91 Tasting Notes

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drank Golden Fleece by Verdant Tea
91 tasting notes

I have been a lurker on this site for a while and, while I have been drinking good Chinese and Japanese tea for about 25 years, I have gotten into it more lately. I also have a lot of experience with fine European wines — so that is how I approach tea…
On the nose I get honey, sweet oranges and some incense like aloeswood, on the palate I got oranges and orange blossom, red raspberry, another light floral note violets maybe? also some nutmeg and graham cracker. I found the tea over several steepings did not change character too much, and was rather delicate. Not your typical black tea. I liked it.

Flavors: Orange Blossom

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 3 OZ / 90 ML

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Drinking tea is fairly new, but have had good wines for many years, so that is my perspective…
I generally brew in small ( under 200 cc and often under 100 cc ) pots either Japanese Tokoname or Chinese Yixing. I vary my steeping times a lot before I decide on tasting notes — I take a sort of experimental approach, gong fu one time, western short steeping another, vary the water temp, etc. to see what the tea will offer. Also, I will take notes on different days since what one brings to a cup one day will not be the same the next. I rate teas somewhat the same way as I rate wines, with over 90 being excellent, and over 95 being truly remarkable — even once in a lifetime. Over 85 very good, over 80 good.

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