3 Tasting Notes
While doing a comparison between a new yixing pot and a gaiwan, i tested this tea today.
After a rinse of about 20 seconds, i started with like 10 – 20 secs brews (hard to tell exactly, the pot is pouring slow). The first 2 infusions are overwhelming, way too earthy for my taste. The brew is really dark, looks like coffee.
(Maybe next time i really should do two 30 secs rinses to skip this initial taste.)
There is already a creamy mouthfeel.
The next infusions (still at 10-20 secs) are better, the earthiness scales back and there is a hint of cacao and maybe oranges. Thick and creamy mouthfeel.
Flavors: Cacao, Creamy, Earth
Preparation
I really love this one. It smells wonderfull, chocolate like, dark and earthy with a hint of citrus. The brew is thick, a dark red color.
It tastes creamy, like chocolate, a hint of orange, earthy (but not too much).
I am brewing it gong fu style, a quick rinse of like 10-15 secs and then i started with 10-15 secs steepings, gradually increasing the time.
I ended after around 15 steeps (last steeping time was like 5 mins)
Flavors: Chocolate, Earth, Orange