This is a really nice Fujian tea that had a great mix of bright fruit and sweet cocoa notes. It is very similar in flavour to a tea I love and may not be able to replace, so I am grateful to Dexter3657 for this sample as I’ve been curious about it for some time.
Below are my observations. I steeped it 5 times.
This tea brewed into a medium amber brown.
Scent longan, cocoa, honey, malt. Both bright and rich smelling.
1.5 TSP/200 ml/95°C/1 min
Nice balance of bright citrusy longan, honey,with cocoa in the finish. Slight hint of dark bread crust, cherry and spice.
1 min scent similar to above but stronger sweet cocoa note.
Long an, stronger cocoa with honey underrneath
1:30. Longan honey, cocoa in back again but still quite present.
2:10 longan dominant other flavours present underneath. Becomes sweeter as it cools
4 min slightly tart sweet potato with cocoa honey note
Altogether this is really a nice tea that I will purchase in the future. Thanks!
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I changed the picture and description of this tea as this is the only King Pin on their website and it is described as a staple at the tea shop.
Beautiful notes in there!
Thanks! I meant jing pin;)
Glad you liked it. This is my favorite black tea, and I share it quite often – I don’t think others love it as much as I do – but it’s nice to read other’s reviews. :))
Sounds very nice!
Love this one!
oooh, longan! I love zhenghes and have enjoyed everything I’ve tried from TTL, so onto the list it goes!
ifjuly did I not send you any of this? I can if you would like to try it. :))
you did, and I’m a total doof! I went to add it to my wishlist and saw it was already in my cupboard! hahaha my bad.
(more shameful “your stash is out of control” symptoms…)
i bought this one after dexter shared it with me..love it as well!
I changed the picture and description of this tea as this is the only King Pin on their website and it is described as a staple at the tea shop.
Beautiful notes in there!
Thanks! I meant jing pin;)
Glad you liked it. This is my favorite black tea, and I share it quite often – I don’t think others love it as much as I do – but it’s nice to read other’s reviews. :))
Sounds very nice!
Love this one!
oooh, longan! I love zhenghes and have enjoyed everything I’ve tried from TTL, so onto the list it goes!
ifjuly did I not send you any of this? I can if you would like to try it. :))
you did, and I’m a total doof! I went to add it to my wishlist and saw it was already in my cupboard! hahaha my bad.
(more shameful “your stash is out of control” symptoms…)
i bought this one after dexter shared it with me..love it as well!