My scale arrived today and it seems to be working okay, but I’m on a roll with these samples from Derk. I steeped 6 g of leaf in 120 ml of 195F water for 25, 20, 25, 30, 30, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, and 240 seconds, plus some long, uncounted steeps.
The dry aroma is of orchids, honeysuckle, other florals, and cream. The first steep has notes of orchid, honeysuckle, narcissus, cream, and grass. The orchid really blooms in the second steep, and I get lots of cream, butter, and pine. You know an oolong is good when you start thinking about misty high mountain forests. The butter and cream are very apparent in the next couple steeps, as are the pine, honeysuckle, and lush orchid. The florals continue in steeps five and six, with a little more grass but no bitterness. The grass and spinach get stronger near the end of the session, but the orchid holds its own and makes these final few steeps quite enjoyable.
This is a beautifully floral, creamy tea that doesn’t evolve much over the session but does a few flavours really well. It has an ethereal, high mountain elegance. I imagine it would do very well bowl steeped, and while I’m not as enthusiastic about it as Derk, this is an excellent oolong.
Flavors: Airy, Butter, Cream, Floral, Grass, Honeysuckle, Narcissus, Orchid, Pine, Smooth, Spinach, Sweet
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Love the misty notes! Would like to try Song at some point, but the price is too much for me right now.
Agreed, Song is expensive. I actually got my three samples of their tea in a swap with Derk. For me, I’m not sure this tea is worth the high price, but their Ruby 18 might be something I’d splurge on. I haven’t tried the Dong Ding yet.
Love the misty notes! Would like to try Song at some point, but the price is too much for me right now.
Agreed, Song is expensive. I actually got my three samples of their tea in a swap with Derk. For me, I’m not sure this tea is worth the high price, but their Ruby 18 might be something I’d splurge on. I haven’t tried the Dong Ding yet.