Ugh! I am so pissed off at myself. I saw that Verdant’s Zhu Rong was low stock this morning when I checked before work. Running short on time I thought no way the 2lbs they have left will sell out before tonight, so I left it until I got home. Well I got online and they’re all sold out! cries Now I’m so bummed out. I was totally looking forward to trying that tea. I guess it’ll serve me right to wait when I should just get my butt in gear and put my order in. Though now I’m not even sure I want to put in the order I had planned since the Zhu Rong was the reason for ordering. x.x; We’ll just have to see I guess.
But even though it’s really too late to have tea, I decided to make myself the other half of my sample of this tea to soothe me for the moment. I don’t work tomorrow. I can deal with being up with jitters. XD
The package itself was unfortunately tainted with a nearby fruit tea, so I didn’t get much of the actual tea’s smell from the leaves.
And because I still haven’t gotten around to even trying to use my gaiwan(s) yet I brewed this up western style rather off the cuff. 3g of tea which was kinda 2 1/2 tsp, though to be honest I didn’t measure all that carefully since I wasn’t about to just put a half tsp back into the package. 3 min @ 205*ish water. Probly about 13/14 oz. Again, I just filled my mug, which I usually do just 12oz, but tonight because of the bit of extra tea I almost filled the mug to overflowing to compensate.
Brewed this is malty and roasty with a nice smokyness. At least I guess that that’s smokyness there with that different flavor. Lol. It’s got a nice silky, full sort of mouthfeel to it which is nice. Not sure about the supposed sweet potato, but considering I haven’t had sweet potato in awhile, I’m not too concerned with missing that. Same with the citrus. Not tasting it, but not missing it either.
The astringency is very mild and is really only present because I’m holding the tea in my mouth to try and figure out the tastes. I’m sure if I was just sipping at it normally that I’d hardly notice the astringency.
I will say that I added a bit of Truvia about halfway through and it toned down the roasty/smokyness a bit and make the whole tea much nicer to drink. At least for me. But then I tend to like all my teas somewhat sweet, even the ones where I guess it could be considered blasphemous to add anything to it. Lol!
If I do decide to go ahead with my order, I’ll be tossing this into it since it’s a nice tea to have around.
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That’s frustrating! 2lbs seems like a lot. I agree that I wouldn’t have expected it to run out either.
Let’s hear it for blasphemy! LOL
That’s the only reason i tried to pre-order, so that didn’t have to worry about trying to catch it. That being said, i’m sorry…i would have expected 2lbs to last as well :( Hopefully their already working on getting more in!
I might have some (in the club) to send you. I’ll be back from vacation the end if July..message me.
Yeah. Frustrating was a good word for it. XD I was kinda flabbergasted to be honest too. I mean, considering how long it had been up, I figured it would take at least a few more days to run through those 2 lbs. But c’est la vie. I’ll just know better for next time not to wait. Lol!
I did email Verdant that night asking if/when them might be getting Zhu Rong back in stock, but I still haven’t gotten a response back. Which is a bit strange considering how good their customer service has been in the past. I wonder if anything is wrong?
Darby – That would be marvelous. I’ll send you a message.
That’s frustrating! 2lbs seems like a lot. I agree that I wouldn’t have expected it to run out either.
Let’s hear it for blasphemy! LOL
That’s the only reason i tried to pre-order, so that didn’t have to worry about trying to catch it. That being said, i’m sorry…i would have expected 2lbs to last as well :( Hopefully their already working on getting more in!
I might have some (in the club) to send you. I’ll be back from vacation the end if July..message me.
Yeah. Frustrating was a good word for it. XD I was kinda flabbergasted to be honest too. I mean, considering how long it had been up, I figured it would take at least a few more days to run through those 2 lbs. But c’est la vie. I’ll just know better for next time not to wait. Lol!
I did email Verdant that night asking if/when them might be getting Zhu Rong back in stock, but I still haven’t gotten a response back. Which is a bit strange considering how good their customer service has been in the past. I wonder if anything is wrong?
Darby – That would be marvelous. I’ll send you a message.