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“Gongfu! Couldn’t sleep, so I started the morning off early with a white tea session while watching the sunrise. Last time I brewed up this white tea I was really taken aback by its savory flavours,...” Read full tasting note
“Of the three teas in this group, Patti was the one I was most unsure about ordering. I just didn’t know about brothy and umami in a white tea. Glass gongfu bottle, glass cha hai, glass teacup. Near...” Read full tasting note
Our 2021 Patti is a sun dried white tea made from camellia sinensis assamica (large leaf varietal) leaves from old trees, usually destined for raw Puer production.
The tea is brothy with a heavy umami base and intense feeling surrounding the sweet clarity of the classic Yunnan white tea style.
Each purchase is for one ~ 7 gram ball.
Gongfu!
Couldn’t sleep, so I started the morning off early with a white tea session while watching the sunrise. Last time I brewed up this white tea I was really taken aback by its savory flavours, but this time around I knew to expect the unctuous and brothy notes of peas and artichoke. They were complimented by two different sweeter tasting elements; a more dense and bitter molasses note and fluffier top notes of freshly whipped cream. In hindsight I wished I had pushed the steep times longer as I think this tea could have taken in, and I’d have liked a bit more bitterness and overall intensity to the session. Still, it was really pleasant and I feel, between both sessions, I have some really solid observations and takeaways that I can apply to my last mini whenever I get around to brewing it up!!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrbmqSooy_6/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3VoOu_u1lA
Of the three teas in this group, Patti was the one I was most unsure about ordering. I just didn’t know about brothy and umami in a white tea.
Glass gongfu bottle, glass cha hai, glass teacup. Near boiling water, about 130ml for 7g ball of tea, steeps starting at about 30 seconds.
Patti isn’t as scary as I was afraid she’d be but she’s definitely different. The smell of the dry leaf kind of reminds me of a rose ripe pu-erh I have. The wet leaf smells…kinda fruity, kinda floral…but darker than a white tea? Slightly tart flavor that makes me think of cherries and rosehips but I don’t think it’s exactly either of those things. I sometimes got an aftertaste of toasted rice but not with every sip…more as the tea cooled, I think. Other times I got the sugary sweetness I was getting from Beebe. Longer steeps feel more black tea-like. Both Beebe and Patti have had a darker golden orangey color than I expected. Patti’s leaves look pretty broken up but not as much as Beebe’s were. Interesting to try. I don’t hate it but I probably wouldn’t buy it again.
