- Joined
- Monday February 3, 2014
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Really enjoying a consignment from Gently Stirred ...
I got some 'Pink Peony' (Chinese White Peony with rose buds), some Malawian Thyolo Estate 'White Peony' and some 'Red Peony' from the same estate. All lovely!
The Chinese 'Pink Peony' just has that edge that only really good Chinese can do, it's that certain extra tingle and bite that is just lacking from the African 'White Peony'. That said, the African really is nice - very close indeed and a really refreshing drinker. The 'Red Peony' is a slightly darker fired tea which is somewhere between a 'White Peony' and a 'Shou Mei' (same tea as 'White Peony', just lesser grade leaves).
I've also just finished a Malawian Thyolo 'Dark Fired' tea, which is verging on a red tea. Really good! Lovely big leaf teas, all of them.
Just got a Malawi White Peony from Hebden Tea. It's alright - big leaf and quite malty, although I like my teas a bit stronger. A 'premium' Pu Erh from a local Chinese supermarket is just nasty. I'll stick to my big leaf Liu Bao, which has to be one of my all-time favourites - the smell and flavour are both sublime, although my wife and daughter don't get it at all.