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Yogini Undefined drank Creamy Nut Oolong by Teaopia

I’ve been drinking this lovely tea all day! Dry, it smells nutty with sweet caramel notes, so I had high hopes for it to taste as good as it smells. This tea delivers! It has a gorgeous, nutty scent and flavour. Mildly sweet, a warm and soothing brew – not too strong, not too weak; just right!
I made it exactly to the directions, brewed it for 4mins at just under 90 degrees temperature. I see from the post that you can brew multiple infusions from it, although when I tried a second brewing, it was really bland. I will try it again using the 1 min brew time instructions here on Steepster and see how that goes. I will definitely have fun experimenting with this tea, mixing it up, perhaps even adding some sort of sweetener to it, just to see what notes pop out next time.

2012-04-18 14:57:50 -0400

190 °F / 87 °C

4 min 0 sec

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SimpliciTEA 2012-04-21 15:21:50 -0400

If you don’t mind my saying, to get more than one infusion out of it, you may want to try your first infusion at a minute or less. I am able to get at least three decent steepings out of any oolong when I start the first steep at about 45 – 60 seconds, then add about 30- 45 seconds for each successive steeping.

Yogini Undefined 2012-04-21 16:17:05 -0400

I am grateful for any and all advice you have, thank you so much SimpliciTea, as I have a lot to learn. I’m definitely going to try that next time :) Thanks again! :))

SimpliciTEA 2012-04-21 17:10:43 -0400

You’re welcome.

You can start at even shorter steep times (as short as 5 seconds), which is sometimes referred to as Gongfu steeping, although it’s usually done in a Gaiwan with a larger ratio of leaf to water. But with that method I have heard it easy to get five or more flavorful steepings. Here is one link to more details on Gongfu brewing http://verdanttea.com/teas/hand-picked-autumn-tieguanyin/#brewing (look for the heading, “Gongfu Style Brewing”). Happy steeping!

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