Gongfu!
So this was my first tea session (though not first tea) of the year – not for any particular reason aside from the fact I got this order in right before my holiday break and I’ve been waiting for a good day to steep one of them up since. As it’s a colder grey and overcast afternoon, the sweet and comforting profile of an orange stuffed tea felt correct for the day. It really is QUITE sweet though!
Opening up the package the aromatic sweet orange notes immediately punctuate the moment, as if to say “You’re in for one hell of a treat!” – and from the first steep my whole room smelled beautifully of the juicy, sweet ripe orange – like digging your nails into the skin of a good clementine or tangerine and breathing in the mist of essential oils spraying back at you as the rind peels back. The session just kept going with the spectrum of steeps ranging from syrupy sweet candied orange to a more full bodied and robust (but still smooth and rounded) coating profile of plump, ripe clementine slices with rich black tea that added additional notes of sweet red fruits, leather, and honey.
Have I conveyed enough of how sweet and distinctly this tea tasted of orange!? It was perfection!! I’m honestly so glad I decided to go all in and get multiples of each of the three tea bases because this is probably one of the most pleasant orange stuffed teas that I’ve ever had!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYM_gd4ugUG/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E84ZuzpxG18&ab_channel=MoreFatter
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Well, that’s another one for my wishlist. Just when I think I’ve figured out my next tea order(s) someone posts about something that sounds absolutely delicious and screws up my whole plan!
Ros, do you have a separate storage area for your orange peel teas? They’re so “smelly” I’ve been afraid to keep mine organized by tea type like I usually do. All the orangey ones have to live in a separate box.
The answer is yes and no, haha. I put these ones in a special area because they’re pretty potent smelling and I have a couple more fragrant chenpi shou cakes in the same area; but most of them are stored within their tea types.
Well, that’s another one for my wishlist. Just when I think I’ve figured out my next tea order(s) someone posts about something that sounds absolutely delicious and screws up my whole plan!
Ros, do you have a separate storage area for your orange peel teas? They’re so “smelly” I’ve been afraid to keep mine organized by tea type like I usually do. All the orangey ones have to live in a separate box.
The answer is yes and no, haha. I put these ones in a special area because they’re pretty potent smelling and I have a couple more fragrant chenpi shou cakes in the same area; but most of them are stored within their tea types.