Tag: white down

White teas and New Year

LunarNewYearMochi_14Feb2016

I’m always surprised by how dark of a color white teas tend to have. While the greens, oolongs, reds and puer for the most part have colors that match their names, white teas look yellow. The color of the steeped…

Wednesday 22/02 – Miscellaneous

I came early so Sam gave me a cup of cooled White Down that has sit on the counter since morning. The taste is still smooth, gently sweet, and a bit floral like the usual white teas. However, the color…

Wednesday 08/02 – White tea

Today I started attending a tea class. At Cal (UC Berkeley), they have this DeCal thing, where the students (mostly undergrads, it seems) create and run a variety of “classes”. Basically, they are clubs. I found out about “TeaCal” after…