Received in the awesome package from TreeGal. Thanks so much! Somehow I’ve never tried this one before. The marzipan is spot on in accuracy and very intoxicating. However, it is probably trying to mask a lower quality oolong (It’s Formosa — the brown type that looks like leaves and twigs.) I’ve not drank too much Formosa and also don’t think it’s supposed to be the highest quality of oolong. Almond would seem best paired with the flavors of Formosa anyway. And I wouldn’t want a high quality oolong drenched in any flavor anyway… The second steep is less marzipan with more of the oolong flavors making an appearance. If anyone doesn’t like the amount of marzipan, they can always dump the first steep and just drink a second or third steep. But this tea is MARZIPAN and I like it. They should have named it ‘marzipan’ actually. It hits a marzipan craving if you have some of this tea around.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for a full mug // 24 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 2 minutes after boiling // 3 minute steep
2019 Sipdowns: 20 (DavidsTea – Forever Nuts)
People who liked this
Comments
Oh hey, I didn’t know what formosa meant! Thanks for that tidbit.
It’s a little more complicated than that; Formosa Oolong is a term generally used to refer to darker oxidized oolong teas from Taiwan, and Western tea drinkers use it as a different name for Oriental Beauty in particular. However, technically ANY oolong tea from Taiwan could accurately be called a Formosa Oolong, as Formosa is just the old name for the country of Taiwan (similar to how Ceylon Tea is all tea from Sri Lanka, which used to be named Ceylon).
Yeah, I wasn’t trying to define Formosa, but you did a much better job explaining Formosa, Roswell. :D
Wow, thank you both! I never knew that about Taiwan.
Oh hey, I didn’t know what formosa meant! Thanks for that tidbit.
It’s a little more complicated than that; Formosa Oolong is a term generally used to refer to darker oxidized oolong teas from Taiwan, and Western tea drinkers use it as a different name for Oriental Beauty in particular. However, technically ANY oolong tea from Taiwan could accurately be called a Formosa Oolong, as Formosa is just the old name for the country of Taiwan (similar to how Ceylon Tea is all tea from Sri Lanka, which used to be named Ceylon).
Yeah, I wasn’t trying to define Formosa, but you did a much better job explaining Formosa, Roswell. :D
Wow, thank you both! I never knew that about Taiwan.