The leaf from this tea looks quite similar to the other Malawi oolong I’ve tried – the Father Zambezi’s Mission oolong. Green with lots of visible redness evincing the partial oxidation of the tea. I got this in a swap with JK7Ray on reddit.
This one was pretty interesting. Started out with some light malty and fruity notes. I got a hint of cinnamon in one of the early steeps. By the third steep, the fruity notes started seeming like green grape to me. Through the meat of the session, this tea had a nice and refreshing brisk taste to it. Malty with slight floral notes and a crisp fruit finish, mostly the green grapes. For a couple steeps, the fruitiness acquired a bit of sourness which made it seem more like raisins to me.
Looking at other reviews, I can see how people might taste some tropical fruitiness in this one. I didn’t get pineapple or mango from it, but the sourness could make it seem a little tropical. Good tea either way.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Floral, Fruity, Malt, Sour, White Grapes
