This is a really good black tea. Its soft glossy dark syrup sweetness, with some spicy fruit, a bit long the lines of a very nicely balanced dongfang meiren. Low malt, ripe wood flavours. Lasts a good amount of infusions. Does not get sickly like some oriental beauty can. Some good fruits in there too – raisins? stonefruity
I’m not a big fan of blacks really, but this one took me by surprise. This and the other black I got from what-cha (the taiwanese wild chan cha – 25% off this august as the tea of the month!) are some of the nicest black teas i’ve tried in a good while.
I brewed it gongfu and got a load of steeps from it, i’m really sure black fans will be able to get a lot of pleasure from it western style as well. You can get a whole lot of flavour from it & possibly create a much more complex cup than I got – its nice and gentle gongfu.
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yeah its a pretty epic black tea – actually I am going to try it western in a mo with the other half of the sample and see how it goes.
nice, i’ll keep my eye out for your thoughts. tossed it on to my wish list…hoping to get to another what-cha order “soonish”
Just tried it – compared to gongfu it is stronger, tree-sap, fruity aromas, spiced fruit and other things. More raisin notes. Dates? I preferred the exploration gongfu – but i’m not a black tea person so your mileage will vary a lot more if you are.
I could definitely taste it being special, thats for sure. Theres a distinctive fruity aroma that reminded me of a candy I couldnt place, but its melded with the darker bolder flavours. Reminded me a bit of the YS wild arbor assamica if you know that one.
If you like all that stuff its a great cup!
It does have the usual black tea woodsy malt(ish) flavours but not dry & chocolatey like dian hong
Sounds like something I’d enjoy!
From your description, it taste like another Georgia’s black tea which I like very much – Mrs Leila Hand made.
yes, all the georgian teas I have tried have a similar smooth taste
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yeah its a pretty epic black tea – actually I am going to try it western in a mo with the other half of the sample and see how it goes.
nice, i’ll keep my eye out for your thoughts. tossed it on to my wish list…hoping to get to another what-cha order “soonish”
Just tried it – compared to gongfu it is stronger, tree-sap, fruity aromas, spiced fruit and other things. More raisin notes. Dates? I preferred the exploration gongfu – but i’m not a black tea person so your mileage will vary a lot more if you are.
I could definitely taste it being special, thats for sure. Theres a distinctive fruity aroma that reminded me of a candy I couldnt place, but its melded with the darker bolder flavours. Reminded me a bit of the YS wild arbor assamica if you know that one.
If you like all that stuff its a great cup!
It does have the usual black tea woodsy malt(ish) flavours but not dry & chocolatey like dian hong
Sounds like something I’d enjoy!
From your description, it taste like another Georgia’s black tea which I like very much – Mrs Leila Hand made.
yes, all the georgian teas I have tried have a similar smooth taste