I received some samples of Taiwan oolongs from Angel at TeaVivre this morning, and this was the first one I tried. I made it in a gaiwan with the whole of the sample pack (5g or 7g, I think; the weight wasn’t on the packet), and steeped for just half a minute or so each time with water of about 90C.
I haven’t had a lot of oolong before, and I’ve always found them a bit bitter for my taste, but this one was incredible – it’s been elevated to my favourite tea of the moment. It has a warm and very distinct sweet flavour that has a gentle spicy hint, and an addictive aroma of sweet-mellow autumny grasses.
I got about eight full-flavoured infusions out of the leaves before the flavour started to weaken, and I was tempted to try to squeeze a couple more out. Will definitely be buying a stock of this, I’m smitten with it.
