Due to a lot of travelling and work, I have been off Steepster recently, at least as far as reviews go. Next week I am going to California, but once I am back I hope to get to the reviewing again and try to cut down on the teas in my cupboard.
Today, before our tea tasting party started, I had this Hong Shui. It is a very nicely balanced tea, quite mineral, sweet, fruity, but also with vegetal notes and strong floral fragrance in the aftertaste. There are aromas of cookies, rocks, lychee in the dry leaf, reminding me of medium roasted Tie Guan Yin a bit. On the other hand, the wet leaves display peach, mineral and marine smells. The taste is quite floral, leafy and tannic, with a saccharine like sweetness. Aftertaste is very long and fragrant. There is a nice lingering bitterness in the throat. Body is medium I’d say and the mouthfeel is quite slick and a touch dry. Even though I only used 3 grams, I can feel the uplifting and energizing nature of the tea, as well as the caffeine.
Flavors: Biting, Bitter, Cookie, Drying, Floral, Fruity, Lychee, Marine, Mineral, Peach, Sweet, Tannic, Vegetal, Wet Rocks
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Would you by chance be coming to the Bay Area? If not, maybe one day this year we can meet for tea in Waterloo; I have friends close by in a town called Elora and I’m long overdue for a visit.
Unfortunately, I am going to Orange only. I love Bay Area so much more than LA! I hope I can visit again in near future, it’s been almost two years since I’ve been to SF.
If you ever come to southern Ontario, definitely let me know! Elora is nice, I often cycle there on the weekends :)
Would you by chance be coming to the Bay Area? If not, maybe one day this year we can meet for tea in Waterloo; I have friends close by in a town called Elora and I’m long overdue for a visit.
Unfortunately, I am going to Orange only. I love Bay Area so much more than LA! I hope I can visit again in near future, it’s been almost two years since I’ve been to SF.
If you ever come to southern Ontario, definitely let me know! Elora is nice, I often cycle there on the weekends :)