Thanks so much, derk! Another confusing oolong for me! What is wrong with me and oolongs lately. sigh. I will try my best. The name is lovely, and I’m very glad to have another Jun Chiyabari cross my path! It’s interesting that it is a mix of Japanese and Taiwanese tea cultivars. If I had to guess, I would say it tastes like a Japanese green… kind of marine like at times, which is not at all what I expect from Jun Chiyabari. Otherwise, light, buttery, sweet, creamy. The leaves after the rinse had an amazing fragrance… almost the scent of a Premium Taiwanese Assam which almost makes sense since the leaves are partly from Taiwan. I really wish the tea had tasted more like the rinsed leaves. The later rinsed leaves had more of a marine scent. So maybe I should have went with much shorter steeps. I will try the remaining leaves soon…
Steep #1 // 2 teaspoons for full mug // 21 minutes after boiling // rinse // 1 minute steep
Steep #2 // 25 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #3 // 16 minutes after boiling // 1 1/2 min
2020 Sipdowns – 47 (Teavivre – Paris Champs)