Sipdown no. 6 of 2016 (no. 227 total). The rest of the sample.
It tastes particularly brisk and bright today, with honey in the aroma and in the finish. The assam throat grab is barely present. It teeters between being a great tea on the surface and something that has a bit more depth.So here’s a question. When you’re tasting tea do you ever perceive distance in taste? I know some people taste colors, etc. but I noticed that I taste depths and heights. I find myself often saying something is “deep” or “on the surface” or has “high” notes. It’s like taking a VR walk through the taste, I guess, or it feels a little bit like that. Hmmm.
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I hadn’t really thought about it, but I do! Some teas are cozy like being in a small warm room surrounded by loved ones, or remind me of walking through a forest, or feeling the sun and wind on your face under a cloudless blue sky. Sometimes when I say depth I really mean complexity, but sometimes it really a feeling like a shallow lake vs a deep one.
Right, I get the depth = complexity, too. Sometimes I feel more like it is spatial. Interesting.
Absolutely; I find I often perceive ‘layers’ of flavour as depth (top notes, body notes, base/support notes as well). Often I’ll use descriptors like “round flavour” to talk about something enjoyable or “flat” for something plain or less than stellar. I LOVE poetic language in regards to tea tasting (and most things in life) because it’s a really great way not to just convey the taste of a tea but the experience of drinking it.
I agree, I love reading unusual descriptions as well as the old standbys.
I hadn’t really thought about it, but I do! Some teas are cozy like being in a small warm room surrounded by loved ones, or remind me of walking through a forest, or feeling the sun and wind on your face under a cloudless blue sky. Sometimes when I say depth I really mean complexity, but sometimes it really a feeling like a shallow lake vs a deep one.
Right, I get the depth = complexity, too. Sometimes I feel more like it is spatial. Interesting.
Absolutely; I find I often perceive ‘layers’ of flavour as depth (top notes, body notes, base/support notes as well). Often I’ll use descriptors like “round flavour” to talk about something enjoyable or “flat” for something plain or less than stellar. I LOVE poetic language in regards to tea tasting (and most things in life) because it’s a really great way not to just convey the taste of a tea but the experience of drinking it.
I agree, I love reading unusual descriptions as well as the old standbys.