This review is for you, Cameron B!
Method: 7 g, 3 oz, 208 degrees, rinse and then 25-35-45-55 seconds, ru kiln gaiwan and Dr. Who mug
Aromas: milky, creamy, fruity and floral. Oddly the tea smelled a little different this time, but I did stick my whole nose inside the little sample package. Heaven!
Flavor: After a short rinse, I brewed 4 steepings at 25-35-45-55 seconds and poured them all into one taller mug. The flavor is stronger this time, but the tea also has an odd perfumey note. It’s like floral, but with a slight after taste. This tea has a nice body (ha!) and a substantial feeling in the mouth. But there’s an astringency on the end and it’s a little more than I like.
I think that maybe this was too much tea for 3 oz water. For me, anyway. Since the samples sent by TeaVivre were so generous, I have enough to try this again, but I am thinking that maybe 3-4g per 3 oz might be enough for gongfu style. I shall try that and report back once again when done. As it stands now, I preferred the western style brew that I did yesterday, so I am going to leave that numerical rating.
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I still need to try gong fu! I was planning to do it this week, but I ended up being busy with cleaning and preparing the apartment for our new roommate. So it’ll have to wait until Monday! :P
Oh my, yes I think you put a little too much…I usually do 1g per ounce of water. Question: why do you do gungfu and pour everything in a mug? Just curious :-)
mrmopar does that sometimes
I know! It seemed like so much, but that’s what TeaVivre has on the website! So I tried to follow their instructions closely
Honestly? When I have tea, I like to sit and relax. I can’t relax if I am getting up every few minutes to steep the leaves again. LOL. I read about the brew/blend method on someone’s blog. Works great, usually!
Well something new to try then :-)
I still need to try gong fu! I was planning to do it this week, but I ended up being busy with cleaning and preparing the apartment for our new roommate. So it’ll have to wait until Monday! :P
Oh my, yes I think you put a little too much…I usually do 1g per ounce of water. Question: why do you do gungfu and pour everything in a mug? Just curious :-)
mrmopar does that sometimes
I know! It seemed like so much, but that’s what TeaVivre has on the website! So I tried to follow their instructions closely
Honestly? When I have tea, I like to sit and relax. I can’t relax if I am getting up every few minutes to steep the leaves again. LOL. I read about the brew/blend method on someone’s blog. Works great, usually!
Well something new to try then :-)