Twelve Monkeys

Tea type
Oolong Pu'erh Blend
Ingredients
Yunnan Black Tea
Flavors
Autumn Leaf Pile, Cocoa, Hay
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Caffeine
Medium
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Average preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 30 sec 3 oz / 100 ml

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  • “Background: Recently, I have been trying Pu’erh teas. I am still relatively new to them, however. Leaves: This appears to be a ripe Pu’erh with slightly green leaves, looking mostly like a typical...” Read full tasting note
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From Always Summer Herbs

A famous Oolong Tea from Yunan China. Rolled with a mixture of golden leaves, sweet and pleasant like warm apples. Brew with 195-200 degree water for 2-3 minutes. NOT BOILING
Good for multiple infusions with increasing brew time.

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Background: Recently, I have been trying Pu’erh teas. I am still relatively new to them, however.

Leaves: This appears to be a ripe Pu’erh with slightly green leaves, looking mostly like a typical Pu’erh tea. The leaves are not compressed. There is a mix of large-leaves and small-leaves.

Flavors: Black-tea, Cocoa, Smokey, Autumn leaves

Bitterness: This tea was borderline astringent — just beginning to turn a little bitter.

Brewing method: 1.5 tablespoon in 100 ml gaiwan, ~5 second rinse, 1st steep 20 seconds, 2cnd steep 30 seconds, 3rd steep 40 seconds.

Mouth-feel/Aftertaste: Slightly coated, almost like drinking water but not quite — and it has a pleasant aftertaste of black tea and cocoa.

Review:
This tea is very complex. What immediately jumps out at me is a black-tea type taste, almost like a Darjeeling.

Then, there is a chocolate flavor that emerges every now and then — but not too powerful, the black tea taste is always there. On some sips, there is a smokey-like flavor, but again it does not overpower either the chocolate undertone or the black-tea like base flavor. On other sips, there is a really slight taste of hay and autumn leaves — again, not overpowering any of the other flavors. I would order them (in order of strongest to weakest flavor) like this: black tea, chocolate/cocoa, smoke, leaves. There are more flavors that I can’t quite explain, and perhaps more infusions would reveal more.

I am glad that I found this tea — I recently prepared another Pu’erh, and it wasn’t my favorite, but now I am excited to try more! I am still thinking about some of the complex flavors, and it is a lot of fun.

Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Cocoa, Hay

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 3 OZ / 100 ML

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