This was the last tea I made with/for my brother, before he went back to his house after Christmas. Once again, I made it in my little glass teapot (a current favourite brewing vessel of mine, particularly for Oolongs). I used around 2 tsp.
The tea was absolutely lovely! The dry leaves smelled really good – kinda floral, pretty sweet – so I had high hopes. Whilst steeping, the tea was floral and sweet smelling, still – it had that lovely orchid notes that my favourite greener Oolongs tend to. The liquor was lovely, too – it tasted much as it smelled.
We got ~3 pot-fulls out of the leaves last night and I made a further two from it today before I had to throw them out. The later steeps were less vegetal, but the floral notes were still present and the buttery flavour really came through, particularly in the final steep I did.
A lovely tea – much recommended, if there’s still any available!
Flavors: Orchid
