I chose to try this tea purely on the fact that it was a flavored oolong, and a flavor that I have not yet seen for an oolong. The aroma that comes from the bag is a very pronounced sweet strawberry smell that is quite enticing to the senses. The tea itself is a tightly rolled light oolong tea, that to be honest, I wasn’t the biggest fan of.
I decided to go the “western” route on brewing for this tea, and didn’t rinse this tea very much at all, just a quick touch in the water; I didn’t want to wash away any of the flavoring. Since this tea was so tightly rolled, I steeped it in water for a bit longer than I would normally for an oolong, and the resulting liqueur was on the darker side of a light oolong, with a very prominent strawberry smell, but was lacking a lot in body, and was quite empty in flavor. The tea soup itself was very clear, with almost no sediment at the bottom of my cup.
Overall, this tea was okay, the aroma was 100/100, visually 100/100, and taste was 35/100. Visually this tea was beautiful, and the aroma was great, but there was really not much for the taste, the 1st brew was astringent and vegetal, and the 2nd and 3rd brew were sweeter and more floral, but it was lacking much, and was definitely not my favorite from Teavivre, but I wouldn’t couunt this tea out yet, perhaps it was just my batch; I will update later if it improves.
Flavors: Astringent, Floral, Grass, Strawberry, Sweet, Vegetal
Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C
2 min, 0 sec
1 tsp
8 OZ / 236 ML
