Okay so I have very little experience with Dancong, and this was the first one I drank from the august 2016 club box, which I tried to do at like 90 degrees, which.. really went pretty bad, but then I did a whole bunch of reading about brewing dancongs and now I’m trying again and this went much better.
At first, I get a lot of apple and pear, mixed with woody earthy cocoa, honey, lychee, there’s a hint of a sort of rainforesty-wet earthy taste .. I think the Chinese have a word for that taste but I don’t know what it is.
It’s interesting because the tea’s aroma is very different from its taste, like it smells like a da hong pao with the toasty dark roasty rock oolong flavour, but the taste is sweet and fruity with honey. I can’t really detect much other than honey and lychee now, with the toasty roasty aroma, maybe a bit of milky chocolate, hints of some other fruit I can’t quite place.. kinda like pear plus orange.. plus uh.. cranberry or raspberry or .. blackberry.. uh well anyways,
It has a really satisfying body, full but not too thick, with a slight bitterness and slight astringency, even a slight acidity. I think I could get really into dancongs. This is great.
It’s not reasonable for me to rate this, cause I have no expectations or baselines. Really tasty though :)
Flavors: Apple, Chocolate, Cocoa, Fruity, Honey, Lychee, Pear, Roasted, Toast, Wet Earth
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Fenghuang Oolong
thank you :) I’m really excited to dive into all these, but I’m getting a really fancy programmable kettle next week and I’m mostly holding off till I can make them even better!
yes, vari temp + accurate gaiwan skills are really important to avoid the bitter overbrewing that can easily happen
Welcome to the wonderful world of Fenghuang Oolong
thank you :) I’m really excited to dive into all these, but I’m getting a really fancy programmable kettle next week and I’m mostly holding off till I can make them even better!
yes, vari temp + accurate gaiwan skills are really important to avoid the bitter overbrewing that can easily happen