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“A truly delightful tea! Warm smell was baked bread with a subtle chocolate note. Brew was dark mahogany and deceptively rich. Texture was layered and smooth and full. Taste was different than the...” Read full tasting note
After sitting with this tea since 2015, I am finally ready to let it out into the world.
Wild Ontario Gold Needle is made of pure gold needle grade from a fermentation batch consisting of wild picked leaves from trees around 100 years old. The body is rich, creamy, and powerful, with some bitterness hinting through the sweetness from time to time. I highly recommend a ratio of 5g/100ml for this tea if you are brewing gongfu style!
There is tons of complexity here, but for the initial release, I’m going to leave specifics up to you. This has become one of my all-time favorite teas, and I’m super excited to get feedback on it!
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Yunnan SourcingA truly delightful tea!
Warm smell was baked bread with a subtle chocolate note.
Brew was dark mahogany and deceptively rich. Texture was layered and smooth and full.
Taste was different than the smell in the first steep: very sweet. Baked fruit of some kind. Hard to pin down what it truly compares to. I love that in a ripe.
Second steep was more of the same but with a slightly silkier texture and more of a milk chocolate vibe. Very sweet with a savory rich undertone.
Third steep: More of the same with slightly less texture. Same persistent sweet note that goes in and out of being milk chocolatey or some kind of baked fruit kind of quality.
Fourth steep: more of the same even still, which was great, though even less texture. However, the taste was still on point.
Fifth steep: Soft and Minerally. Leaves are done (for my preferences).
I did push this one pretty good each steep, so I didn’t get as many steeps as is maybe possible. I had 10-11g in a clay pot and started with an ~ 30s, 20s, 30s, 1 min approach. The fine grade of leaf had mostly given up the goods by this point, which I’m more than thankful for! The brews were full of delicious complexity and texture. Very tasty and delightful experience with some gentle cha qi.
