Oolong crème de la crème

Figured since I was already drinking an oolong, I should have some of this with it. Especially since this is very nearly ready for a sip down which will help out my ever growing cupboard just a wee bit. I haven’t yet added the teavivre teas that came in the mail yet as I don’t want to to pen them until I’m ready to send off the split tea to boxermama and Terri. No sense open the tea before we have to. So I have a number of teas in my house that aren’t in my cupboard, but I don’t consider it cheating since they’re in storage haha sadly that will change In a few week I suspect, when cavocorax arrives in Ontario to claim all her teas from me :) maybe I can get sort of close to 200 before that happens since I know she’s bringing tea with her from the gang out west!

This one is nothing I need to keep in my cupboard because I just don’t drink a lot of oolongs. Nthing wrong with this tea but I think I’d likely stock the milk oolong from mandala first if I were picking any to have in my cupboard all the time :)

And that’s the last of this, as part of Operation: Oldest-Teas First. (118)

Wait, that’s a really crappy codename. Maybe Operation: Stale No More? Operation: Rotation Escalation? Operation: Drink More Tea To Boost My Creativity?

Gonna steep on it. (:P)

Now THIS is a good milk oolong! TastyBrew sent this to me in the surprise package. Thanks, TastyBrew!! This was a perfect choice for me as I’ve been thinking about getting this tea for a long time, but wasn’t sure I wanted to get stuck with 2 oz. if I didn’t like it. (They don’t sell a smaller size).

This tea has all the milky, buttery flavor that I was expecting from a milk oolong, and a nice sweet finish! I do have a sweet tooth, ya know!

Getting this sample from TastyBrew was also perfect timing, as I was already planning on ordering a large amount of blueberry crumble with the latest promotion, so I added this one to the list! Yay!!

very very nice buttery oolong!
greenly sweet with a light and bright cream. it relaxes in your mouth.

then.
i did.
this.
http://instagram.com/p/cm20F6oc4Z/
i made a beer and tea cocktail.
for my 454th logged beer and tea. today is the day my logging numbers coincided.
it’s actually not a bad beer-tea-ni!
i’ve mixed iced tea with wine before, and champagne for a brunch type thing.
the good balance for this drink i found was something like 2:1 tea to beer.

Hennepin (Farmhouse Saison) by Ommegang Brewery
Ale brewed with Grains of Paradise, Coriander, Ginger, and Sweet Orange Peel.
https://untappd.com/user/shmiracles/checkin/40032793

This milk oolong tastes a tad more “flavoured” than some I’ve had… but it’s still pretty tasty, and I’m not unhappy to have a bag of it! First infusion is heavy on the sweet milkiness, but I’m hoping that there’s more oolong in infusions 2 and 3.

ETA: Two good additional infusions from this one, and the flavour morphed as expected – more creaminess lingered than I was expecting too, which was awesome!

The name on this is spot on – It’s so creamy and smooth! Even though it doesn’t necessarily say it’s a milk oolong, it’s very much like it. There’s a little vegetalness (probably not a word, but I’m using it anyway) in the end of the sip. Creamy in the front, vegetal in the back.

This is really lovely. I have a soft spot for good milky oolongs and this is one of the few that I’ll repurchase soon.

This is like drinking melted butter. And I do love butter. Yum.

Loose
Appearance: large oolong kernel, dark olive grey green
Aroma when Dry: sugary sweet, hints of butter notes
After water is first poured: buttery sugar
At end of first steep: buttery, creamy, sugary sweet
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: clear
Staple? Type yes, would buy brand again
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first?: buttery sticky rice
As it cools?: starts to get nutty, popcorn texture, creamy, slightly lingering close, starts to get bodied, brothy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, buttery rice notes, mostly high in palate

Second Steep(5 min):
At first: buttery, nutty, creamy
As it cools: gets bodied, rich, salty, brothy, buttery notes lighten a bit

Third Steep (5 min):
Light, brothy, nutty

Thanks jessiwrites for this sample :)

This one is quite lovely. A very creamy, buttery oolong.

Enjoyed both second and third steeps!

I absolutely love this stuff. Prepared gongfu style and steeped 10 times. All largely the same tasted and likely could have steeped a few more times. As others said, tea is creamy on the front and slightly vegetal in the back. Tastes sort of fruity throughout. I’m not so versed on oolongs but I absolutely loved this tea.