31 Tasting Notes
I still really like this tea. Im wishing I had of bought more than 50 grams when I did.
I have been steeping the same cup about 10 times now and it is still great. Not an overpowering taste, very light compared to other oolongs I find – though It could be because of excessive steeps. Even though Its light I find it pretty perfect.
Still highly recommend this one.
This tea reminds me a lot of Yogi Berry from DT but without the terrible aftertaste.
Though this is a herbal instead of an oolong it smells nearly Identical and has a lot of the same flavors that go along with the Yogi Berry. I couldn’t stand the Yogi, but this Bear Trap is actually quite nice. I expect it will be very good once it gets cold and I need something to sweeten up my day after a long icy walk home.
Preparation
Good tea, but I dont think its good enough for the price. I picked this up a couple of weeks ago for 40% off and to me it was a good deal at that price. The tea is very buttery compared to a Japanese Sencha type tea. Grassy but more buttery and greasy than anything.
It is good, just overpriced, like a lot of DT.
Flavors: Butter, Grass, Green
Preparation
How much tea and water are you using? Also, what temperature? If you follow DT’s instructions, you will get a cup of tea. But nobody actually drinks Gyokuro like that. :)
How should I be drinking it?
Well, Gyokuro is a very expensive tea. They go to all the trouble of shading it for 6 weeks. It’s used to make matcha as well (which ain’t cheap either). So you have to treat it like a green tea. Lower temps. Less water. More Leaf.
7 to 8 grams of tea
140-160F temp
1.5 to 2 min per steeping (do multiple steeps)
That’s how I normally do it. I never use boiling water for greens or white teas.
What do you mean by multiple steeps? Let it steel pull it out and then wait and let it steep again?
Oh I forgot. 200 mL of water at most. Multiple steeps means you brew it multiple but seperate times. Brew Drink. Brew Drink.
where in the world were you able to buy it from? they’ve discontinued it, and are completely out of stock everywhere.
JennK I got it about 2 weeks ago, it was 40% off for their final carrying of it. Looks like we wont see it for a while, or ever again.
