92

Oh. My God.
So apparently this one’s hand-plucked, and to my knowledge I’ve yet to have a hand-plucked oolong, So this is exciting!

Anyways so it’s very vegetal, mineral, light soap & perfume in the first steep, sweet, bok choy, green beans, spinach, light flowers,
But then after the third steep, good ol’ third steep, the soap/perfume is mostly gone, and well, now, I don’t like florals in my tea; anyone who has even glanced at my profile knows that, but this has some kind of thick, sweet florals that I don’t just love, I crave the next steep, it’s wonderful.
Steep 4 is even better, thicker, richer, sweeter, a bit fruity and thickly vegetal, it’s like I can feel the leaves. Have you ever just licked an unrolled oolong leaf? No? That’s reasonable. But um if you want to understand the mouthfeel I’ve got right now, go and do that, I mean probably when you’re on your own sometime, because, well, people will run away. And we don’t want that.
Anyways, the fifth is more floral, thinner, sweeter,
6 is a bit more fruity, still a nice floral, some astringency, has been coming through since about the 3rd steep, but a very nice amount.
7 florals take over, but not in a bad way (It’s weird to say that it isnt in a bad way)
8 It tastes like basil actually; flower stems, there’s even hints of earth which are very pleasant and subtle,
My god i need to try more Dan Congs, I always default to taiwan for my oolongs, but if tea like this is coming from the mainland, well I may just need to reevaluate everything I know. That’s exciting.
Actually, wait, what am I saying, I have 2 on the way from Verdant currently, so you’ll be hearing more from me soon.
So you know what, flower tea people? I finally understand you.

Flavors: Astringent, Bok Choy, Earth, Floral, Flowers, Fruity, Green Beans, Mineral, Perfume, Soap, Spinach, Stems, Sweet, Vegetal

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180 °F / 82 °C

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Hey :) welcome to my steeps!
I really only ever drink straight teas, every once and a while I might have something flavoured, but odds are I won’t ever write about any of those. All of my reviews are done using my 120ml gaiwan unless otherwise specified.

I’m mostly into Sheng, Red tea and Oolongs right now, but I also can enjoy greens and whites sometimes.

My cupboard is NOT up to date. I tried for a while, but it’s too much effort, and so many of the teas I have just aren’t on here and eh.

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Rating System:

95-100:
|| One of the best teas I’ve ever
|| had; I’m definitely planning to
|| restock
90-94:
|| Very very good tea, I’ll restock if
|| I’m planning to make a purchase
|| from this company anyways, if
|| not I’m alright living without it
80-89:
|| Very good tea, I’d be more than
|| happy to sip again, though it’s
|| not likely I’ll be repurchasing
70-79:
|| Good tea, I drank it happily,
|| though I might not be reaching
|| for it again in my cupboard
|| for a long while
60-69:
|| Okay tea, it was drinkable and
|| it’s probably going to be
|| gathering dust in my cupboard
|| for a while
50-59:
|| I struggled through the tea,
|| but managed to finish the
|| session, will probably be giving
|| it away to a friend.
25-49:
|| I cut the session short, but
|| I think it’s possible for one to
|| have enjoyed it, it’s just really
|| low quality
0-24:
|| No one should enjoy drinking
|| this, and I would have no
|| problem throwing it out.

*This system is used on my first 100 reviews, I’ve decided not to rate teas anymore because I’m definitely not qualified to be objective about quality yet and it’s just pointlessly subjective numbers and that’s not really helping anyone

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