From a Yezi sample. Yezi’s color coding system suggests this is a higher oxidation oolong, but the leaves are quite green in appearance. This is a good tea. After the first 15 second steep, I got notes of peach, apricot and butter. On the second 40 second steep, I picked up on the slight vegetal and grassy flavors that others mentioned, though it really is very subtle. That’s good because I dislike highly vegetal tea. It smells slightly floral, and it’s not roasted. In terms of taste, it is more similar in flavor to a darker Oriental Beauty style oolong than a green tea, which is good. I guess that probably suggests they’re telling the truth about the oxidation level. I like it a lot, but I find Yezi generally to be a bit overpriced for everyday drinkers.
Lasted for 3 gongfu steeps, but I pushed it to 4 with disappointing results.
Flavors: Apricot, Butter, Floral, Grass, Peach, Sweet, Vegetal
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This link suggests pouchong tea is actually processed a bit differently from oolong tea and that it’s not technically an oolong:
It also says you need more leaf, which I didn’t have available due to the 5 g. sample, but I still enjoyed it.
This link suggests pouchong tea is actually processed a bit differently from oolong tea and that it’s not technically an oolong:
http://www.teamountains.com/qa.php?cat=0&id=44
It also says you need more leaf, which I didn’t have available due to the 5 g. sample, but I still enjoyed it.