Oolong #5
Nice creamy texture with some fruitiness in the background. Steeping it in shorter seconds at a higher temperature made it a little more to my light liking. The fruity qualities were a little more obvious. Only thing bugging me is the aftertaste from the roast. There’s something woody about it-like green wood. Maybe it’s vegetal. If only my language was more precise.
It’s pretty nice, but I don’t think it be a daily drinker for me.
#7
Interesting. This one tasted sweeter to me. Almond popped up in my head with some florals and minerals. Otherwise, I just taste almond.
#8
It is smooth, but roasty. It has some more Dan Cong qualities-it’s especially nutty for me, a little sweet, but loads of mineral and vegetal. Not a Dan Cong though. Who knows, I could be making this crap up.
Well, I think that concludes it. I gong fu’d each one, and #3 appealed to me the most because of how close it was side by side to Mandala’s Milk Oolong. The main difference was the quality of leaf selection, with # 3 not discriminating the stems. I got the same tastes with the same brewing parameters by using very short steeps of like 10-15 seconds. There were a few that I liked and thought were pleasant, but only #3 and BTTC’s Golden Lily would be ones that I would actually purchase. However, I’m not even sure that I’d get more than a sample of either. #3 i want to know the price of. Maybe I’m biased to things like BTTC’s Dong Ding, Eco-Cha’s Shan Lin Xi, or jade oolongs in general. Or just a lot more snobby than I anticipated.
interesting! I liked 8,2,5 in that order. I wonder if our tastes will change now we know each others preference. And is that a bad thing if others taste better (even if by some weird pack mentality?)