#gongfu tea

Mad Monk Tea is an adorable tea shop in San Diego, it’s right next to the coast and the owners are super knowledgeable! 

While my ship was docked in SD, I managed to get time to go over there and I stayed for hours! The owner taught me so many things (like proper pronunciation of certain tea works, like yixing, it’s pronounced like yee sheing), he also taught me about grandpa style brewing - I left that shop with about 70$ worth of tea. 

Moving on to this tea. Dong Ding is a Taiwanese oolong - as you can see, it’s rolled - but the rolled leaf is so big! The aroma is sweet and hay like but the taste is nutty with hints of pear. I’ve tried a handful of other dong ding oolongs, but this one packs the biggest punch. I still savor this - steeping it with a 60ml gaiwan. Unfortunately they don’t sell this tea on their website, but they  don’t sell much of anything online. If you are in San Diego, California, I super recommend visiting them!

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xoxo

Jordan