I have the chance to write this note thanks to Sil – thank you so much for sharing.
You know I’m not a plain tea person. It means I don’t get all the natural flavours you mentioned in your notes.
It’s a medium bodied tea, quite malty but no so much. What I get much is a smoky burnt taste. I feel a little like if the tea itself was hidden behind this flavour. It is mineral too to my opinion.
It’s doesn’t taste chocolate to me or maybe the grilled cocoa beans.
I’ll try a second steep to see how the tea evolution is
Preparation
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absolutely ! I am trying to have more plain teas to develop my palate. I know I love keemums and orange pekoe types…more reticent with plain assams, but depends on the teas really. I need to continue experiencing plain teas
ah yes me too, i don’t have a good tasting machine in my mouth either. not for the subtleties. just your saying this helps me feel a little less malfunctioned.
and i keep trying too. having fun all along the way of course!
This one gets better through the steeps. It gets a tieguanyin creamy floral aspect to it.
It took me a while to like plain teas. But once you get use to them you can get hooked.
Ysaurella, this is great that you are trying. I know this analogy is mentioned quite often, but it is true, straight tea does compare to wine and the more you have it, the more you get to appreciate it in your own ways :-)
But you tried it! And that’s important :)
absolutely ! I am trying to have more plain teas to develop my palate. I know I love keemums and orange pekoe types…more reticent with plain assams, but depends on the teas really. I need to continue experiencing plain teas
ah yes me too, i don’t have a good tasting machine in my mouth either. not for the subtleties. just your saying this helps me feel a little less malfunctioned.
and i keep trying too. having fun all along the way of course!
yep drinking more and more teas is really fun !
This one gets better through the steeps. It gets a tieguanyin creamy floral aspect to it.
It took me a while to like plain teas. But once you get use to them you can get hooked.
Ysaurella, this is great that you are trying. I know this analogy is mentioned quite often, but it is true, straight tea does compare to wine and the more you have it, the more you get to appreciate it in your own ways :-)
thank you all, I keep trying :)
You will also get to try this one again, along with the caramel vanilla assam & a few others, as I have once again sent you a box. Hopefully this one will not get stuck in customs!
Keeping my fingers crossed!