2958 Tasting Notes
This is one of the best rooibos chais I have ever had. The rooibos sweetness combined with a very spicy clove flavour is just fantastic.
Brews a dark amber brown, can be resteeped several times, is great as a latte, and you can forget about it/leave the teabag in without worrying about it oversteeping.
Flavors: Clove, Cloves, Rooibos, Spices, Spicy, Sweet
Preparation
Thank you JK7ray for a sample of this fantastic oolong! I used half a teaspoon of loose leaf and it expanded to fill my entire teabag, it grew at least 10x in size! I think I’m going to do it with a clear teapot next time so I can watch it grow.
The loose tea smells really good, there’s some tea smell (but not old bagged black tea smell, more like a really fresh oolong, which this is) and a bit of honey, oats, and seaweed. I wasn’t expecting that, but I’m pleasantly suprised by everything about it.
I steeped 0.5 tsp in hotish water. I forgot to take the teabag out, so it steeped for about 8 minutes. It wasn’t astringent, though, so that’s a very nice feature. It brews a really nice dark amber and has that distinctive oolong smell. mmm I love that smell. The liquid tastes strongly of that sweetness you can smell from dried autumn leaves, a bit of seaweed/kelp, some very light sweetness, and a very light toasty aspect (maybe more like dried in the sun.) The tea/tannin flavour is strong, but not bitter or astringent. This oolong is absolutely phenomenal, I am very surprised there aren’t more tasting notes for it.
Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Floral, Ocean Air, Seaweed, Sweet, Tannin, Tea, Toasted, Vegetal
