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This tea has a velvety texture and hits with an immediate burst of charcoal, spicy and ever so slightly sweet, and the smooth roasted aftertaste has a unique peat smokiness to it. Highly suggestive of houjicha, but with more depth of flavor. Wonderful.

Syrupy and thick on the tongue, and possessing a beautifully mellow quality without a trace of bitterness. There is a slightly acidic earthiness at first, but an indistinct sweetness takes over soon after and unfolds into cherry cobbler and honey, lingering on these lovely notes for quite some time. Delicious, and my current favorite among What-Cha’s Georgian teas.

This tea has such an incredible robustness and richness of flavor that its lack of complexity doesn’t matter. It offers an up front burst of dark malt and unsweetened cocoa with staying power and depth, but also a slight bitterness. Very satisfying, and the first tea I would suggest to a coffee drinker.

Sweet potatoes and sugarcane are at the forefront, with a soft malt background. This is a smooth and unusually flavorful white tea that dispenses with any subtlety and brings to mind a fruity Dian Hong black, only lighter in body and revealing more overt sweetness.

Perfectly smooth on entry, with a rich dark chocolate flavor hinting at sweetness and closing with a very slight note of mint. The body of this tea is wonderfully thick, and it lacks any form of astringency or bitterness.

Tart and astringent at first, like the skin of a plum before biting into it. This yields to an increasingly sweet plum taste that develops a floral note in the finish, along with a hint of basil. Quite unique.

Soft and silky on the tongue, with a delightfully sweet grassy note as counterpoint to a dark, savory green vegetal character akin to kale or nori. The taste is fresh, slightly tangy, and quite oceanic, reminding me of asamushi sencha or guricha. A very fine tea and one of my new favorites.

Smooth malt and a faint hint of caramel sweetness. This tea is simplistic in flavor, but pleasant, with a thick texture and no bitterness whatsoever.

Earth and charcoal toastiness with a mildly bitter edge give way to fragrant spicy wood resin and subdued date-like sweetness in the aftertaste, which has staying power and continually emanates from the back of the throat. A complex and intriguing oolong that evolves as it cools.

Mild fruit and a touch of malt. An apricot note comes out in the drying finish. I found this tea to be somewhat lacking in flavor without a longer steep that also draws out the astringency.