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Made a cup.

This is a good classic white tea, in that it is subtle and sweet. Personally I don’t care for hot white tea, I usually take it cold because the sweet taste usually comes through strong.

Not particularly as strongly sweet the second time around, which is not necessarily a bad or good thing. However, the cooler it gets the sweeter it gets.

For me this tea seems sweet, very much like a raisin cookie with a little chocolate. I’m not really detecting anything peppery. There is a nice malty-ness that I’m enjoying, for me a “malty” tea is usually hit or miss, and this one is a hit.

On the first steeping I didn’t detect any real flower-like taste. However, on the second steeping there is most definitely a flower note, probably because the more nutty/savory taste is much more muted.

I found this tea very interesting. There is a definite sort of pine nut taste initially but it finishes with a very smooth, pleasant, almost milky taste. As it cools, though, the savory/nut taste becomes a little stronger and the milky finish fades.

This is my second steeping and the taste holds up very well. There is a very (very) surprising fruity aftertaste that seems to still be rolling around in my mouth.

I’ve heard some people describe pu-erh as tasting like a moldy basement, so I’ve been hesitant to try it. I’m somewhat happy with this pu-erh as it thankfully does not remind me of a basement. I suspect that this moldy taste is from brewing a little too long, I was instructed to steep for only a minute and a half. It does have a tangy/savory taste and I see where people can taste almond and mushroom notes, but I feel the flavor is a little more complicated than that. Supposedly pu-erh is similar to oolong in that it is intended for multiple brews, and is the best tea for weight-loss.

When it’s still very hot the taste is more peppery than lemon, but if you let it cool down the lemon taste becomes much stronger and the pepper taste mostly disappears.

I generally don’t care for Oolong but this one seems pretty nice. It has a smooth subtle flavor that I like.