Osmanthus Oolong (Rare Tea Collection)

I wanted to start this Sunday off happily so I picked a tea from my swap with Ellen and a few tracks of the Puppini Sisters and a blood orange to shake off sleep. They pair like a good trio should.

Very delicious! There’s something brothy about it hot with fruity notes I can’t pinpoint. Non-malodious Durian? (Whoo, there’s an oxymoron) There’s nice chocolate taste that slides around with the mushroom broth flavor. Mmm! Another meal in a teapot. Now I want chocolate mushroom miso shiru for breakfast…

I was given this tea as a gift (thank you Luthien! :) and it is now one of my favorites. It has a very smooth, mellow, and well-rounded taste without any acidic aftertaste. The scent is mild.

This tea is pretty dang delicious. It’s so hard to brew it wrong, which is good for a newbie like me XP The flavor is so floral and smooth. Nothing bad about it! (except maybe the cost, heh)