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“Fascinating. I will have to try more GABA tea before I can develop a more nuanced opinion, but I know the following things: 1. It tastes unmistakeably like sweet potatoes (고구마). When my friends...” Read full tasting note
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Location: Songboling, Nantou County （松柏嶺 ，南投縣）
Cultivar: Taicha No.12 Jin Xuan（台茶12號）and Taicha No.13 Cuiyu（台茶13號）
Garden Elevation: 450m
Season: Spring 2019
Roast Level: Unroasted
Harvest Style: Hand Picked
The tea has passed the pesticide residual inspection by SGS Company
Dry leaves are dark brown, and smell like dried fruit. This tea brews up a bright golden-yellow color. First round of brewing has a flavor and aroma that is reminiscent of roasted sweet potatoes. It tastes soft and mellow, and the aftertaste is lightly sweet. The second round brews up soft, but very thick. There is a strong GABA aroma in the air. The flavor has become slightly acidic, with a dominant flavor of dried fruit. The third round is fruity, slightly acidic, strongly fruitly, and still retains a hint of roasted sweet potato. The energy of this tea is deeply relaxing.
Leaf/Water: 7g/100ml
Water Temperature: Boiling (100° C)
Quick Rinse
1st Round Brewing Time: 55 Seconds
2nd Round Brewing Time: 45 Seconds
3rd Round Brewing Time: 55 Seconds
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Fascinating. I will have to try more GABA tea before I can develop a more nuanced opinion, but I know the following things:
1. It tastes unmistakeably like sweet potatoes (고구마). When my friends were snacking on potato chips, my grandmother was placing endless bowls of steamed potatoes and sweet potatoes on the kitchen table as our grab and go snack so that is the natural level of sweetness to expect – not the candied yams level of sweetness in the American Thanksgiving side dish topped with marshmallows. Capisce?
2. There is an interesting longlasting buzz in the mouth. Hope that is normal and not indicative of absurdly high pesticide content or anything like that.
3. I became used to the roasty toasty taste of the MST GABA and have to admit I prefer that profile. However, MST’s is far more expensive so therein lies the tradeoff. This one from the Wang family is calming but also energizing. The finish is bold and aggressively… sweet potato-y. There is a mild but persistent, uncomfortably arresting sense of raw tuber in the tummy and in the chest that belies the tongue and throat sensations, a rawness that could possibly be avoided or cloaked by eating real food before drinking the tea.
Flavors: Sweet Potatoes
I have a fond memory of a Korean sweet potato truck in Santa Clara. Nothing but a hot, steamy sweet potato tucked into a paper lunch bag.
I know it’s subjective but a persistent buzz or tingling on the underside of my tongue/salivary glands is indicative of high mineral content, ‘clean’ tea.