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“There was only a teeny tiny bit of this tea left, enough to make a fairly small cup, so I decided to go western style instead of using my gaiwan. I have really liked western brewed Bi Luo Chun in...” Read full tasting note
“Well, I screwed up steeping this one. I thought I started my timer, but when I looked to see how much time was left, it had never been started. Sigh. But since I didn’t think it had steeped as long...” Read full tasting note
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There was only a teeny tiny bit of this tea left, enough to make a fairly small cup, so I decided to go western style instead of using my gaiwan. I have really liked western brewed Bi Luo Chun in the past, so I expect tasty things. The aroma of the dry leaves was pretty faint, a distant hint of vegetal and green-ness.
The taste reminds me more of a low quality dragonwell than a Bi Luo Chun, there were strong notes of spinach and green beans with a hint of toasted sesame, I did not get any of the fruity lychee notes I associate with Bi Luo Chun. Even though it caught me off guard, I am ok with that! Luckily I really like those flavor profiles (one of the reasons I have low quality Dragonwell around just so I can quickly chug a cup) so it was not a loss.
Flavors: Green Beans, Spinach, Toasty
Well, I screwed up steeping this one. I thought I started my timer, but when I looked to see how much time was left, it had never been started. Sigh. But since I didn’t think it had steeped as long as I wanted it to, I left it for about 45s longer and pulled it. It is somewhat more or less than the 1:30 I wanted it to go for.
I am enjoying this one so much more than China #1 that I had earlier.
It’s much more green and vegetal, but not overwhelmingly so. It’s got a brighter flavor. Now I’m going to have to go back and trying China #2. It’s spinachy. It’s nice.
There’s unfortunately not much left of this tea so I don’t want to try again and see what it would be like with the 1:30 I had planned. Oh well.
We sell this one, so I do have steeping directions for it in case you are interested. 2 level teaspoons, 8oz of 180F degree water, 3 minutes. :)
It’s good to know because this one is nice. I did a little under 1t in ~4oz, so pretty close. I’m about to do a resteep, so I’ll let it go 3min this time.
Stacy, when I’m done with the box, will you tell me if I reviewed any of the other ones you sell? Just because I’m curious.
Cheri, I’m not entirely sure since I didn’t write them down. There were several Kenyan teas that we sell, since the samples we received were like 2 ounces each. I know the hand rolled white Kenyan tea we sell as our White Rhino.
I haven’t gotten to the whites (I think that’s next on my list!) I’ll have to be sure to try that one, since White Rhino is on my wish list….
Cheri-The leaves are pretty unique so that should be an easy one to pick out. If there are any purple teas in there, we sell them. I’m pretty sure that we sell one of the CTCs. The Kenyan CTCs are very good.
There are a few purples. I’ll have to try those as well then. :) I did not try the CTCs since that didn’t appeal to me at all at this point. Thanks, Stacy!
Cheri-The CTCs this farm sent are really fantastic. I highly recommend giving one or two a shot. I never wanted to sell CTCs and had such a snobby attitude towards them until I promised to give these a try. Some of them are really outstanding and complex. As long as you are careful with time (no more than a minute) and with the amount (about 1 teaspoon) they are just so good. I’ve been reading a lot lately about the quality of CTCs in general going up.
Also, I saw you had the green CTC and I wanted to mention that tea is not a good judge of the black CTC Kenyan teas.
I second that Kenyan black CTCs can be quite good.
