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drank Da Hong Pao by TeaSpring
1353 tasting notes

Well, this is not very nice. This is a very lovely oolong when I brew it western style. Tonight though I gave it a more gong-fu-like approach. You know, just for fun and giggles.

It now has that strong cocoa-y flavour that I couldn’t find earlier and some wooden notes as well. And also a weak aftertaste that could almost convince my I’m drinking coffee. It’s not a lot and it’s definitely not nearly as strong as if I had actually been drinking coffee, but it’s there and I’m not sure I like that. Coffee and tea shouldn’t mix.

So now I’m torn. Should I stick to the rather nice western style brew that doesn’t have that nice cocoa note, but also doesn’t have coffee-esque aftertastes, or should I go with the more gong fu-y method that brings out lovely cocoa but also not-so-lovely coffee-y aftertaste?

I honestly can’t figure out which is preferable here. Maybe they are equally undesirable yet still quite tasty. I can’t see any way out of this; I’ll have to dock some points, although it saddens me to do so.

ashmanra

Could you try some point in between? I wonder what would happen if you used just a little bit fewer leaves in the pot for gongfu style and shortened your steep even more. Sometimes the experimenting is as much fun as drinking the tea!

Angrboda

I’ll have to give that a go. This way was really kind of annoying. No matter which I brew, I get a good thing + a bad thing, but never a good thing + a good thing.

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ashmanra

Could you try some point in between? I wonder what would happen if you used just a little bit fewer leaves in the pot for gongfu style and shortened your steep even more. Sometimes the experimenting is as much fun as drinking the tea!

Angrboda

I’ll have to give that a go. This way was really kind of annoying. No matter which I brew, I get a good thing + a bad thing, but never a good thing + a good thing.

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