Man, my rating system is a real mess now.
I really, really love the way this tea smells after it brews. It’s such a rich smell. I couldn’t stop sniffing my cup after the first brewing.
On the first brew, I didn’t really feel like the taste was particularly floral. Buttery plantlife, mellow, rich greenery…that was the taste to me. Deliciously so, and smooth to drink, but still very much a ‘green and growing things’ taste. The second steeping has surprised me…I found the smell far more floral. It hit me unexpectedly, out of the blue, and I thought…oh! That’s what they were talking about! Strangely enough, the taste of this second cup manages to combine that slightly floral taste with an even more pronounced ‘this was a plant’ taste — grassy and brighter, this time — though I wonder if that’s a result of not steeping it quite long enough to give it a fuller body, as I was wary of oversteeping.
These pretty, richly-hued bundles of leaves really make me glad that I decided to buy an infuser cup with a ton of room for them to expand…and it’s glass, so I get a free show, too. Fun.
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we might have the same cup w/ infuser. I love the clear glass!
Just something I thought you might be interested in, there is sort cup that looks like a tea cup but the sides don’t flair out at all and it is use for tea smelling. You just pour the tea in, after a few seconds pour it into your cup, then just have to kind waft the steam off the top and hold the cup up to your nose. I was hooked after the first time I tried it and I use mine every time I go for this any of my oolongs.
I have the same feeling of, “did I understeep it…” but really it just wants you to wonder if you did. Steeping too long only fades the flavor away! :o It is very strange, but it always brews that way. I find the flavor does come out more over additional steeps, but it still has that feeling of, “this CAN’T be the full flavor!” Funny.
we might have the same cup w/ infuser. I love the clear glass!
Just something I thought you might be interested in, there is sort cup that looks like a tea cup but the sides don’t flair out at all and it is use for tea smelling. You just pour the tea in, after a few seconds pour it into your cup, then just have to kind waft the steam off the top and hold the cup up to your nose. I was hooked after the first time I tried it and I use mine every time I go for this any of my oolongs.
I have the same feeling of, “did I understeep it…” but really it just wants you to wonder if you did. Steeping too long only fades the flavor away! :o It is very strange, but it always brews that way. I find the flavor does come out more over additional steeps, but it still has that feeling of, “this CAN’T be the full flavor!” Funny.