Yesterday and today I drank a 2015 Winter Alishan from Mountain Tea which I received as part of our Slackchat’s Secret Santea Exchange from Hokdor. I’m reviewing it as Random, because I didn’t feel the need to make a new entry for a previous year’s tea which is no longer listed on their site. This was a really nice oolong. The dry leaf had a slightly vegetal sweet aroma – After a rinse, a bit more sweetness and floral aroma came through, still accompanied by a green vegetal note.
The flavor started off mostly a nice and mildly sweet vegetal, but with a heady and slightly funky floral-sweet finish. As the session developed, the tea sweetened, delivering almost a sugarcane note on the finish. The texture was pleasantly thick as I expect from most gaoshan. My notes weren’t too detailed on these sessions, so that’s about the extent of what I have! Great tea for sure.
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“Secret Santa” reminded me that I have about 5g left on the Dong Ding. That’s what I’m having today…!
PS. I really enjoy a nice Alishan (well, I think I do considering I’ve only tried Alishan once, so my experience thus far has been great! lol). I’m glad you liked this.
“Secret Santa” reminded me that I have about 5g left on the Dong Ding. That’s what I’m having today…!
PS. I really enjoy a nice Alishan (well, I think I do considering I’ve only tried Alishan once, so my experience thus far has been great! lol). I’m glad you liked this.