Tung Ting Oolong

I finally got this poem done! I had been starting and re-starting it for quite awhile, but never really got beyond the first line. I decided to try starting it a totally different way. I started it as brewing the tea, not starting it as what the tea tastes like. Here it is (finally, and it is still not perfect) I hope you enjoy it!

I set the leaves to steep,

hot water I then pour over

drowning in the water deep,

they unfurl so beautifully.

Then I smell my finished tea,

lakes and streams and grass

the aroma drifts so wonderfully

though 'tis still to hot for me to sip.

But it then cools off, it seems!

So a careful little sip I take,

but then I quickly cough,

twas still too hot for me.

When the second sip I take,

I take it very cautiously

though the flavors dance 

across and around my tongue.

As I take the next sip over,

the first thing that I taste,

is barley grass and clover

call it vegetal otherwise.

In the next sip that I take

a new flavor is distinct

it is not grass, and is not lake,

it's the bitter almond that I taste!

The next tasty thing,

is honey; dark, dark, honey

though the sweet does not take wing,

I only taste the so-dark flavor.

Have I said enough yet,

of this so-good tea?

If I haven't, do not fret

try it without me!

Or with me, if you want to! What do you think of this poem? Do you think that starting at the brewing and burning your tongue before you really get to taste it a good way to start the poem? The burning your tongue part of the poem happens way too often to me!

Dragon Well

I turned the tasting notes I took of this tea at a tea class tonight into a poem once I got back home. I hope you enjoy it!

Dragon Well

At first I only taste 

the goodness of this tea

but then the flavors separate

and become distinct to me

The first one that I taste

is like kale that has been steamed

a little less descriptive,

it would vegetal be deemed 

The next distinct to me

is the delicious nutty-ness

this flavor 'tis a pleasure,

in all it's creamy-ness

And all the time I sip

it tastes 'most buttery

and with stevia-like sweetness

I do enjoy this tea!

I forgot to take any pictures of the tea, so I just put two good tea photographs of mine on instead.

Highland tea blend and a Lego London Tea Room

This Highland tea blend is one The London Tea Room did exclusively for January. It actually is almost like a tea blend I blended almost a year ago, the only difference is that I used Keemun in my blend and they used a Kenyan tea in theirs.
I am really liking the challenge of writing a poem that accurately describes what I taste in a certain tea. This one is probably my favorite poem so far.

Highland Tea

A background of smoky

and mellow astringency 

neither overpowering

yet not very subtle

What is subtle, though,

is the slight hint of sweetness

and the taste that seems 

almost quite fruity

This tea is quite juicy

and almost is creamy

the right blend of flavors,

it seems the end of my cup

appears way too soon

I decided to write it as a three-verse poem this time.

I built a Lego London Tea Room a couple weeks ago and photographed it just today, I thought I would put the two best photographs on my post. 

How do you like it? I have not gotten out my Legos in about two years, but when I did get them out, this is what I built. This London Tea Room is (hopefully!) not going to be crashed. 

Anji White tea review and poem

Anji White loose leaves

 As I softly sip

my Anji White

this is what I taste:

a flavor that is

subtly grassy

yet very vegetal

it is slightly toasty

yet 'er so slightly nutty

a hint of fish

with a hint of spinach

come in the aftertaste

there's another flavor too

one I simply cannot place

yet still I like this tea

that actually is a green!

Anji White brewed tea

Also, how do you like my new blog header?

Iron Goddess of Mercy tea tasting notes in a poem

Iron Goddess of Mercy tea

The taste of this tea

Iron Goddess of Mercy

is slightly nutty

yet very toasty

hints of oats and barley

and the hints of honey

are subtle yet strong

'tis classic but unique

for oolong tea

Written by Clara Stone

Iron Goddess of Mercy dry loose leaf

Six Teas (Poem)

The calm and floral

notes of Jasmine Green

first they dance, and then linger

and remind me of

the flowering spring

The earthy-smoky 

hints in Keemun

remind me of the 

sightly smoky woods

into which I walk

The nutty-grassy 

taste in Kukicha tea

is one in which I do delight 

it tastes like autumn, it tastes of lake

and of the fresh-cut grass

The buttery-nutty taste 

can be found in Milk Oolong

it tastes of fresh churned butter

and holds me many memories

I smile when I taste this tea

I like the taste of White Peony

that reminds me of

the summer rain

of fresh fallen autumn leaves 

and of melting winter snow

The taste of Pu-erh of many kinds

always has and always will

remind me of the spring

whether walking in the rainy wood

or in my garden planting seed