I bought a 10 g box of this tea in my last Camellia Sinensis order in 2020. I was just beginning to be interested in Fujian teas, and thought this would be a good representative. I steeped 5 g of leaf in a 120 ml teapot at 195F for 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 90, 120, and 240 seconds.
The dry aroma of these fuzzy leaves is of lavender, rose, pastry, malt, and honey. The first steep has notes of lavender, rose, jasmine, other flowers, earth, pastry, honey, pine, and tannins. The bottom of the cup smells like floral marzipan (yum!). The next steep introduces baked bread, butter, and faint cocoa on a lovely floral base. Spices, including cinnamon, emerge in steep three, and the tea starts becoming more herbaceous. By steep five, the tea is more vegetal with a nice honey floral finish, faint malt, and persistent lavender. I even start getting those dill pickle notes I’ve gotten in other Jin Jun Meis. Later steeps are not as flavourful and are a mix of honey, herbs, pastry, malt, and tannins with some metallic notes.
As someone who likes floral teas, I found a lot to be happy about in this Fujian hongcha. It has a complex profile and evolves nicely throughout the session. If it weren’t over $1 per gram, I’d consider buying 50 g of it, but there are similar teas at a lower price point.
Flavors: Bread, Butter, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Dill, Earth, Floral, Herbaceous, Honey, Jasmine, Lavender, Malt, Marzipan, Metallic, Pastries, Pine, Rose, Spices, Tannin, Vegetal
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Thank you so much for sending me some! I was wondering if this was an oolong or a black. I will be very happy to try it out!
Oops, I thought it said it was a black tea on the box. I sent it to you specifically because it was a Fujian black tea. :)
No, you sent me the right one. I didn’t read it all the way as I scurried through the samples down to the Taiwaneese oolongs.
LOL, I did put the good stuff at the bottom of the box because it was in those open plastic pouches. It’ll be interesting to see what you think of Ethan’s tea.
Thank you so much for sending me some! I was wondering if this was an oolong or a black. I will be very happy to try it out!
Oops, I thought it said it was a black tea on the box. I sent it to you specifically because it was a Fujian black tea. :)
No, you sent me the right one. I didn’t read it all the way as I scurried through the samples down to the Taiwaneese oolongs.
LOL, I did put the good stuff at the bottom of the box because it was in those open plastic pouches. It’ll be interesting to see what you think of Ethan’s tea.