Complex layered and intense roasted sugarcane-caramel and floral sweet top/mid notes with a seamless transition into equally complex, mild nutty mid/base tones. Mouthwatering fruity peach finish with a long-lasting returning sweet fragrance. And look at that leaf!
This Spring 2021 harvest is structured in depth of taste, sweetness and feeling. Had two early (430am) mornings in a row and this evening during Mandarin class, this tea suited both situations so well. The way the tea melded with my constitution astounded me — the subtle complexity, the way it drank and how it felt with each swallow; it traveled with a light touch and with its heaviness, nudged itself into all the right nooks and crannies of my being. The 10g freebie made 3 bowls that absolutely changed my mind about Dong Ding.
Bravo, Old Master!
Wow!
Flavors: Caramel, Floral, Mineral, Nutty, Peach, Roasted Nuts, Roasty, Sugarcane, Sweet
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Mandarin class! How cool! For work or just for fun?
Sounds like an amazing tea experience! We tend to slurp down Dong Ding faster than any other single type. I think ours is sourced from Teageschwendner, and now I really want to try this one. Oh dear, a small order won’t hurt, will it? :)
gmathis: for eventual tea-related travel to China. It was really intense the first few weeks but I think it’s clicking somewhere in my brain. I’m also taking Spanish for my new position at work. I need to be able to speak and listen better.
ashmanra: please try this. Free and fast shipping from Taiwan for orders over $32.
Ordered!
derk! “Eventual tea related travel to China”!
Oh good, ashmanra! Enjoy!
tea-sipper: Taking baby steps toward tea farming. The plants I received from Donnie at Fairhope Tea Plantation in AL survived the flight home and a month of sitting in a glass of water. They are now in pots outside. When they get a little bigger, I will transplant them to raised beds. If they survive and when they’re big enough, I will take cuttings and transplant the original bushes into the ground. This will require renting some land on the other side of town that has good soil and is higher elevation with more coastal fog exposure. While that’s coming along, I want to visit China and possibly Taiwan to talk with tea farmers and processors. Long, hopefully fruitful, journey ahead :)
Awesome, wishing you all the tea luck. :D
Derk, that sounds really exciting! Wishing you luck as well.
Have mercy! I am pretty much in awe of you now. (Actually, I was before. This just bumped it up ten more Awe Notches.)
Wow, tea farming! Hope it goes well!
Mandarin class! How cool! For work or just for fun?
Sounds like an amazing tea experience! We tend to slurp down Dong Ding faster than any other single type. I think ours is sourced from Teageschwendner, and now I really want to try this one. Oh dear, a small order won’t hurt, will it? :)
gmathis: for eventual tea-related travel to China. It was really intense the first few weeks but I think it’s clicking somewhere in my brain. I’m also taking Spanish for my new position at work. I need to be able to speak and listen better.
ashmanra: please try this. Free and fast shipping from Taiwan for orders over $32.
Ordered!
derk! “Eventual tea related travel to China”!
Oh good, ashmanra! Enjoy!
tea-sipper: Taking baby steps toward tea farming. The plants I received from Donnie at Fairhope Tea Plantation in AL survived the flight home and a month of sitting in a glass of water. They are now in pots outside. When they get a little bigger, I will transplant them to raised beds. If they survive and when they’re big enough, I will take cuttings and transplant the original bushes into the ground. This will require renting some land on the other side of town that has good soil and is higher elevation with more coastal fog exposure. While that’s coming along, I want to visit China and possibly Taiwan to talk with tea farmers and processors. Long, hopefully fruitful, journey ahead :)
Awesome, wishing you all the tea luck. :D
Derk, that sounds really exciting! Wishing you luck as well.
Have mercy! I am pretty much in awe of you now. (Actually, I was before. This just bumped it up ten more Awe Notches.)
Wow, tea farming! Hope it goes well!