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Tea Library
| name | date | re-buy? | type | comments | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watermelon White | 2026-03-30 | N | White | Itās ok, tastes like watermelon rind. I donāt like watermelon rind that much. Try cold brew. | sweetest dew |
| Little Veggie Red | 2026-03-29 | N | Black | Itās ok but not amazing and too vegetal and grassy. | sweetest dew |
| Little Veggie Bai Mu Dan | 2026-03-28 | N | White | Way too vegetal. | sweetest dew |
| Little Veggie Silver Needle | 2026-03-27 | Y | White | Floral, hay, and nice. I was worried fresh whites would be grassy but this is very pleasant. Did 85C, Iād try hotter next time. | sweetest dew |
| Hot Brandy 2019 | 2026-03-26 | N | Black | A little boring. Try western brewing with it. | white2tea |
| Yesheng Gushu Hongcha 2025 | 2026-03-23 | N | Black | Interesting for sure. Kinda sweet and bitter. full mouthfeel. Too bitter though to be really enjoyable.āLid aroma is straight grandmaās perfumeā Tried at 90 degrees. Still bitter and nasty. For future, it needs extremely short steeps. | white2tea |
| Jonia 2025 | 2026-03-22 | N | White | Yum. Like a mix of white and oolong thatās a little bit bready and milky. Light sweetness. Cool. I tried it again and it wasnāt very interesting, just roasty. Maybe I marked this as the wrong one originally. | white2tea |
| Stubb 2023 | 2026-03-20 | Y | Puer - Ripe | Smells like smoke. Looks like coffee. Tastes like cigarettes. | white2tea |
| Waffles 2020 | 2026-03-19 | N | Puer - Ripe | kinda boring. I think I preferred the 2021 | white2tea |
| Beebe 2021 | 2026-03-18 | N | White | boring! Not much flavor. | white2tea |
| Ditch Pike 2024 | 2026-03-17 | N | Black | really beutiful. sweet, herby, low bitterness, rich. yum. maybe get it as daily driver. Tried from the cake. No good. Just herbal and uninteresting. | white2tea |
| Qimen Mao Feng | 2026-03-13 | N | Black | Similar to the other Qimen teas. Very acidic and herbal, not my favorite. | sweetest dew |
| Sunskate 2021 | 2026-03-11 | Y | Black | Sweet and fruity. I wouldnāt have guessed itās a black tea. Seems like the other years are very different and unfortunately the cakes of these have sold out so thereās only the minis. | white2tea |
| Qimen Xiang Luo | 2026-03-10 | N | Black | little herbal, acidic, nice. Not my favorite. Try 92c | sweetest dew |
| Caledonia 2024 | 2026-03-09 | N | Puer - Ripe | bitter and nasty. like drinking leather | white2tea |
| Tiltshift 2022 | 2026-03-06 | N | White | Perfectly nice white tea. Very floral, a little sweet, nice aftertaste. A little uninteresting after a couple steeps. | white2tea |
| BaMa Tea Jinjunmei | 2026-03-04 | Y | Black | Good tea alert. Chocolatey, sweet. Like a dark complex honey | my boy Alex |
| Sea Dyke Big Red Robe Wuyi Da Hong Pao | 2026-03-03 | Y | Oolong | Roasty as fuck. Smells like a kiss from a lover who smokes | my boy Alex |
| Qimen Jin Mai | 2026-02-27 | N | Black | Very medicinal, soapy. No good. | white2tea |
| Rectrix 2022 | 2026-02-26 | Y | Black | I was surprised this was a black tea rather than a white. Very smooth with a sweet/woody aftertaste like a barrel | white2tea |
| Oriole 2025 | 2026-02-25 | N | White | Nice white, nothing stand-out | white2tea |
| Charing Cross 2024 | 2026-02-24 | N | White | Not that interestinig, a little roasty | white2tea |
| Scrye 2022 | 2026-02-23 | Y | Black | Yummy. Sweet, fruity, a little raisiny, complex. Damn good. Unfortunately 2022 is sold out so Iāll try 2025 next time. | white2tea |
| Lesser Evils 2021 | 2026-02-18 | N | Puer - Ripe | Classic ripe that leans to boiling milk flavor. Itās ok | white2tea |
| Ikebana 2025 | 2026-02-05 | N | White | Interesting. Definite over-ripe fruit taste. Distinct but I donāt love it. | white2tea |
| Fu Ding Tie Guan Yin | 2026-02-04 | N | Black | Nice black standard tea, smooth and tasty | sweetest dew |
