June Tea Tastings
5th: New Greens! We’ll start the month off right with Greg’s favorite Green Teas; Shi Feng Long Jing and Ming Qin An Ji Bai Cha. For those of you who have had the pleasure of tasting these teas before, come in and experience the difference of the new year’s crop! For those of you who are new and looking to explore the world of Green Tea, these are two of the best you could possibly begin with.
12th: Rock Oolongs: Greg and Jennifer agree that these are two of the best Oolongs in the world. Tie Luo Han, or Iron Arhat, is one of the four famous Ancient Rock Oolongs, and has a unique floral fragrance and a soft lingering aftertaste. Imperial MeiZhan has a strong heady fragrance of dried plums, and a flavor that hints at plums and nuts.
19th: 2009 Meng Ding Teas. This week we’ll taste two teas from Meng Ding, where tea was first cultivated, one green and one yellow. Meng Ding Cui Zhu, or Green Bamboo, is made entirely of tea buds and has a clean fresh flavor. Meng Ding Huang Ya is a yellow tea, also made from buds, but going through a very different processing leading to a rich flavor, with some floral and fruity hints.
26th: Black Puers: For the first time, the highly sought after Ma Guo Tuo Black Puer cake is available on our menu for service. Ma Guo Tuo is one of the teas we use in our Puer Tea Ceremony; it is dark, robust, rich and wonderful. We’ll be comparing it with Big Leaf, the darker and more robust of the loose Puers. Come and see the difference between a Puer that has been kept loose as opposed to one compressed into a traditional tea cake.
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