I got the version from 2014 in a sampler pack. This is waaaay too bitter for me, with no natural sweetness that I can detect. So… Question… Are oriental beauty, da hong pao and wuyi rock the only darker oolongs? I wish I’d gotten a dark oolong sampler instead of this one. All but one or two are…quite green. I need honey or something for this to work.
Flavors: Bitter, Vegetal
I drink black and oolong teas — and am trying to learn a little about puerh these days. I’m in it for the taste, not the appropriated Eastern mysticism. Not so good at keeping my cupboard up to date, let alone making a tea spreadsheet. I don’t really do sipdown reviews because then I’d be judging the tea based on the dust at the bottom of the bag. I think it’s nifty that there are tens of thousands of options involving just this one plant leaf.
Southern transplant in Connecticut
