I amped up the leafs a lot filling a third to a fourth of my gaiwan. I also improvised the heck out of the brewing and let the leaves soak until I got a honey color. The sweetness and body amped up. It’s still lacking in any astringency, bitterness, and it’s super light on the malt. The honey note actually came up this time in like heathered honey. There’s more honeydew melon in the texture, but it’s there. Oddly, the sweetness this time lingered into corn territory in the first brews, and then heavy brown sugar in the later brews. I’m holding back on rating it yet, but I enjoyed it more this time with the generous amount of leaves. Like I said in the last review, not boring.
Flavors: Brown Sugar, Floral, Honey, Honeydew, Honeysuckle
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It’s very subtle and extremely unusual for a black. Alistair always goes for less astringent teas anyway, but this one, the bitterness and astringency are really nonexistent. Coaxing the flavors out was a challenge though. There are a lot of similarities to the Kenya Gold Needle and the Fujian Snow Tips for profile reference, yet again, this one is more subdued.
I’m hoping to pick some of this up soon. I’m intrigued.
It’s very subtle and extremely unusual for a black. Alistair always goes for less astringent teas anyway, but this one, the bitterness and astringency are really nonexistent. Coaxing the flavors out was a challenge though. There are a lot of similarities to the Kenya Gold Needle and the Fujian Snow Tips for profile reference, yet again, this one is more subdued.