My black tea yixing is starting to smell like black tea inside when its dry :)))) I’m so proud of my little Sandy.
The leaves of this are smaller than one might expect for a phoenix varietal, on the website it says the varietal is “feng huang dancong” so uh yeah well anyways
Brewing at 95C, with my ~150ml yixing about half full of wet leaf
the dry leaf aroma is like a chocolate chip muffin
In the warm pot it smells so good, it’s sort of like raspberry cake or a trifle or something, mmm
1: Smooth orange flavour, cream flavours and feels, sugars, berries, there’s definitely a creamy cakey kind of thing too, some hints of earth and wood and sort of like munching on some leaves.
2: very creamy, lots of berry notes, blueberry, blackberry, strawberry, malty, munchy leafs and earth. Tingly feeling on the tongue, there’s definitely florals as well
3: earthier and stemmy, still creamy berries and flowers
4: Less creamy, mango notes enter, more floral and sweet
past the 4th the tea becomes a more floral black tea with mango, strawberry, some astringency and a tingly mouthfeel, leading to just flower taste
This actually tastes how verdant described it, how often does that happen?
This is an amazing black tea, a must try for sure.
