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drank Middle Mountain "Zhu Ye" Bamboo Leaf Dan Cong Oolong Tea by Yunnan Sourcing
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[Spring 2021 harvest]

This Dan Cong is quite green and floral – it reminds me a of FF Darjeelings a lot, and at times even of high mountain Taiwanese green oolongs. It is quite an aromatic tea with a velvety mouthfeel and strong minerality too.

Dry leaves smell like plum flowers to me, while the wet aroma is more like a mix of hay, apples, nuts, instant cacao, and pears.

The tea tastes savoury, floral and mineral. There are notes of orchid, white grapes, semoline, nut oils and others. Its dry, numbing finish then merges with a warming aftertaste that’s both bitter and sweet and bring further flavours of mountain herbs and vanilla.

Flavors: Apple, Apple Skins, Bitter, Drying, Floral, Fruit Tree Flowers, Green, Herbal, Mineral, Nutty, Orchid, Plum, Sweet, Vanilla, White Grapes

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 4 OZ / 110 ML
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I had been drinking Japanese green tea for a while before discovering the world of tea in 2017. I rarely drink blends and generally avoid artificially scented teas. Other than that I try to keep it varied.

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