1137 Tasting Notes
I was interested to see how this tasted since I really enjoy RoT’s ginger peach white tea. I saw this sitting on the counter in my school’s post office with a few other teas and the women there said I could take one! The ginger is definitely much more toned down in this one, and in general I’m not really a black tea kind of girl. It’s a pleasant tea overall though!
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I ordered Teavana’s perfect tea maker yesterday (I swear it was yesterday) and it came to me in the mail already! I was soooo happy X) I decided to try this next sample from Zhi tea. It’s a very nice tea, similar to the Royal Courtesan. I think I really like the taste of these roasted oolongs. I definitely see myself reordering this one (and I don’t remember it being particularly expensive either).
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I tried this tea the other day and let me say the dry leaves are so awesome! They are so long and tightly rolled, it was so fun to take them out of the bag. I’ve done 3 steeps of the tea so far, and finally the leaves have begun to unfurl. So far the tea doesn’t seem particularly fantastic to me, but we’ll see with a few more steepings.
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I was interested in trying this tea – it seems pretty prevalent (a lot of stores have it) but I haven’t seen much love for it around the interwebs.
This sample from Zhi tea looks pretty good so far. The leaves don’t really have a strong smell that green oolongs have. Instead, it smells like a black tea!
First sip: A little watery & not too strong, still tastes like an oolong _
Smelling the teapot: melted chocolate!!! oh man can’t wait for more infusions
Subsequent tasting: It actually tastes a lot like a black tea, but the aftertaste is more oolong-y. Very interesting. This is a nice and relaxing tea, I like it better than other black teas I’ve had (though honestly I probably have not had the best)
This is just a good tea.
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I like how they call this “royal courtesan” instead of concubine =P Hehe
This is my first Chinese oolong after having so many samples from Tea from Taiwan. I quite like this – it’s smoother and toasty and just very pleasant.
Maybe I like roasted oolongs instead of green oolongs! We shall see, I have more tea to try from Zhi!
I would say the best steepings were the 2nd and 3rd!