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leaf in hot water drank Citron Oolong by DAVIDsTEA

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This was the last of a small sachet I bought from Davids’ a while ago. The tea is a lot more floral than I remembered, reminds me of Tie Kwan Yin (which I incidentally detest). Its a jasmine overload on the senses.

It could be due to the citrus flavours fading over time, allowing the floral notes of the tea to come through more.

I brewed this for …15 mins because I got pulled away from my desk due to a work emergency. That could be another reason for the floral intensity!

I can see why its a popular tea, but not for me due to my aversion to sweet floral teas these days.

Flavors: Floral, Flowers, Hay, Jasmine

Preparation

195 °F / 90 °C 8 min or more 1 tsp 10 OZ / 300 ML

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finding myself in hot water again and again…

I grew up in a tea drinking culture, but my parents were seriously hung up on jasmine tea and oolong tea, so I never really had much exposure to other teas. My horizons expanded when I moved to Japan and discovered genmaicha (roasted rice tea aka popcorn tea). after that, I discovered black teas, red teas, and flavoured teas, how different teas could be by the region, processing methods, water used.

Now I can’t get enough of it!

I experiment with different teas, blending them sometimes to see what the outcome would be. I find my tastes to be quite diverse, but run away from the more floral side of things. Tie Kwan Yin is probably the only one that most people seem to enjoy, that I don’t. Otherwise I am game for most teas. Fruity? love it. Smoky? Mmm. Earthy? bring it on! Light and vegetal? keep pouring!

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