Recommended
Day 4 of the Tea Thoughts summer countdown. I think at this point I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a selection from Octavia in a Tea Thoughts box. Genuinely not a complaint, I often enjoy them! Just something I noticed.
The tea itself very much hit the spot yesterday. The weather was very reminiscent of Taiwan’s so I was feeling wistful when I opened this. I didn’t really get “floral” from it so much as “light and creamy.” In a taste test, I would have guessed milk oolong. I made this gong fu style, with some steeps being a “correct” length and others being way too long (like 20 minutes on the last steep). It never got bitter or tannic or otherwise bad-tasting, which is nice. Gotta love a tea that’s easy to brew and hard to mess up.
