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Spring 2023: Lovely winey black tea. Not unlike a good Keemun, with perhaps less orchid/rose florals and with more cinnamon notes. Very fruity with plum and dark grape notes, hints of chocolate, and buttery texture. Yes, this one is a joy to drink!

Spring 2023: Wow, this one has an “Indian spice” scent to the dry leaf/brewed tea – maybe like a garam masala? Has sauteed onions flavor, some oakiness, and a few herbal/spicy notes that come through into the flavor. Also a bit of pleasant grassiness, not too rough. It is nice enough, but not sure if I would seek it out again.

Spring 2023: Wow, this tea is really different! Has a fruity/strongly cannabis-like aroma to the leaves. The dry leaf smell is very strong and intoxicating when I stick my nose into the bag. The leaves are beautiful, larger-leaf white tea leaves, in varying shades of green. The brewed tea is lighter yellow in color with notes of lychee florals, mint, peach, cannabis, and green grape.

Spring 2023: Love this. A very delicate green tea. Sweet and nutty with soft florals and notes of juniper. Nice complexity with some lingering aftertaste.

Spring 2023: A nice cup of flowers! Very floral oolong tea. Sweet. Another great find from Yunnan Sourcing. I think the processing of this tea is somewhat unusual for “duck shit” varietal Dan Cong oolong, but I am not very knowledgeable about this tea. IMO, not a bad idea to use this processing method.

Spring 2023: Some green chestnut, some apricot, some grassy florals (maybe dandelion?). Nothing really pops on this one, though. An enjoyable, but not great, tea. I suspect this would make a decent iced tea.

Spring 2023: The dry leaves don’t have much aroma but look very nice. The tea does smell like stewed fruit once brewed, but not a lot of fruit in the taste. This tea leans more vegetal/herbal. Strong notes of celery and herbs like parsley and oregano. Nuttiness in the background, with a good amount of sweetness which is kind of masked by the herbal notes. Maybe some lemongrass. I can agree with previous reviewer that there are flavors of grilled vegetables, green pepper, and a whisper of smoke.

This is a very interesting tea overall, as I haven’t had too many with this kind of flavor profile. I can see why maybe puerh drinkers would enjoy this, and I would venture to guess that the parsley/oregano herbal notes in this tea are the same kind of notes which translate into the “medicinal” notes commonly found in puerh teas. I think I see a similarity there.