| Yesheng Gushu Baicha 2021 | 2026-02-03 | N | White | Wild tea. Tastes wild. Gnarly. Like drinking leaves lol | white2tea |
| Hypnotrain 2022 | 2026-01-31 | N | Puer - Raw | I get that itās nice and thick and syrupy and sweet. But thereās just grassiness to sheng that I donāt like. Itās unfortunate. | white2tea |
| Penetralia 2024 | 2026-01-29 | Y | Black | Delicious. A bit sweet, full body, lots of flavor, herbal and floral stuff. Good tea | white2tea |
| Pre Qing Ming Bai Mu Dan | 2026-01-28 | N | White | Very textural, creamy. But very little flavor past a little grassy and lemony. quite strange. Try at lower temp | sweetest dew |
| Bai Lin Whole Leaf | 2026-01-27 | N | Black | Nice sweetness, maltiness, but not too interesting | sweetest dew |
| Bai Lin Gong Fu Strong | 2026-01-26 | N | Black | Stronger but less delightful smell than the regular one. | sweetest dew |
| Bai Lin Gong Fu | 2026-01-25 | Y | Black | Beutiful smell, weaker flavor. But lovely black with chocolatey and slight milky notes. Was a crowd pleaser grandpa style. | sweetest dew |
| Gongmei Brick 2014 | 2026-01-24 | Y | White | Very lovely, nice sweetness. a little complexity. date, dark notes. Not honey/floral. Low bitterness. solid. We boiled the hell out of it after many steeps and it kept on being delicious. | white2tea |
| Green Hype 2024 | 2026-01-20 | Y | Puer - Raw | Donāt normally like raw but this is interesting. Sweet, fruity, bitter. A little grassy though. Try at lower temps like 90 | white2tea |
| Natural Redhead 2018 | 2026-01-19 | N | Black | mid-ass tea | white2tea |
| Dian Mei 2023 | 2026-01-17 | Y | White | Floral, sweet. Increasingly medicinal through steeps. Great qpr. Daily drinker territory. | white2tea |
| Chuan Zibai 2023 | 2026-01-16 | N | White | Very interesting. Complex, medicinal. Nice | white2tea |
| Judy Mini 2021 | 2026-01-15 | Y | White | Lovely, calm, nice white tea. Floral, little complex, comforting. Not sweet but I like it. | white2tea |
| Reynolds 2024 | 2026-01-12 | N | Black | Nice, but not special. A little mediciny. | white2tea |
| Bamboo Shu 2020 | 2026-01-09 | Y | Puer - Ripe | Earthy, molassess, thick, a little roasty. Nothing crazy but really nice and comforting. short steeps | white2tea |
| Nightlife Mini 2024 | 2026-01-08 | Y | White | Delicious tea. Sweet, vibrant, a little green but in a nice way. | white2tea |
| White Tripel 2018 | 2026-01-06 | N | White | A little mediciney and uninteresting Try grampa style | white2tea |
| Boat Captain Minis 2022 | 2026-01-05 | Y | Puer - Raw | Smoked, but bright, but tabacco. Very clean. Very fun. These coins will make great gifts | white2tea |
| Glass House 2025 | 2025-12-31 | N | Puer - Ripe | Very dark. Bitterness goes away in later steeps. Very smooth. But flavor not as interesting. | white2tea |
| Bamboo Peony 2018 | 2025-12-30 | N | White | Thereās a lot going on here but Iām not sure if I like it. A bit too just bitter and roasty. Though nicer as steeps progress. Actually delicious by the end. Wait til later steeps? Maybe less hot at the start? | white2tea |
| Brown Sugar 2020 | 2025-12-29 | N | Puer - Ripe | Earthy and a bit sweet. Definite molasses notes once it cools down. I like it more the more I drink it. Itās solid. Probably needs to be as hot as possible. might try thermos brew. | white2tea |
| Arbor Red 2018 | 2025-12-28 | N | Black | Sweet brown sugar and chocolate and medicinal with no astringency. Way less strong than reviews say, must have rounded out. Very compact Grampa style was extremely herbacious. | white2tea |
| Turtle Dove 2017 | 2025-12-27 | N | White | Kinda boring. Pretty disapointing because I liked the 2020 version off this which is sold out. Way too compact and hard to break. | white2tea |
| Marion 2019 | 2026-03-26 | N | White | Very nice with sweetness, long aftertace. Quintessential white. Revisited it, no flavor. so strange. | white2tea |
