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Dexter drank Taiwan Ruby by Zen Tea

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I’ve had a request to start writing tasting notes again. This confuses me, I stopped writing notes because I felt I didn’t have anything interesting to say. There are lots of people here who are more articulate and have a better palate than I do. But as requested, here goes…

Tonight I’m just hanging out at home, watching the hockey game, petting the cat, eating banana bread, drinking this tea.

I normally choose and prefer China black teas, but it’s always nice to break it up with something different. This one is light with the high notes I would expect from a Taiwan black. It’s really fruity – normally I would think grape/wine fruity in this style but these are stone fruit notes. There is also some tannin (?) and a little suck the moisture out of your mouth thing. There is also a little smokiness as it cools. I don’t feel this style will every be my favorite but this was fun to try and I think it’s different enough from a typical Taiwan black to make it interesting.
Thanks Evol for sharing.

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Sil
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Yay!

Evol Ving Ness
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Omigoodness! She’s here! She’s here! With tea even!

Evol Ving Ness
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Love your tea ware!

Roswell Strange
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Ah! Welcome back!

__Morgana__
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Glad you’re back!

mrmopar
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Agreed write away! My ramblings are much more difficult to get through.

Crowkettle
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Aw, I missed your notes. Welcome back! :D

VariaTEA
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Hi Dexter!!! Welcome back :)

looseTman
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You’ve definitely been missed! Welcome back!

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Sil
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Yay!

Evol Ving Ness
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Omigoodness! She’s here! She’s here! With tea even!

Evol Ving Ness
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Love your tea ware!

Roswell Strange
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Ah! Welcome back!

__Morgana__
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Glad you’re back!

mrmopar
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Agreed write away! My ramblings are much more difficult to get through.

Crowkettle
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Aw, I missed your notes. Welcome back! :D

VariaTEA
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Hi Dexter!!! Welcome back :)

looseTman
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You’ve definitely been missed! Welcome back!

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C.S. Lewis – “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

I needed to update my profile. I joined Steepster 03Mar13. I am just amazed at how much my tastes have changed since then.
When I discovered loose leaf tea about a year and half ago, I didn’t know anything other than my local Davids and Teavana/Teaopia. Stumbling onto Steepster CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Hello, my name is Dex I’m a tea addict.
I’ve been through the “I need to try every single tea out there” phase. I really hope the worst of that has passed. I’ve learned enough to know that I only need to try HALF of all the teas out there. LOL
When I started this journey, I was all about the flavored rooibos and fruity tisanes. Don’t get me wrong there is still room for dessert (chocolate/caramel/nutty) Rooibos teas in my cupboard and I still do enjoy them, BUT I am quickly learning to appreciate the some of the straight teas of the world.
Big bold (but not icky)pu’erh is suddenly my favorite, followed by woody/roasted oolongs. I’m just starting to explore straight black teas, and have found some that I really like.
Generally speaking I’m not into greens at all, only like the occasional green oolong, and white teas are just too mild for my tastes (unless they are fruit flavored). I still enjoy really good fruit tisanes, but am now cold steeping them.
I don’t like floral/herbal blends, and mint anything is not on my preferred list.
I am still exploring new teas, adapting to my changing tastes, understanding more every day how little I really know about tea. Ultimately I would love to find approximately 50 teas that I just “can’t live without” and always have them in my cupboard. That might not be practical, but that what I’m searching for. It’s going to be a fun journey.

All in all, I love this site. I’ve met some wonderful people, and have gotten to try some amazing teas because of them. It really restores your faith in humanity when you get a note saying “oh by the way I sent you some tea”. Wonderful, generous, people here.

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