I’m still trying to sip-down all of my samples and, quite frankly, not making much head-way. Thankfully I was craving an oolong this afternoon, so I randomly picked one of the GTT 1/2 brewed samples that I have laying around.
I brewed Western this time, as I did gong-fu previously, and I find oolongs tend to shine one way or the other so I like to try both. This time the first thing I noticed was a scent of kettle corn and a strong hit of cinnamon. That’s a new one for a green oolong! But, oh, is it lovely! It’s creamy and sweet and green with that cinnamon hanging out throughout the sip. I didn’t find floral notes this time which is surprising. (ETA – Second steep is showing some lovely peppery lavender) Still it’s absolutely lovely to sip. I think I prefer this one Western, that cinnamon note is very surprising.
Green Terrace has such lovely oolongs. I only wish they offered smaller sizes in them all. Some have a minimum 150g which is just too large for me, sadly. I’ll definitely consider ordering this one in the future though.
Flavors: Butter, Cinnamon, Lavender
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This is an amazing oolong and I need to get more to experiment with it. I only had enough to try it twice. The first time I steeped it grandpa style in a travel mug and after about an hour it took on really intense cinnamon and honey notes – it was like liquid baklava. I steeped it differently the second time and got different results. I need to see if I can get that baklava flavour again.
Might have to pull the trigger and get a bit more of this. That sounds so amazing. I’d never have thought to do it Grandpa style.
They sell it in 50g, so that’s not too bad.
Oh, I didn’t even notice that! The other ones I looked at were all 150g. I just bought a sweet glass carafe so I could grandpa steep, so maybe I’ll treat myself by picking some up.
This is an amazing oolong and I need to get more to experiment with it. I only had enough to try it twice. The first time I steeped it grandpa style in a travel mug and after about an hour it took on really intense cinnamon and honey notes – it was like liquid baklava. I steeped it differently the second time and got different results. I need to see if I can get that baklava flavour again.
Might have to pull the trigger and get a bit more of this. That sounds so amazing. I’d never have thought to do it Grandpa style.
They sell it in 50g, so that’s not too bad.
Oh, I didn’t even notice that! The other ones I looked at were all 150g. I just bought a sweet glass carafe so I could grandpa steep, so maybe I’ll treat myself by picking some up.