Mineral, roasty, stonefruit, oak, rock sugar, a faint hint of charcoal and a fainter hint of vanilla.
Also made me hungry somehow, even though I had just ate my apple-ginger-coconut red lentil dal for breakfast. I enjoyed the tea for three steeps, Western style.
It’s decent for the price point, but lacks the juiciness, body and warming qi that I’ve been pining for ever since Whispering Pines Tea Company’s Wildcrafted Da Hong Pao like 9 years ago. I think all my Da Hong Pao purchases have been an attempt to experience that specific tea again. I’m nostalgic and sentimental like that.
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I was given a real show-stopper of a Da Hong Pao by the owner of a local Asian buffet restaurant. Unfortunately, it was sent to him by his family in China and he doesn’t read Chinese so I was unable to find out the source. I would order it in a heartbeat if I knew the company. I understand your nostalgia.
Certain teas really stay with us.
I was given a real show-stopper of a Da Hong Pao by the owner of a local Asian buffet restaurant. Unfortunately, it was sent to him by his family in China and he doesn’t read Chinese so I was unable to find out the source. I would order it in a heartbeat if I knew the company. I understand your nostalgia.
Certain teas really stay with us.