After yesterday’s successful experiment with LB/Wuyi Mountain Big Red Robe, I wanted to sip on just the Wuyi oolong today at work for comparison. For the first two Western style steeps, I was getting a lot of nutty and chocolate-y flavors along with that wet leaf taste that I find in a lot of different oolongs. The third steep was significantly weaker in flavor (and oddly a little bitter), but I went ahead and did a fourth steep anyway just to see what would happen. The fourth steep was pretty much just like slightly flavored hot water.
In conclusion, I think that this is a 2 steep max kind of tea for me (Western style anyway). I’m so happy that I reordered this from Verdant because it’s just the perfect delicious, clean cuppa I need to motivate me through the workday.
