I had this from awhile ago and some cinnamon sounded pretty good. I opened it up and took in a pleasant warm and spicy wood aroma. I had good hopes for this session. I placed a good amount in my warmed gaiwan and gave it a shake. The spiced wood aroma deepened to roasted spices. This scent was close to a chai aroma. I washed the leaves once and prepared for brewing. The flavor was heavily tannic and unpleasantly bitter. I’m unsure if I did something wrong. I tried to do flash steeping and the result was the same. The taste was like sucking on a cinnamon stick. I was reminded of when I was younger, and I did the “cinnamon challenge”. However, the session improved in later steeping. The tones softened to a burnt sugar taste and light roast aroma. This took quite a bit of steeping. This rock oolong carried no sweet aftertaste and was very rough. This might not be the tea for me.
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Flavors: Bitter, Burnt Sugar, Cinnamon, Dry Grass, Roasted, Spices, Tannic
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You did the cinnamon challenge and lived to tell.
hahahah I have. I do not recommend it…
I only watched one video of someone doing it. It looked terrible xP
a lot of gagging, shivering, and shaking. All in all, unpleasant. but I beat the challenge ;)
Holy shit :O You truly did live and tell.
hahaha I should have a badge or something…
Interesting… Quite frankly, Rou Gui is pretty much the only rock oolong I’ve never been a fan of. I haven’t tried this one and don’t think I will anytime soon after reading this, lol. But have you had other TTL Wuyi? They are quite good, especially their Bei Dou.
I’ve had their DHP which was decent. I’ve never had any others. I have two in my cupboard that I need to get to. I’m unsure on what they are though…
You did the cinnamon challenge and lived to tell.
hahahah I have. I do not recommend it…
I only watched one video of someone doing it. It looked terrible xP
a lot of gagging, shivering, and shaking. All in all, unpleasant. but I beat the challenge ;)
Holy shit :O You truly did live and tell.
hahaha I should have a badge or something…
Interesting… Quite frankly, Rou Gui is pretty much the only rock oolong I’ve never been a fan of. I haven’t tried this one and don’t think I will anytime soon after reading this, lol. But have you had other TTL Wuyi? They are quite good, especially their Bei Dou.
I’ve had their DHP which was decent. I’ve never had any others. I have two in my cupboard that I need to get to. I’m unsure on what they are though…