I was so excited when I got home and saw my first ever mail order of teas had arrived. I had to brew one of the teas right away! I chose this one and even though I brewed it as a mix between western style with the proper gong fu style the tea is wonderful! I used “more” leaves than i usually use per cup and brewed for 1 to 2 mins and got a nice smokey nutty slightly sweet first brew. The second infusion I actually forgot about so it was infusing for at least 10 mins and this was more like a greener oolong with more floral/orchid note.
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I am pretty new to trying different types of loose leaf teas. Growing up we only ever had Chinese restaurant tea or bagged orange pekoe. Later on I tried genmai cha at the Japanese restaurants and added that permanently to my tea cupboard.
So far, I like oolongs and black. Most often I drink straight teas but I do like some flavoured ones as long as they don’t taste fakey or chemically. I would like to try more greens, whites and more Rooibos’ as well as anything that doesn’t have caffeine in it to add to my cupboard.
An attempt at a rating system:
90-100 worthy of being permanently stocked in my cupboard
80-89 great tea would love to have in my tea cupboard but probably in smaller quantities
70-79 very nice tea but I don’t necessarily have to have it
60-69 will drink it but not choose to stock it
50-59 prefer not to drink it unless it is all I have
<50 total miss for my tastes
Location
British Columbia, Canada
