First time trying Dragon Well. I started off with 2 grams of leaves to 4 oz of water. Steeped for 30 seconds using 175 degree water. The wet leaves smelled vaguely sweet and a little spinach-y. The tea itself had a light yellowish green color and also tasted spinach-y. A little bit astringent at the back of my throat. A second steeping, the spinach flavor went down and the astringency went up. Somehow, I don’t think I’m brewing this right.
So far, I’m not digging it. I like my greens to be either more sweet or more bitter and this tea is neither. Since this is my first time trying it, I’ll try out different ratios/steep times.
The wet leaves are beautiful, however. They look like fresh leaves that have just been plucked. You can tell this is a high quality tea.
Flavors: Spinach, Vegetables
I had to redo this comment. Silly typos. Anyhow I like uptons dragonwell. Quite sweet to me. I got some on the way from yunnan sourcing