Lately, my love for charcoal-roasted oolongs has increased. This one in particular has some great roasty notes. The site doesn’t say if it is charcoal roasted but my palate says yes. And how incredibly interesting that this is a barrel-aged tea! Thank you Vallhallow. What an absolutely fascinating tea! To anyone who has had a charcoal-roasted oolong before this has many of the same charcoal and roasty notes. But what sets this apart is the port notes. The hygroscopic nature of tea shines brightly with this one. It is earthy, rich, and complex in flavor and aroma. In the wet leaf, I also detect notes of slightly charred sweet bread. Thank you Henriette for sourcing and sharing this most unique tea!
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This sounds really good!
Yeah, there is a whole story about the aged wine barrel aspect of this tea that drew me to it. Long story short though another company sold out of a port aged oolong that i had mulled too long over buying and then i scoured the internet for other wine barrel aged oolongs and found this one.
I have one Pipacha oolong as well, but I did not noticed much of port. Maybe I need to find correct steeping parameters.
Well you found a great company! Ms. Lovell is an amazing woman. And she personally answers email whenever one of her coworkers doesnt have an answer. Here is here answer when I asked a bit more about it.
“This was the invention of another tealady- not me. Her name is Nina Gruntkowski and she is originally from Germany. She is experimenting with growing tea, with her husband Dirk Niepoort who is a port producer in Portugal. Her tea is in its infancy but her passion and inventiveness is rather more matured.”
Awesome!!! Pays to ask questions. :)
Then we have very same tea! https://chacamelia.com/en/project/about-us/ is their official website; and tea I have: http://steepster.com/teas/cha-camelia/101430-pipacha-bio
This sounds really good!
Yeah, there is a whole story about the aged wine barrel aspect of this tea that drew me to it. Long story short though another company sold out of a port aged oolong that i had mulled too long over buying and then i scoured the internet for other wine barrel aged oolongs and found this one.
I have one Pipacha oolong as well, but I did not noticed much of port. Maybe I need to find correct steeping parameters.
Well you found a great company! Ms. Lovell is an amazing woman. And she personally answers email whenever one of her coworkers doesnt have an answer. Here is here answer when I asked a bit more about it.
“This was the invention of another tealady- not me. Her name is Nina Gruntkowski and she is originally from Germany. She is experimenting with growing tea, with her husband Dirk Niepoort who is a port producer in Portugal. Her tea is in its infancy but her passion and inventiveness is rather more matured.”
Awesome!!! Pays to ask questions. :)
Then we have very same tea! https://chacamelia.com/en/project/about-us/ is their official website; and tea I have: http://steepster.com/teas/cha-camelia/101430-pipacha-bio