Today, I decided to stay with my favorite tea, the oolongs. This morning, I had the Spring 2017 release of Anxi Hairy Crab Mao Xie Fujian tea from Yunnan Sourcing. This is a very delicate oolong. The freshest green notes of green tea have been tempered, but it is on the opposite end of the spectrum from a dark roasted oolong. Floral, vegetal, delicate, sweet. Liquor is palest yellow. Indeed hairs are floating on the top of my cup. I brewed this gong fu style in clay. I could use short or longer steeps, and it didn’t change the outcome to a large degree. After about the fifth infusion, it became slightly more vegetal. No bitterness. A lingering sweetness and wet mouth. No astringency. Similar to tie guan yin, but more delicate — tie guan yin light.
Flavors: Floral, Sweet, Vegetal
