2nd infusion. Yum! I think I hear the Red Dragon whispering my name though….sorry Yunnan, I think you may be done for the day.
Last time I made this I found it a little bitter. The directions were to steep for 5 minutes, but this time I tried slightly less. The smell of the tea was fruit and possibly chocolate. The shorter steep time really makes this tea – very smooth, slightly sweet. This tea deserves a higher rating.
I don’t exactly know what I did wrong with this tea tonight but I was getting a very peppery taste that I have never had before and did not enjoy. I’m disappointed and since I do not even want to finish my cup, the rating will be dropped a couple of points. Hopefully next time I drink this the tea will redeem itself.
I woke up wanting this tea.
I decided to have this with breakfast with a very small amount of milk.
I would like to say I enjoyed this cup of tea, but I never got a chance. I made the tea and set it on my table to slightly cool while I took dinner out of the oven. My cat thought this would be a good time to knock the entire mug onto the carpet. sigh I love this tea and I will just have to make more.
This is my breakfast tea and I am very happy with it today. I am getting the slightly sweet, full body taste (almost like a coffee/tea combo) and it is strong but not bitter. Very nice cup of tea. I almost never take my breakfast tea plain, but this one is very smooth so plain it is.
Maybe it is because I feel adventurous or crazy, but probably just because I wasn’t sure a third infusion of this Yunnan would produce a strong enough cup….either way, I decided to make hot chocolate with tea instead of water. Perhaps that isn’t strange to some, but I just never pictured chocolate and tea together. (I have made hot chocolate with coffee several times, though). After recently trying and loving the mint chocolate oolong, maybe this will actually be good.
It is pretty good. I think I was right about the Yunnan not making it for a full third infusion, the tea out of the pot was pretty light in color. The flavor is mostly hot chocolate with a taste of ‘something’ which is obviously the tea, but I don’t think I would have guessed that it was tea if I didn’t make it myself. I really want to try this hot chocolate/tea thing with a first infusion of tea to see if the tea taste is stronger….project for tomorrow. :D
Pretty weak on the third infusion, but good overall.
I really wanted an Earl Grey this morning, but this is a pretty good substitute.
