Wooweeeee this tea is sumthin else!! so good!!!! Thanks to Kristaleyn for sharing with me!
Now on to the TEA!
I rinsed this once for a few seconds before getting to the real steep, but I think I should have rinsed again because the first steep was really weak. I mean, I thought that for a moment there this one was a waste! but don’t worry, it got progressively better, it really did!!
The second steep was great, salty and a little sweet. Like buttered green vegetables (though I can’t pinpoint which ones precisely) wrapped in something hay like. Hay-leaf?
The third steep was less salty, only in the aftertaste but in it’s place was buttered sweet corn bread! oh YUM!!! The immediate aftertaste was sweet, with an afteraffect of having had something lightly salted.
The fourth steep was less bready, but still strongly so. However, it shared the spotlight with something else that was a bit nutty and sweet. Hazelnuts perhaps?
Also, I found the faintest suggestion of something apple but I had trouble distinguishing it from the nuttiness so I can’t be sure.
One other thing. It was all so smooth, I can’t believe a tea could be so velvety. Like silk!
Overall, I am very pleased with this oolong but I regard it as a special experience… it would be too much to have every day. Like a trip to the spa! Thanks again Kristaleyn!
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Absolutely wonderful analogy…a trip to the spa. Some tea’s are just that way!
yep! and if I had it every day, then the other teas that I love might become less special. Can’t have that!
Everone seems to like this tea…….alot!
I recommend it Scott! HIGHLY!! :)
Oh, good I’m going back through all these posts :) Glad you liked it. I think I gave you a pretty small sample (as I need get it right yet myself), so I’m glad you didn’t fail like I did the first time :)
I still have enough left for another cup! but yes it’s very good… definitely try it again :)
Nice description! My experience with wulongs is usually like this. The best ones don’t even begin to reveal their true colors until at least the third steep.
thx Chadao! I agree, the second or third steep is usually the best one, by far. I’ve only ever had one where the first steep was better.
Absolutely wonderful analogy…a trip to the spa. Some tea’s are just that way!
yep! and if I had it every day, then the other teas that I love might become less special. Can’t have that!
Everone seems to like this tea…….alot!
I recommend it Scott! HIGHLY!! :)
Oh, good I’m going back through all these posts :) Glad you liked it. I think I gave you a pretty small sample (as I need get it right yet myself), so I’m glad you didn’t fail like I did the first time :)
I still have enough left for another cup! but yes it’s very good… definitely try it again :)
Nice description! My experience with wulongs is usually like this. The best ones don’t even begin to reveal their true colors until at least the third steep.
thx Chadao! I agree, the second or third steep is usually the best one, by far. I’ve only ever had one where the first steep was better.