1705 Tasting Notes
The jasmine is incredibly strong being nearly perfumey. Which I like. I like them pearls and I my white tea. But this tea was actually a bit strong for me. I tasted more of the green tea followed by the massively overwhelming hay white and honeysuckle. Then there’s the pollen which is INCREDIBLY potent. Basically, this is spring tea-sonified-gorgeous flowers and allergens included.
I’m going to try again for a weaker tea. I could have over steeped it.
Well. This tea really does depend on the ingredients for the taste more than the tea. That taste gave it a 95, but the tea itself lowered it.
One whiff and I think f%$^. I need more of this. Why must good things always be temporary?
I’ve started drinking Liquid Proust’s teas. This one is definitely going to be the next one that I try.
I might have to get two with my order now. Any thoughts on the watermelon one?
The watermelon is smooth and there’s a lot of the oolong flavor. I think it’s a good tea, but I might make the rest into a cold brew and/or sun tea.
I’ve only cold brewed the watermelon overnight once, and it was smooth and pretty similar to a Tie Guan Yin for me. I need to try it again before I judge it. The dry leaf smell, though, is great.
I noticed that after 8 steeps, the watermelon really jumps out.
SUPER BITTER, but the flavor is interesting. It’s like a woodsy rum chai. Even after a five second flash steep it was bitter. I had to add creamer and it was pleasant. I’m honestly not going to finish a cup because of the astringency. Even the coffee I have is less bitter and roasted…but that coffee is rum, caramel, butterscotch flavored.
I’m glad I tried it, and it certainly woke me up this morning because it was a kick in your pants tea.
Whiteantlers, I see why you like this Western.
I tried Gong Fu for 15 sec, but it was kinda flat. Muscatel with a bit of that black tea malt thick with tannin and bitter like dark chocolate, but flat. The teas complexity wasn’t being fully realized. I had to push out the sophistication.
Well, it was not quite as complex as I anticipated. It was, however, close to wine for a tea. At first, it was pretty similar to a darker red wine, maybe a Merlot or Chateau (I do NOT know my wines-I just turned 21 a week ago) with some of the same type of muscatel cherry and oak wood quality. Later brews out of five got smoother and closer to cocoa. Creamier texture later, but that’s about it in terms of infamous bean’s profile. I did get salty hints and maybe caramel, which a lot of you can ignore as sensualist imaginings.
Translating my verbiage into sane English, this was a malty black tea close to a dark red wine with its own nuances to a straightforward profile. It is a pretty good black tea, but I actually prefer some of Whispering Pines other selections like the Wild Grey…which surprised me. That one personally had more of the elusive “chocolate” note that I really enjoy.
I am so glad I tried it. Yet another accomplished tasting note.
I had full faith this would be a Pu-Erh I could drink. That faith was well placed with Andrew.
I’m impressed with the tea’s clarity. Only a few teas can be so close to crystal. 20 seconds at first, 45 at second. I’ll write more about later brews another time. Or I’ll get off my tukus and edit this post.
Now for the taste. Fruity, a little sweet, and sour. I taste apricot, or the jack fruit, which is like apricot. Maybe dried apple pieces. Clarity describes the taste too.
I know Pu-Erh by approximation on steepster. I’m not sure what qualifies as a better quality Pu-Erh, but I can say this does not have the fermentation taste like others I’ve had. The only decaying quality I can muster is ripe fruit, but ripe fruit sweet enough to eat. I might introduce some of my less experienced tea friends to this, but I would only do so to a green tea drinker. The ripe fruit quality might persuade them otherwise since most of them prefer black teas or oolongs.
I needed this teas clarity. I’m working out to get “jacked” after all.
Oversteeped at two minutes. Slightly astringent Gyokuro with a vanilla accent and bare fruitiness that disappears in the tea. I almost thought I was drinking a matcha.
Steep 2 at 90 sec, and I thought I was drinking the 7 Oolong Blend. There was a weird floral that popped up like osmanthus, though I know that’s the jackfruit seed and the vanilla. Liquid hot sprite. I’m just rambling anyway. A morning of high blood sugars and a breakfast of almonds, coffee, creamer, and tea encourages cogent delirium. However, the weather is heavenly in Michigan. I’ll have a few cups outside before I workout today. I might even decide to dress up and show off.
