“Mmmmmmmmm so tasty. Used a random amount of leaf (maybe a tbsp?) and used my nose to figure out when I should pour it out, and my nose indicated I should start at 20 seconds, so a 30-second steep...” Read full tasting note
“Time to cleanse my palate, & this is the tea for that! This dragonwell style tea is lighter than Ms. Li’s & other true Dragonwells, but it’s still a worthy cup. The leaf itself is also much...” Read full tasting note
“Short steeps of this “not-Dragonwell” in glass gongfu pot. Coming from leftfield, the smell of the dry leaves and the taste of the first steep remind me of a McDonald’s Apple Pie- which is...” Read full tasting note
“Trying this western style~ This has a really unique fruity sweetness to it, now that I see the description on here it is SO totally banana. Mostly though it is sweet and vegetal, I said green beans...” Read full tasting note
Region: He Family Farm, Laoshan Village, Shandong
Picking Date: Autumn 2011
Processing: Hand picked in high altitude, naturally mist-shaded tea gardens, withered in the shade fanned for several hours before being hand pressed into spears in a wok over low wood-fire.
Flavor Profile: While many Laoshan greens seem earth-bound in their hearty bean-flavor, the gentle processing on this tea gives it an almost sparkling sweetness. There are bursts of brown sugar along with a nutty base that combine in a way that tastes vaguely like bananas foster with toasted almonds. In later steepings the texture is more similar to sticky rice and the sweetness becomes that of butter rum lifesavers or vanilla cream. True to the “Dragonwell” style of this tea, late steepings have mineral notes that remind us of rocks in a fresh well. Intriguingly, we even get a little bit of spearmint flavor in the aftertaste.
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