I am somewhat new to the oolong scene. With my last Chawangshop order, they included a free sample of a Gui Fei oolong, which I had never heard of. It was a really nice tea, sweet and honey flavor. It is one of those bug bitten teas, I think it comes under the umbrella of an oolong beauty. The bug bites force the tea plant to produce this characteristic honey taste. So I went hunting and found that Taiwan Tea Crafts had a couple varieties, so I ordered them. This is the first I tried. It’s a nice tea, medium dark, no roastiness. It does have that honey flavor, not too strong. It also had a little astringency, which I like, just a touch. Overall a nice tea.
gui fei?
i’m not familiar with that term
“Precious Concubine”.
awesome!
i never understood what Chinese concubines were :/
what are they?
http://www.yourdictionary.com/concubine
I’ve not really been impressed with the gui fei’s that I’ve tried. I can see their merits for people who like mild black tea, but I guess it’s just not my jam. Tastes like a slightly floral ceylon to me, most of the time!
I think I loved this one
@LP, bummer that this is only the first of seven you’ve enjoyed. I love Gui Fei – it has a very sweet, honey and jammy quality to me that’s incredibly lovely. Can’t love ’em all, right? At least you found one that does it for you :)
Yeah, this is one of my favorites from TTC. I bought enough for aging.
Thanks evol