536 Tasting Notes
I tried cold brewing this, which was a mistake. I was like ‘what could go wrong?’ Most other green oolongs are great cold-brewed. Buttery and tannic and awful. At least there was some flavor versus the hot brew. Not good flavor, but flavor.
Ended up pouring it out.
Flavors: Butter, Tannic
Interesting, do you mean you didnt like the hot brew?
Hot it didn’t have much flavor at all :( It had creamy mouthfeel, but didn’t taste like anything. I’ve tried it both ways.
Planning on trying it hot again just to see if I can’t coax out what it’s supposed to be like.
I’ve been having that issue with most of my Jin Xuan’s lately…Are you at least getting some grassy fruity aftertaste? Like literal pineapple skin instead of fruity pineapple? If not, darn.
I really don’t get this one. Tried this both westren and gaiwan and I haven’t been able to get much out of it. Dry leaf smells sweet and floral and hay. Mouthfeel is thick and creamy, but it doesn’t have any taste.
190F, 180F, long steeps, short steeps. I can’t seem to find the right brewing conditions. Very confused by this tea.
Flavors: Creamy, Thick
I had a hard time getting that one to brew right-I hope that I wrote it in my notes. The Gong Fu Brenden recommended did not quite pull out the tropical taste he described.
You probably already tried this, but here’s how I did it: 2 min, 30 seconds 3-4 g with water at 190. I would then sip it, let it cool down, and sip it more.
Thanks! I’ll try it that way.
Review for Ali Shan Cing Xin Baked by Tealyra. 8oz, 1tsp, 200F
Sipdown. Creamy, floral, thick, barely roasted. Getting more floral/lilac as I get further along in steeps.
I like this one. Could get more eventually, but I have too much tea and an order on the way. 85 I should probably enter this, but I don’t want to.
Flavors: Creamy, Floral, Roasted, Thick
Sipdown. I was never able to reproduce that great first impression.
It takes a couple of infusions to start to unfurl, but I was still finding unfurled oolong during later steeps. Steeps were gritty from ginseng powder and I felt that it overpowered the tea. Pretty sure I don’t like it as well as I thought. Sweet, almost overly so, eventually drying at end. Dropping my rating. 80
Flavors: Sweet
