4 Tasting Notes
Tastes as young as it is. Astringency and bitter present, but not overpowering. Little bits of fresh fruit poke through – peach/apricot. Taste is forward in the mouth. Warming into the stomach. Bright, light, young, lots of promise.
Flavors: Peach
Preparation
Dry leaves, unpacked, light aroma of nuts. Wet leaves smell of cigarettes, flowers, smoke. Similar notes during tasting, with cigarette flavor being dominant, but overall a bland tea. Medium body, slight astringency lingers, no sourness, very slightly sweet. A long lasting star anise flavor lingers in the back of the throat.
Flavors: Char, Flowers
Preparation
Just finished a tea share and it was certainly a welcome and unique addition. I’ve never had purple wild, and it had a very interesting flavor profile. Leaf packets as expected – deep purple in about 1/3 of leaves. Aroma, even of the dry, is extremely pungent fruity. First steep was heavy sweet fruity – something like lychee/mangosteen and grassy. Medium mouthfeel. Aftertaste continued the trend with more lychee and less grass. Second steep was waning in flavor, and the third was very light.
Flavors: Grass, Lychee, Mineral
