Sipdown(1)? I’ve never done one of those before but this seems an appropriate tea to start on. Sorta. Anyway okay so this one’s been really strange for me, it’s probably the only tea I’ve ever had that I liked better western style than gongfu, and I don’t really know why.. But .. Well anyways,
2015 autumn harvest.. I think?
It’s very strongly cocoa for me, and lots of oats, maybe a little vanilla , hints of floral but very subtle ones. It’s quite astringent as well, gets a hint of citrus notes later, when the florality gets a little bit stronger, it still does have the darkness to it, with a bit of wet earthy notes, it has a nice thick, slightly creamy mouthfeel. It’s kind of reminiscent of an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie, except if you used dark chocolate chips in it instead. But in later steeps, the astringency becomes so strong and the nice cocoa and vanilla notes are basically gone after like 5 steeps? It’s still sweet and oaty but that’s pretty much it, I don’t really see the reason for all the hype around this one, like it’s pretty decent but it’s not amazing for me.
Flavors: Astringent, Cocoa, Cookie, Dark Chocolate, Oats, Sweet, Vanilla, Wet Earth, Wood
