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Technically this is a blend of the last couple grams of Yunnan Sourcing GABA Osmanthus Oolong (mostly osmanthus flowers) and White2Tea's Osmanthus Oolong. It's actually kinda good, a successful blend.

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Yunnan Sourcing GABA Oolong with osmanthus flowers via a trade with a tea friend. As I understand it, "GABA" teas are processed in an anaerobic environment which encourages the presence of Gamma-aminobutyric acid in the tea. Osmanthus flowers have a taste/smell similar to apricot or peach, you'll probably recognize it from herbal iced tea (tisane) at hippie cafes.

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GABA tea leaves.

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Lost and forgotten Osmanthus Oolong from White2Tea.

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2019 Osmanthus Oolong (Tie Guan Yin) from White2Tea is maybe a bit past its prime, but still tasty.

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Honeyed Pomelo Dancong Oolong is pretty weird to drink. It does in fact pretty closely mimic the flavors/scents of citrus flowers and wildflower honey. Who can complain about that?

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Over the years, I have mostly settled on Taiwanese black tea for travel tea. Always enjoyable no matter the brewing situation. For this trip to Guerneville, CA, I brought DalunShan Red High Mountain Oolong via Mud and Leaves.

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Dry red high mountain oolong.

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Finishing off Red Duckshit Dancong Oolong bag, blending with a bit of Moonbloom Dancong, both from White2Tea.

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Tea setup.

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Moonbloom Dancong from White2Tea. After losing my favorite light porcelain gaiwan for Dancong to klutziness, experimenting with flash steeps in a Jiri Duchek Kohiki pot.

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I can't say I think White2Tea's "Red Duckshit" is amazing Dancong, better than an everyday tea, but not exceptional. It is a little shy to express its character in the first steeps, then doesn't last for many more. It is maybe a little old, which might account for some of the shyness.

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