oct 1, 8:55 am, Space Cowboy > wrote:
> On my last trip to SF Chinatown I bought some Eastern Beauty from a > well regarded Chinese vendor. I am happy to say it looks like and > tastes like my only purchase several years ago from an Ebay vendor. I > always questioned that taste when compared to what was described here > as something special. All I can say the taste is more like Darjeeling > than anything else. There are no subsequent infusions. If I ever run > out of this tea I won't miss it. I think I might be able to pass this > by my wife's quality control as anything but Chinese. > > Jim > > PS Why would a loose 1993 wild whole leaf Sheng be so uniform in dry > and infused appearance. The infused leaves are the golden brown as > described in older Sheng. If this is the real deal then I also won't > miss it when I run out. My hat off to the Taiwan scientists that came > up with the tea tits that make milk tea. That is something special. I have completely passed by any and all Oriental Beauty for a couple of years now. I really just don't care for the flavor no matter the quality, freshness, processing, etc. I guess one could say kind of peppery/citrusy... it just isn't for me. Same goes for Puerh in my book, although I do enjoy a cup every rare now and then so it's a step up on OB. Shui Xian is and has been my go-to Oolong, with Dan Cong's in a far second. - Dominic |
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Oriental Beauty, last chance
This is loose Sheng not compressed. I'd have to expect over the long
haul you'd see different fermentation of the leaf dried or infused. The last thing I would expect is uniformity of color. I'll even throw in leaf size uniformity. Why wouldn't the edges crumble as they ferment. I'd say you could tell alot about the supposed age just by the looks of the leaf dry or infused. Jim Lewis Perin wrote: > Space Cowboy > writes: > > > [...] > > PS Why would a loose 1993 wild whole leaf Sheng be so uniform in dry > > and infused appearance. The infused leaves are the golden brown as > > described in older Sheng. > > Sorry, I don't understand. Why *wouldn't* the tea look this way? > > /Lew > --- > Lew Perin / > http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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Oriental Beauty, last chance
Hi guys,
(oriental beauty is bai hao?) I thought that this was one tea that would always be a good purchase, as my past experience had been good. Had, I say, until I bought a nice big bag from a seattle company, online and was very disappointed. This was one weak tea. Too bad for me cause I remeber this tea being fruity honey and very classy. Maybe a few bad years.... Jenn |
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Oriental Beauty, last chance
Dominic T. > wrote:
>I have completely passed by any and all Oriental Beauty for a couple >of years now. I really just don't care for the flavor no matter the >quality, freshness, processing, etc. I guess one could say kind of >peppery/citrusy... it just isn't for me. Same goes for Puerh in my >book, although I do enjoy a cup every rare now and then so it's a step >up on OB. I get a slight wintergreen sort of flavour from OB. I like it a lot. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Oriental Beauty, last chance
Space Cowboy > writes:
> This is loose Sheng not compressed. I'd have to expect over the long > haul you'd see different fermentation of the leaf dried or infused. > The last thing I would expect is uniformity of color. I would expect uncompressed tea to age more uniformly than compressed tea, because the outer leaves on a cake get more exposed to the ambient air than the inner leaves; this isn't a factor with uncompressed tea. /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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Oriental Beauty, last chance
My loose and compressed shou has more color variation than this. Even
with loose you'd expect the stuff on the bottom to be different than on top from breathing unless it was tumble dried fermented. Jim Lewis Perin wrote: > Space Cowboy > writes: > > > This is loose Sheng not compressed. I'd have to expect over the long > > haul you'd see different fermentation of the leaf dried or infused. > > The last thing I would expect is uniformity of color. > > I would expect uncompressed tea to age more uniformly than compressed > tea, because the outer leaves on a cake get more exposed to the > ambient air than the inner leaves; this isn't a factor with > uncompressed tea. > > /Lew > --- > Lew Perin / > http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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Oriental Beauty, last chance
OB is one of my favourite oolongs as well. To me a decent OB has a sort of
honey/fruity/vanilla/caramel flavour that I like because it is not too heavy. I've come to realise over the last few years that the oolongs I like are the cooked ones rather than the really green ones, and every decent OB I've had has had some degree of fermentation involved (and a degree of colour variation among the loose leaves). Kat |
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Oriental Beauty, last chance
On 10/02/2007 05:36:17 "KM" > wrote: > OB is one of my favourite oolongs as well. To me a decent OB has a sort > of honey/fruity/vanilla/caramel flavour that I like because it is not too > heavy. I've come to realise over the last few years that the oolongs I > like are the cooked ones rather than the really green ones, and every > decent OB I've had has had some degree of fermentation involved (and a > degree of colour variation among the loose leaves). > Kat With which I whole heartedly agree, and add a sometimes malty spice flavor to all the others you mention. I used to say I never met an OB I didn't like, but unfortunately my run of good luck was broken with a couple really bad ones lately. Nonetheless, different as they may be from one another, those teas are among my favorites; the little leaf hoppers sure do work wonders. Michael |
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