I drank this last night and I’m still not really sure how I feel about it. It seems pretty different from White2Tea’s other moonlight whites like Nightlife and Tiltshift…maybe it’s just because it’s old arbor? I don’t think I’ve had any old arbor whites before. The other moonlights smell really fruity to me but Nightfall smells…tobacco-y? And the first couple steeps tasted less fruity and more grassy than I was expecting. I dropped my water temperature a few degrees and the grassiness went away. After that there were a lot of citrus type flavors. I liked it better toward the middle and end of the session than I did at the beginning. Neither the flavor nor the aroma was as strong as I’ve had from other moonlights so I think I might have underleafed it a bit (my scale was alllllll the way downstairs and I’d just gotten comfy in my blanket nest). I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it as much as other moonlights. I’ll play with it a bit more to see if it was user error or my mood (I was a little grumpy, I dropped a glass tea infuser thingie in the sink and cracked it…3rd teaware casualty so far this year!) but for now I’m glad I only got a sample instead of a full cake.
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I may have a mild to moderate tea addiction. Black, white, green, pu-erh, it doesn’t matter. I’m a little on the fence about oolongs but I’m starting to think I’m just particular about how they’re brewed. I haven’t tried any yellows yet but they’re on my wishlist so I can have a complete rainbow of tea. My tea problem is bad enough that I don’t necessarily even need tea in my tea, most herbals are welcome in my house too.
Favorites: jasmine, moonlight white, shou mei, chenpi/tangerine peel, violet, rose, Mengku sheng (especially autumn), anji bai cha, taiping houkui, blooming tea balls, tulsi/holy basil, chamomile
Dislikes: red rooibos, eucalyptus, allspice, flavorings of unknown origin, pumpkin, apple, banana, annoying flower petals that don’t add any flavor but are thrown in to look pretty (they tend to float and get in my way if I brew tea grandpa style)
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Montana, USA