| Old Whitey 2016 | 2025-12-24 | N | White | Very interesting. Herby/medicinal without being bitter. Lingering sweetness, pretty full mouthfeel. Not my favorite but cool. Tried thermos, pretty similar result. | white2tea |
| Pretty Girls 2021 | 2025-11-16 | N | Puer - Ripe | A little uninteresting? Iām not sure if Iām getting bored of Shou, or if the 2022 was better | white2tea |
| Caledonia 2024 | 2025-11-14 | N | Puer - Ripe | A little boring | white2tea |
| Tale Chaser 2022 | 2025-11-13 | N | Puer - Ripe | Just crazy bitter. Though I think it needs way shorter steep times. | white2tea |
| Tihkal 2024 | 2025-11-12 | N | Puer - Raw | This is a well reviewed sheng. I think I donāt like sheng, itās boring | white2tea |
| Firebat 2023 | 2025-11-08 | Y | Smoked | Sweet like smoked salmon | white2tea |
| Premium White Peony (Bai MuDan) | 2025-10-08 | N | White | Little too mild, but thereās nice flavor | teavivre |
| Huo Shan Huang Xiao Cha | 2025-10-01 | Y | Yellow | Roasty, a little sweet. Like popcorn. Simple and great | teavivre |
| Turtle Dove 2018 | 2025-09-26 | Y | White | Yummy, fruity, like sweet peach ice tea | white2tea |
| Dark Peony 2024 | 2025-09-22 | Y | White | White/Black mix. More on the white end, light and bright. A lil fruity. Could do with more flavor but itās good. | white2tea |
| Predawn Dark 2023 | 2025-09-15 | Y | Puer - Ripe | Very nice. Itās charcoal roasted but not smokey. Roasty, little molassis, little barn, really thick | white2tea |
| Orientalism and the Generated Image 2024 | 2025-09-14 | N | Puer - Raw | Nothing I like about this. Just grassy and bad | white2tea |
| Silver Fox 2024 | 2025-09-12 | N | White | Not so interesting but I think I overdid it, needed cooler water | white2tea |
| Dian Hong Black Tea - Golden Tip | 2025-09-09 | Y | Black | Great black tea. herby, good acidity | teavivre |
| Schedule White 2024 | 2025-09-05 | Y | White | Sweet, fruity, herby, a lot going on. Great aftertaste. Serious stuff for the $7 price | white2tea |
| Nuo Xiang Shu 2003 | 2025-09-02 | Y | Puer - Ripe | Super old and syrupy. Not my faavorite but nice to have around. | white2tea |
| Anhua Tianjian 2021 | 2025-09-01 | N | Heicha | A little funky and interesting, but didnāt love it | white2tea |
| Jade Yellow Tea | 2025-08-29 | N | Yellow | Very mid Need to respect it and do it at 85C | guy on messenger |
| Snowflake Dancong | 2025-08-28 | N | Oolong | Kinda boriing | white2tea |
| Drills and Jeans 2025 | 2025-08-23 | N | White | Nice, a little too subtle. slightly roasty marshmellow or hot chocolate | white2tea |
| Smoky Charcoal Ruby Oolong | 2025-08-21 | Y | Oolong | Not super smoky or charcoaly. A little sour and chocolate notes. Maybe refreshing for a cold brew? Xander likes it | daughterās tea |
| Jin Xuan Milk Oolong | 2025-08-17 | N | Oolong | Meant to be a milk oolong but itās way too subtle. Just an ok oolong | teavivre |
| Fruity Citrus Ruby Oolong | 2025-08-16 | N | Oolong | Smooth, sweet, fruity, but not as delightful as their other stuff. I might get it if I was doing another order from them | daughterās tea |
| Dualist 2024 | 2025-08-15 | N | Black | Ok but bit boring black tea | white2tea |
| Gongmei 2019 | 2025-08-10 | N | White | Very smooth and soothing, fruity notes wihtout being sweet. But not blown away | |
| Ageless Phase 2024 | 2025-08-08 | N | Puer - Ripe | Boring | white2tea |
| Karst 2023 | 2025-08-07 | Y | White | Fruity, smooth, sweet, floral, delicious. A little on the subtler end but still good Definitely could daily drive. Cold brew? | white2tea |
| Smokeshou 2021 | 2025-08-06 | Y | Smoked | Really sweet delicious campfire smoke flavor, like smoked salmon, no bitterness or astringency or ashtray. | white2tea |
| Moon Bear 2024 | 2025-08-05 | Y | Puer - Raw | Smells like white/green/raw, but a rich molassis caramel peanut brittle mixed with roast grain flavor. A little subtle but nice. | white2tea |
