Enjoyed this light-medium roast Da Hong Pao. I love bright notes of fruit nectar in rock oolongs. Lingering aftertaste, which is always much appreciated.
After 3 steeps Western style-ish with 1 heaped tablespoon of leaves with 200mL water in yixing, the brightness peters out and it doesn’t become the most interesting tea in the world but I continued to give it another 3 steeps at 100C for a long unknown number of minutes just to keep drinking a tea without adding too much caffeine.
For the price, it’s very reasonable quality. I only bought 2 × 7g samples and wouldn’t purchase more. The next size up is 100g, and there’s so many other teas I’d rather try.
