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Old 01-15-2010, 11:15 AM   #159 (permalink)
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YMy next purchases, a couple of Chinese teas:

Ti Kwan Yin (Iron Goddess of Mercy)

Lung Ching (Dragonwell)
Okay, so I changed my mind. I went with the Ti Kwan Yin and some sencha. I haven't had Japanese tea other than bancha for a while, and I missed the flavour. But wow! A decent looseleaf sencha makes a tea so delicious you'd think there must be calories involved! I'm so happy to ditch the bag, now that I realize how much better looseleaf actually is.

I will soon try the Iron Goddess, which will be interesting because I haven't had oolong and ages, and only cheap teabags at that. And I also picked up some Formosa Oolong (Taiwan) to see the difference. The latter is more oxidized that the former, it being closer to black tea, while Iron Goddess is closer to a green tea. I might as well find out which type of oolong I prefer.

Anyway, I'll report back on this later.
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