| En Passant 2023 | 2025-07-27 | N | Puer - Ripe | Just bitter, not too interesting | white2tea |
| Theophilus 2024 | 2025-07-23 | N | Puer - Ripe | Not super interesting | white2tea |
| Big O V3 2023 | 2025-07-03 | N | Puer - Ripe | Kinda just boring | white2tea |
| Bellwether 2024 | 2025-06-20 | Y | Puer - Raw | gentle, light, full. kinda lovely. Not remarkable for the price but very nice | white2tea |
| Cacao 80 2024 | 2025-06-15 | Y | Puer - Ripe | Crazy bitter needs experimentation. half a coin regular/cold brew. mix with milk/sugar into hot chocolate | white2tea |
| Shotgun Shack 2024 | 2025-06-07 | N | Puer - Ripe | A little boring and just astringent | white2tea |
| Reading Room 2023 | 2025-05-30 | Y | Puer - Ripe | Sweet, syruppy, refined. A bit expensive | white2tea |
| Injured Coast 2022 | 2025-05-07 | N | Puer - Raw | A little roasty. Just tastes like astringent black tea | white2tea |
| Organic Nonpareil Ming Qian Dragon Well 2025 | 2025-04-19 | N | Green | chestnut, umami, a little sweet | teavivre |
| Rectrix 2022 | 2025-04-18 | N | Black | a little sweet and delicious, but not enough | white2tea |
| Sun Fu 2018 | 2025-04-06 | N | Heicha | Kinda moldy funky not so pleasant. Wet log in a not so good way | white2tea |
| Lapsun 2023 | 2025-04-05 | N | Smoked | A little smoky, a little black, nothing crazy | white2tea |
| La Sombra 2023 | 2025-03-30 | N | Puer - Raw | kinda green, boring | white2tea |
| Floral Honey Ruby Oolong | 2025-03-28 | Y | Oolong | Bright, honey, warm milk | daughterās tea |
| Gingerbread Man 2022 | 2025-03-26 | N | Puer - Ripe | Puery, but a little uninteresting | white2tea |
| Waffles 2021 | 2025-03-22 | Y | Puer - Ripe | Sweet, woody, porty | white2tea |
| Pretty Girls 2022 | 2025-03-21 | Y | Puer - Ripe | Molassis, barn | white2tea |
| Lumberslut 2022 | 2025-03-17 | Y | Puer - Ripe | Forrest, musty, wood, mushroom | white2tea |
| Anxi āHairy Crabā Mao Xie Fujian Oolong Tea | 2025-03-16 | N | Oolong | very green, not too interesting | yunnan sourcing |
| First Flush āMao Fengā Yunnan Green Tea | 2025-03-16 | N | Green | a little boring | yunnan sourcing |
| Golden Horse 8685 Ripe Tea in Tangerine | 2025-03-16 | N | Puer - Ripe | a little one note, but the tangerine smell is nice | yunnan sourcing |
| Imperial Mojiang Golden Bud Yunnan Black Tea | 2025-03-16 | N | Black | Chocolate smell - unsure on taste | yunnan sourcing |
| Anhua Tianjian 2015 | 2025-03-16 | N | Heicha | Earthy and bright | white2tea |
| Blood Moon 2024 | 2025-03-16 | N | Oolong | a little boring, a little fruity | white2tea |
| Mistle 2023 | 2025-03-16 | N | Black | really nice deep and bright, but not too much character shorter brew times | white2tea |
| Jade Oolong Tea | 2025-03-16 | N | Oolong | Really nice sweet smell, slightly sweet potato. But not interesting drink | guy on messenger |
| Jade Red Oolong Tea | 2025-03-16 | N | Oolong | A little boring | guy on messenger |
| 13 Years Aged Da Hong Pao Rock Oolong Tea | 2025-03-16 | Y | Oolong | earthy, roasty, a little sweet needs a little more leaf and high temp | yunnan sourcing |
| Classic Laoshan Green Tea from Shandong | 2025-03-16 | Y | Green | daily drinker, vegetal and a bit milky | yunnan sourcing |
| Competition Grade Jin Jun Mei Black Tea | 2025-03-16 | Y | Black | chocolatey smooth - delicious! | yunnan sourcing |
| Imperial Grade Silver Needle White Tea of Jinggu | 2025-03-16 | Y | White | Very floral and nice | yunnan sourcing |
| Imperial Dragon Well Tea From Zhejiang | 2025-03-16 | Y | Green | Somewhat acidic and no tannins. Very bright and vegetal look at instructions on website | yunnan sourcing |
| Camphornought 2022 Mini | 2025-03-16 | Y | Puer - Ripe | woody, smokey, bold | white2tea |
| Dry Berry Ruby Oolong | 2025-03-16 | Y | Oolong | milky berry-y, yummy | daughterās tea |