Gongfu!
I don’t even know when the last time I drank a straight Chinese green tea was, let alone a dragonwell, and this might have even been my first made with the bai ye cultivar. They’ve just never been my thing. However, I was at Camellia Sinensis not too long ago picking up some of their new teaware, and I received this as a free sample with that order…
Honestly, it caught me off guard how much I enjoyed this green tea today! It’s lighter with a more buttery taste and mouthfeel. Brown butter, chestnut, and the mild, crispy vegetal taste of something like an uncooked nappa cabbage. It finished really clean, with a fleeting tip of the tongue sweetness. I never would have picked this for myself, so it was so nice to have had it picked for me and turn out to be a wonderfully refreshing change-up from the teas I would normally be drinking!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT83KYMEgoX/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60×4eW6PPa0