It has been a long time since I’ve had this tea, and a long time since I’ve had something other than my daily drinkers which is also similar to those daily drinkers.
There’s a lot here that reminds me of golden fleece. A hard to place spice. Anise? Cinnamon? Clove? It’s something I know from an ethnic holiday cookie and I absolutely can’t put my finger on it but it is bubbling up huge roils of sense memories. Almond? I think it might be almond, like a marzipan… YES. It’s marzipan. Wow, that hurt.
And it shares that cedar wood aroma that Golden Fleece has.
The hui gan is pretty substantial. My whole mouth is thick and it is watering all the way down my throat.
I need to remember to keep this leaf around more often. There was a stretch where all my non-Laoshan black teas got muddled and I didn’t know which ones had been which (I should have consulted Steepster to remember!) and now that I know, this one needs to stay on the short list.
Flavors: Cedar, Marzipan
