An unmarked tea from White Antlers.
The leaf is flattened and brown. Is there such tea as black Dragon Well?
Dry, it smells like raspberry caramel chocolate. But the leaf shape and delicacy is not like a Da Hong Pao?
It tastes like Houjicha. Light bodied, roasty, caramel, hazelnut and rather mineral with a dry woody, lightly bitter caramel finish. But it just doesn’t look like any Houjicha I’ve had? No stems, all whole leaf.
Stumped but satisfied.
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I believe Verdant sold a black dragonwell.
Thank you for the info. I looked at both of Verdant’s black dragonwell. This tea matches the listed flavor profiles but the pressed leaf of this one does not resemble either of the two. I assume this is older’n; maybe the processing has changed in recent years.
a black dragonwell? Interesting!
a black dragonwell? Interesting! (I wanted to write exactly same as tea-sipper) But I never had green yet as well.
I believe Verdant sold a black dragonwell.
Thank you for the info. I looked at both of Verdant’s black dragonwell. This tea matches the listed flavor profiles but the pressed leaf of this one does not resemble either of the two. I assume this is older’n; maybe the processing has changed in recent years.
a black dragonwell? Interesting!
a black dragonwell? Interesting! (I wanted to write exactly same as tea-sipper) But I never had green yet as well.