drank Hong Xiang by CHA YI Teahouse
1418 tasting notes

2025 sipdown no. 32

I sipped through 25g of this quite quickly – a sure sign of a tasty tea. I was quite intrigued with this being from an ecological reserve. There was a lovely sweetness to this tea that is unlike other Tawainese HM oolongs. The tasting notes say biscuits and pastry and I found this leaned toward a biscuit sweetness. Mixed with that distinctive high mountain, light, clean, breezy flavour. A really lovely tea and one I would order again.

I generally steeped this 3-4 times, all at 90° C.

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Leafhopper 2 months ago

I like those pastry notes as well. I’ll need to try this tea when I order from them again.

Daylon R Thomas 2 months ago

Is that a green oolong?

Courtney 2 months ago

It’s unroasted, yep!

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Leafhopper 2 months ago

I like those pastry notes as well. I’ll need to try this tea when I order from them again.

Daylon R Thomas 2 months ago

Is that a green oolong?

Courtney 2 months ago

It’s unroasted, yep!

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I love black and oolong (unroasted/green and red preferable to roasted) teas, followed by green or red rooibos, herbals, whites, and subtly flavoured greens.

Likes:
Raspberry, strawberry, peach, apricot, rhubarb, passionfruit, blackcurrant, redcurrant, fig, and most fruits in general, maple, creaminess, hay, biscuit, lavender, and cacao/dark chocolate.

I enjoy bergamot when paired with flavours that mellow it.

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Any smokiness at all, stevia, too much blackberry leaf, rose, jasmine, ginger (except in chai), cinnamon-heavy teas, anything cloying or fake/candy-like.

I’m vegan and have an allergy to potatoes, so I avoid any animal products in tea, along with sprinkles as these often have potato starch (I’ll happily pick them out of blends).

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