It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon in Cobh and I have survived a trip into Cork. Ye gods, but the train was packed. It’s not that packed during the week when I commute into work! And the streets here are swarming with tourists come for that authentic Titanic experience. So, I am trapped in my flat for the afternoon now, unless I want to dodge people wandering aimlessly, looking everywhere but where they are going. Ah well, at least I have two consolations: 1. the view from my flat is excellent; 2. I have just made a cup of this tea. Combining the two leaves me feeling very relaxed. Better not get too relaxed though or I’ll get no work done …
So, the tea. It’s the 2016 first flush. The dry leaf has the sweet smell of fresh hay. The leaves are a mix of silver, green and brown. The liquor is a golden, champagne colour and smells sweet and floral with malty notes. It has a really silky, smooth, almost glassy mouthfeel. The floral sweetness extends into the tasting, ending in a sparkling astringency in the aftertaste that lasts for some time. It’s really light and refreshing and there is an element of that relaxing chi that I find in some puerhs. I am really enjoying it, so it is a shame that it does not really resteep at all. Nevertheless, two thumbs up; I do like a good Darjeeling and this is definitely good.
Flavors: Floral, Hay, Malt, Sweet
I gong fu this estate Darjeeling in very small tea pot. I get a good 6 pours usually. Am not a fan of a lot of Darjeeling but Goomtee estate is the bomb. I feel darn good when drinking the FF, takes 10 years off me for a half hour.
I should try gong fu with this one, but brewed it western style according to the destructions on the package. My brewing set-up here in Ireland is not ideal yet though. Still much to organise and too much stuff back home in England.
If you can’t gong fu you could try wrong fu…
Wrong fu sounds a bit like it might be gongfoolery gone bad! :) I need to sort out a smaller teapot here and I’ll be ready to go.