Scarlet Floret from White2Tea is a Fujian black tea, and a pretty classic example of the style of black tea made in Fujian at that. High scent, like plum or cherry blossom, low astringency, little bitterness.

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W2T calls Zayton Black, "a throwback traditional style of black tea". It is a bit burly, somewhere between a Fujian and Dian Hong in style. A little fruit, a little savory. A good way to start the day, but doesn't have a lot of length or complexity for Gong Fu brewing. Might be better brewed Western-Style (or Grandpa).

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Press pot brewing Kuura Corp Go Juice "all day every day" Yunnan black tea. Nothing fancy.

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Experimenting with a potential new simple travel tea set, strainer and pyrex beaker. Happily, the 250ml beaker fits snugly inside my travel electric kettle. (RiYueTan Sun Moon Lake Taiwanese black tea via Mud and Leaves.)

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Every once in a while a lemon or two on our tree is spared by the rats. Somehow, they become enormous and sometimes they are monsters. The tea is Lumberjack Breakfast from White2Tea, a heartier everyday Fujian blend.

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Farmer Leaf JingMai Sun Dried black tea is always a good way to start the weekend.

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Yunnan black tea is always a good way to get Saturday off to a rolling start. According to the scribbling on the label this is "J.m Sun Black 202n" and I know it is from Farmer Leaf. Patrick's handwriting is sometimes hard to decipher. I think this is, "Autumn 2022 JingMai Gushu Sun Dried Black Tea".

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Zhenghe Red from White2Tea, Fujian varietal usually used for white tea was used to produce a black tea.

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Zhenghe Red from White2Tea is a Fujian tea. It is a black tea made from a varietal usually used for Fujian white tea, "Zhenghe Dabai". Darker herbaceous and fruit flavors, more raisins than stonefruit.

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There are advantages to compulsively including additional bags of tea you enjoy in orders. For example while everyone else complained to White2Tea about them not making Daily Jinjunmei black tea last year, I could quietly drink down my 4 bags (and distribute some to friends)...

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Since I always say White2Tea's Arbor Red is black tea for puerh drinkers, I was curious to see how Arbor Red would react to brewing in Jiri Duchek Rye stoneware, instead of the usual ruyao gaiwan, would affect the tea. (I usually only brew young raw puerh in Duchek Rye stoneware.) My initial impression is it makes a huge difference, smoothing the rough edges of the tea. Maybe a little too much?

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My wife is out of town, so I can enjoy this burly black tea from White2Tea on Saturday morning. 2018 Arbor Red is a bit smoky, a bit bitter, touch of returning sweetness; definitely a black tea for people who enjoy aggressive raw puerh.

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Xizihao Daughter mostly sells raw puerh, but they also sell ripened puerh and the odd Black tea batch. I don't know much about this 2022 "Wild Black" other than it is from "Unmanaged Gardens" somewhere in Vietnam. It has the fruity character I associate with Yunnan sun dried black tea and good durability/length of flavor. A good zippy morning cup.

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This is the Packet Black from the March white2tea club.

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Red Saturday, the return of White2Tea's Honey Needle Yunnan black tea.

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Jinjunmei black tea was initially created as a premium bud only tea from a limited geographic region in Fujian targeted at the luxury tea market. A lot of producers now make Jinjunmei-like teas sourced from other regions and with less exacting pick standards. White2Tea's "Daily Jinjunmei" is one of those (though it is from roughly the same region as "real" jinjunmei). Dark stonefruit, herbs, and brown sugar are my tasting notes for Daily Jinjunmei from White2Tea.

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Last of the Yanhong black tea from White2Tea. Onwards!

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When your honey asks for more Honey Needle, you order more Honey Needle!

(Honey Needle black tea from White2Tea.)

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Last of the 2022 version of Farmer Leaf's house made Jingmai (very) small batch black tea (#2). I think they mostly make black tea out of their Jingmai leaves to have it to drink themselves and sell the excess.

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"Yanhong Black" is an "everyday black" Fujian tea from White2Tea. I.e. reasonable price, available in larger bags, interesting enough to drink every day, but not over complex.

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