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Weird is how I would describe this tea. It’s got this strange wood and menthol taste that I found off-putting. No aroma in the dry leaf. Wet leaf smelled like Vicks Vaporub and had some darjeeling woodsiness. The first steep tasted exactly like how it smelled. As it cooled, the menthol lessened a bit and I tasted more of the woodsy, bug bitten flavor. The next two steeps had the same medicinal taste.
I gongfued this tea and could have kept going but decided to stop after the 3rd steep. I really disliked the minty/menthol taste which seemed all that this tea had to offer. There wasn’t any depth nor did the tea change from steep to steep.
I’ve heard great things about Taiwanese black tea so my experience here was a letdown. This was one of four black teas in my Taiwanese black tea sampler pack from TTC. Hoping I have better luck with the others.
Flavors: Menthol, Wood
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I’m a big fan of their Yuchi Wild Mountain Black
Thanks for the recommendation. Luckily I’ve got that one in my sampler pack. Will be trying it next.
I just tried this one, and it tasted so much like overcooked green beans and black olives to me! o.o
@Cameron B, that’s slightly more appetizing that my impressions of this tea though. I haven’t had much luck with Taiwanese blacks in general. Still prefer black tea from China.
I’m a big fan of their Yuchi Wild Mountain Black
Thanks for the recommendation. Luckily I’ve got that one in my sampler pack. Will be trying it next.
I just tried this one, and it tasted so much like overcooked green beans and black olives to me! o.o
@Cameron B, that’s slightly more appetizing that my impressions of this tea though. I haven’t had much luck with Taiwanese blacks in general. Still prefer black tea from China.