Enjoying this one this morning. I’ve had this tea before from Spring 2015. I even have some of the Spring 2015 still in my cupboard. I really liked it then but the dry leaf smells different from the two. Autumn has more of a fruity scent and the Spring has more of a straw scent to it. I will have to brew both up together and see if there’s a big difference. It might also have to do with the Spring one starting to age.
I brewed this at 80C in my tea mug. It’s strange a few reviews say this tea is astringent. I found very little astringency in it. Maybe it had to do with the brewing. It’s a sweet nutty tea with a bit of fruitiness. There’s a bit of green pea in there too. It reminds me a bit of some bi luo chun teas. Think I will try this one at 70 to see if I get more fruity flavour from it.
Flavors: Fruity, Green Beans, Nutty, Sweet
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Want to correct my note about how the dry leaf for the Spring one smelled. When I opened the bag I got straw. but when I let it sit for awhile , it was more fruity.
I think there might be a confusion, or broad interpretation on the term astringency and how it relates to dryness
Apparently there is four kinds of astringency. hahahaha
http://www.teanerd.com/2007/04/astringency-red-headed-stepchild-of-tea.html
Interesting! Thanks for the link.
interesting read as well, nice responses from others too
Want to correct my note about how the dry leaf for the Spring one smelled. When I opened the bag I got straw. but when I let it sit for awhile , it was more fruity.
I think there might be a confusion, or broad interpretation on the term astringency and how it relates to dryness
Apparently there is four kinds of astringency. hahahaha
http://www.teanerd.com/2007/04/astringency-red-headed-stepchild-of-tea.html
Interesting! Thanks for the link.
interesting read as well, nice responses from others too