Vincent told me this year's MyTeaPal Club rock teas, (April, 2025,) are nicer than the batch from last year, (February, 2024,) but this Dong Pian Rou Gui from last year IS actually very good. Medium-Heavy Oxidation and roast, a bit uncommon in modern rock tea producers.
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2023 Dong Pian Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe) from MyTeaPal Club. Working through some samples backlog, a very nice rock tea blend.
Last oolong from the 2023 Tong Xin She Teahouse rock tea tasting flight is an appropriately traditionally produced one. Though quite an unusual name, "Short Foot Oolong"! (Ai Jiao Wu Long.)
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Tong Xin She Teahouse's Auspicious Fragrance or Bai Rui Xiang (or White Winter Daphne) is a low oxidation low-medium roast rock tea. High fragrance, appropriate to the name and sweet scent of the tea.
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In general, White Rooster Crest is just not my favorite kind of Rock Tea. In processing style it is almost more like a white or green tea than other rock teas, very low oxidation. This Rivers and Lakes version also has a very low roast. I can appreciate the choices, and it isn't bad tea, but it isn't my jam.
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Rivers and Lakes Iron Arhat is a traditional style rock tea, and also very enjoyable.
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If you like Anxi Oolong or Taiwanese Oolong, but haven't tried rock tea, this 2023 "Light Fire" Da Hong Pao from Rivers and Lakes Tea is a good bridge to appreciating Wuyi Rock Oolongs. Has rock character, but the light fire preserves a more typical oolong perfume.
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This "Plum Blossom" (Mei Zhan) is probably my favorite tea of the 2023 TXS Teahouse rock tea flight (so far)! Complex, a little fruity and sweet, well balanced. Good length of flavor.
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Yay! A rock tea from the 2023 Tong Xin She rock tea flight with heavier oxidation. A pleasure to drink this "Fo Shou" or Buddha's Hand! Mrs Flannesyad said, "This tastes like sweet flowers! I like rock tea!"
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"Tuberose Aroma" (Tie Luo Han) from Tong Xin She Teahouse is a lighter oxidation light/medium roast rock tea. Complex, yet subtle. Intriguing.
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"Noon Wraith" is a pretty spooky name for Tong Xin She's 2023 Ban Tian Yao! Is that what it actually means? Medium light oxidation and lighter roast make it a very drinkable and accessible rock tea on this rainy day.
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Been drinking a few different Golden Water Turtle rock teas, fortuitous to run across this delightful one to start the second half of the Tong Xin She 2023 rock tea flight.
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A rather nice Iron Arhat, the closest to traditional or classic rock tea so far from the 2023 Rivers and Lakes rock tea releases.
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"Big Red Robe (Light Fire)" from Rivers and Lakes Teas. "Light fire" means high fragrance, this Da Hong Pao almost tastes more like a tie guan yin.
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Finishing off my 2024 White2Tea yancha tea club sampler with their OBSX (Old Bush Shui Xian). Perhaps the most rock character of the group. Maybe the most challenging flavor profile for newcomers to the style, but a very tasty example.
Another of my favorite rock tea varietals, Stone Milk (Shi Ru). Lower oxidation on the White2Tea 2024 release, as you can see from the color, means this is a fragrance forward take on Stone Milk. Very nice.
Winter Daphne is a solid, fairly traditional entry in the White2Tea 2023 rock tea lineup.
Qilan is another nice lighter roast and oxidation tea from last year's white2tea yancha release. Strong sweet flavor and perfume!
After a week of sinus and respiratory yuck, I can finally smell tea again. Getting back to drinking rock tea with last year's "Cockscomb" (BaiJiGuan, "White Rooster Crest") from White2Tea. "Cockscomb" rock tea is always on the subtle side, but this is a nice one, light but detectable roast, nice body, pleasant flavor.
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The last of the first dozen Tong Xin She Rock Oolong is "Yellow Goddess" (Huang Guan Yin). This rock oolong is a cross between two floral/herbal oolong varieties, the very famous "Tie Guan Yin" and the less well known "Huang Pan". As you would expect, the tea character is not far from Tie Guan Yin, but with more rock elements.
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