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“ADVENT DAY 1, tea 3/3 I took Siam Tee Shop advent just because I just wanted to go through plain teas to find some new favorites, to try teas I wouldn’t probably buy otherwise and to keep palate...” Read full tasting note
Mengding Ganlu Green Tea from Mengding Shan, Ya’ An, Sichuan, is considered to have been the first ever tea to be cultivated. Because of its exclusive picking specifications, picking is limited to a few days in early spring only. Among tea connoisseurs, tea from the peaks of Mount Mengshan is considered one of the most exquisite Chinese green teas, whose wealth of flavors unfolds from the tip of the tongue across all spheres of the gum, whereas the perception of spring-like freshness changes to a complex spectrum of floral notes to mild and sweet chestnuts in the long lingering finish
Mengding Ganlu – Preparation
Mengding Ganlu is a good example of a green type of tea for which the overall standard of 70°C water temperature is not suitable. Instead, this tea reveals its finest flavors at an infusion temperature of 90°C only. Whether dosing 2, 3 or 4 grams of tea leaves on 100 ml of water is a question of flavor intensity. Also the infusion period is adjustable to personal preferences between 1 and 2 minutes for your finest first infusion. Then, an equally tasty second and a third infusion emerges after 1 or 2 more minutes infusing. After this, longer brewing periods beyond 3 minutes result in more, still quite tasty infusions.
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ADVENT DAY 1, tea 3/3
I took Siam Tee Shop advent just because I just wanted to go through plain teas to find some new favorites, to try teas I wouldn’t probably buy otherwise and to keep palate ready for plain teas and not only for flavored teas.
Vendor promises chesnut flavors from this tea, when brewed with 90°C water (!) so I did exactly as they suggest. Decided for 3 grams / 125 ml gaiwan; that means I have 2 and something left for other session. Probably after holidays, though!
I got promised flavor! It is chesnut with buttery notes, especially when steeped longer (at least 1 minute). When steeped too long, it gets green beans and vegetable notes too; which clash with chesnuts.
While it is a fine and nice tasting tea, I probably prefer the grassy green teas; as this one just didn’t click to me… somehow? Or I just didn’t expect this in the Advent?
