Haha, there’s a reason why I don’t normally participate in Black Friday in any form. I’m not blaming you for anything, Leafhopper!
Oily, full and sweet-savory-tangy-floral. Complex tastes, most notably with cooked blackberries, pumpkin, wheaty malt and a leather-orange tone. Rising, beautiful spiced-peachy-rose and honeyed yeast roll aftertaste. I do prefer this tea western as opposed to gongfu, steeped at about 4 minutes for first infusion and howeverlong for the second infusion.
I will be happy when this tea is sipped down. What I have is a March 2020 harvest and I find it inferior to the beloved March 2019. The taste and aftertaste are great. The wet leaf, though, has this very pungent herbed tomato-carrot sauce character that bleeds into the aroma of the cup.
Flavors: Allspice, Blackberry, Bread, Butternut Squash, Carrot, Cherry, Dried Fruit, Elderberry, Eucalyptus, Floral, Forest Floor, Herbs, Honey, Leather, Malt, Orange, Osmanthus, Peach, Prune, Raisins, Raspberry, Rose, Savory, Spices, Spring Water, Sweet, Sweet Potatoes, Tangy, Vegetables, Wheat, Wood
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Sorry for the Black Friday extravaganza! I also found the March 2019 harvest of this tea to be better. The March 2020 had a hint of weird fake sweetness and a tomato vibe, as you say. However, this is still one of the better Taiwanese Assams I’ve tried.
No sorry, I just had to poke fun at the stupid amount of tea I have. I know you’re in the same boat ;P
LOL, I don’t think I’m in the same boat; I’m in a bigger one! My stash is kind of ridiculous at this point. I’m basically not going to get any spring 2021 black or white tea because I have so much to get through.
Bigger (tea)boat? I have cakes of puer! May you be blessed with self control and good tasting tea in your journey along the Sipdown River :)
Haha, at least puerh is meant to be aged! Green oolongs, not so much. Wishing you luck on the Sipdown River as well.
Sorry for the Black Friday extravaganza! I also found the March 2019 harvest of this tea to be better. The March 2020 had a hint of weird fake sweetness and a tomato vibe, as you say. However, this is still one of the better Taiwanese Assams I’ve tried.
No sorry, I just had to poke fun at the stupid amount of tea I have. I know you’re in the same boat ;P
LOL, I don’t think I’m in the same boat; I’m in a bigger one! My stash is kind of ridiculous at this point. I’m basically not going to get any spring 2021 black or white tea because I have so much to get through.
Bigger (tea)boat? I have cakes of puer! May you be blessed with self control and good tasting tea in your journey along the Sipdown River :)
Haha, at least puerh is meant to be aged! Green oolongs, not so much. Wishing you luck on the Sipdown River as well.