#6
DISCLAIMER: DO NOT READ THIS RASSERU UNTIL YOU’VE HAD IT.
LP partially spoiled this one when he recommended to let it cool. I will also guess that this is a Dan Cong. But I could be I wrong.
I’ve only had three cups so far, so I will add more details when I edit this note.
The dry leaf smells nutty, and a little bit salty. Maybe some florals. Reminds me a little bit of the Bai Ji Guan in smell and taste, though it’s not nearly as bitter, floral, or rocky.
First steep 16 seconds in my same little small vessel, 190 F, and I get nutty and again something like a potato chip, but smooth and pleasant.
Second steep 22 seconds, and some florals pop out with the nuttiness and a thing that I call grapefruit. Even when I sipped it again reminding myself its just tea, there were still those slightly different qualities. Rasseru might call the fruitiness cherry, I don’t know. Again, I could be very wrong.
Third at 30, and more fruitiness especially as this cools. More writing will come. Maybe.
I’ve had two other teas this morning and three cups of Kona. Eh…
The tea is still pleasant and light at a fourth cup after 35 seconds. My headache is too strong for another.
Verdict: One of the better teas in the OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLONG Blind Sampling so far.
Comments
I found this one quite light on the flavour – im guessing low priced dan cong but cant tell which aroma it is. Im not good with flowers though so I cant grab at anything in particular.
I found this one quite light on the flavour – im guessing low priced dan cong but cant tell which aroma it is. Im not good with flowers though so I cant grab at anything in particular.
To me, florals literally taste like eating flowers. Which is very empty and grassy, but not super grassy because it’s a category of its own.