As part of Mastress Alita’s Monthly Sipdown Challenge, April 2022, I present to thee “A Tea Paired to the Weather.”
This dancong oolong is the memory of spring snowmelt, with the crisp air still perfumed by the fanfare of yesterday’s blooming jasmine and lilies and other flowers now reduced by last night’s cold snap. A bit of soggy earth underfoot, wading through a stand of fanned-out horsetails.
Damp yet drying, cool and airy yet somehow richly floral, slightly alkaline with a silica-mineral backbone. A bit viscous and oily at first, thinning into an astringency that develops at a manageable pace. Good ripe peach aftertaste presents soon after swallow and fades as the flowers return from the throat.
A low-oxidized oolong still with this intensity despite being over 6 years old suggests to me that it has been well stored by the proprietor. This level of florality isn’t my favorite. (Neither is the price tag.) I like more of an active fruity taste, rather than in the aftertaste, to provide balance. It’s been a nice tea to sip on spring Saturday mornings before the sun provides its warm salutations.
Flavors: Alkaline, Astringent, Cream, Floral, Grass, Grassy, Jasmine, Lilac, Lily, Mineral, Oily, Peach, Sugar, Vanilla, Viscous, Wet Earth
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A description like that makes me want to sit next to you and wait for the sun to shine :)
Sounds like a good one! :)
It’s nice but I would be afraid to send you a sample since it’s 6 years old and green. Did I send to you?
I don’t think so. It seems to have held up well for a six-year-old tea.
Best as bowl tea on a quiet morning.
A description like that makes me want to sit next to you and wait for the sun to shine :)
Sounds like a good one! :)
It’s nice but I would be afraid to send you a sample since it’s 6 years old and green. Did I send to you?
I don’t think so. It seems to have held up well for a six-year-old tea.
Best as bowl tea on a quiet morning.