It’s a good tea that is frustratingly close to being great. It is simply too restrained for me: a delicate smell, a delicate understated taste somewhat reminiscent of a wild unsmoked Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong.
I can go along with its lack of malt, chocolate and kick that is more typical for a Keemun Hao Ya. But if I was looking for restrained subtlety I would be drinking white teas .This tea reminds me how Michael Harney called Keemuns “the aristocrats of Chinese black teas”. Maybe I am simply not refined enough and would rather mingle with uninhibited commoners.
Flavors: Berry, Bread, Molasses, Spicy
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The dregs of society know how to have more fun, anyway.
May I ask how you went about steeping this?
I really don’t remember. I know it was’nt a gaiwan since I don’t subject my Keemuns to that. Yousually I steep a new tea Western style for a reasonably short time, try a smal sip to see if it comes out good, and if not let it sit another 30 seconds and try again and so on. Apparently, I was unable to get a full-bodied taste I had grown to expect from Keemuns by applying this methods without risking to end up in the Oversteeped Land.
I hope you will get better results and manage to find a way to let this tea show its strengths. Good luck!
The dregs of society know how to have more fun, anyway.
May I ask how you went about steeping this?
I really don’t remember. I know it was’nt a gaiwan since I don’t subject my Keemuns to that. Yousually I steep a new tea Western style for a reasonably short time, try a smal sip to see if it comes out good, and if not let it sit another 30 seconds and try again and so on. Apparently, I was unable to get a full-bodied taste I had grown to expect from Keemuns by applying this methods without risking to end up in the Oversteeped Land.
I hope you will get better results and manage to find a way to let this tea show its strengths. Good luck!