Today I am drinking Top Rougui #2, an as of yet unreleased Yancha from www.chaceremony.com. Thanks to Marcus Reed for this sample. This is of course a charcoal roast tea. The roast profile was not too overwhelming at first but it did persist for six or seven steeps. This tea is described I think as having peach notes. I have to admit in the seventh steep a fruity note did emerge that could perhaps be described as peach. I am probably not the target audience for this tea because I usually don’t like charcoal roast tea but this one was pretty good. It also had a nice qi, not overwhelming but relaxing. I gave this tea ten steeps and I don’t think it would have gone much more, maybe two if I lengthened the steep time by a bit.
I steeped this tea ten times in a 150 ml teapot with 8g leaf and boiling water. I ave the tea a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, and 1 min.
Flavors: Fruity, Roasted
