This tea promises honey and it certainly delivers it! I find some sheng incredibly complex where you can list off a dozen different notes. This isn’t especially complex, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t incredibly yummy. There’s some hay/straw (are they the same thing?) hiding in there but mostly I’m just getting sweetness. There’s a bit of bitterness that comes and goes, but for the most part it’s entirely pleasant. Though I’m getting to the point where I appreciate a bit of a bite (within reason). It counteracts the sweet aspect well.
Also, I love the cute mystery wrapping. https://instagram.com/p/zvffQCRWFJ/?modal=true You get four of these in the pack and get to pick one at random. I guess it’s not incredibly convenient if you’re looking for a specific tea, but I love the surprise factor. I’m very excited to try the rest of the teas. I’ve been slacking as I got a ton of teas at the same time last week on top of the pu-erh TTB. But these are definitely at the top of the list.
Flavors: Honey, Straw, Sweet
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Hay is food for animals, and straw is bedding for animals. :) So hay has more nutrient-rich plant parts, while straw is pretty much just stalks – whatever’s left after you remove the grain head part of your wheat, barley, oats, etc. crop. They both have a dried grass kind of quality, but I tend to think of hay as having more green and sweetness to it. :)
I like them with the touch of “bite” as well.
Thanks for kind words cookies!:) glad you enjoyed the mystery concept too! I personally really enjoy the initial astringency from the back of the mouth that is immediately replaced with sweetness that propagates from the tip of the tongue. It creates that extra ‘punch’, making the taste more vivid.
Lindsay well that’s a fun fact! I had no idea. Seems like the note in this is hay rather than straw :)
mrmopar & WymmTea It definitely took me a while, but I’m happy I’ve learned to enjoy it. It opens up so many more sheng options. Especially the young ones.
I so rarely get to share all the random knowledge I acquired growing up on a kinda-farm. :)
Hay is food for animals, and straw is bedding for animals. :) So hay has more nutrient-rich plant parts, while straw is pretty much just stalks – whatever’s left after you remove the grain head part of your wheat, barley, oats, etc. crop. They both have a dried grass kind of quality, but I tend to think of hay as having more green and sweetness to it. :)
I like them with the touch of “bite” as well.
Thanks for kind words cookies!:) glad you enjoyed the mystery concept too! I personally really enjoy the initial astringency from the back of the mouth that is immediately replaced with sweetness that propagates from the tip of the tongue. It creates that extra ‘punch’, making the taste more vivid.
Lindsay well that’s a fun fact! I had no idea. Seems like the note in this is hay rather than straw :)
mrmopar & WymmTea It definitely took me a while, but I’m happy I’ve learned to enjoy it. It opens up so many more sheng options. Especially the young ones.
I so rarely get to share all the random knowledge I acquired growing up on a kinda-farm. :)