A question for Steepsters on the wording “oakiness”.

Oakiness to me is – a woodsy flavor, natural tasting, like whiskey casked in oak barrels that takes in the flavor of oak, woody.

I am guessing that YW means:
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I also agree with oakiness. I often think of scotch.

I tend to use a the more generic ‘wood-y’ rather than ‘oaky’. For me it’s that sort of slightly astringent, very dark sort of flavour that dark oolongs in particular can have. Perhaps, for me, it’s a little more to do with an association than an actual flavour. I wouldn’t know about the whisky associations others have mentioned, as I don’t like alcohol much at all.

Yeah. It’s kind of like wood, dark, old. It’s like long walks in old forests. If I were to use the word “oaky,” I’d be thinking about darkness, the trees blocking the light, bare feet feeling their way in the half-lit woods over sticks and twigs and rocks.

If, on the other hand, I were to use the word, I dunno, “pine-y,” it would be a bit ligher in color, maybe with a hint of mintiness, a bit more sunshine coming through.

I don’t know anything about the whiskey similarities, though, as I’ve never tried it.

Ever go for a walk in the woods in the fall after a rain when there’s a good two-inch carpet of fallen leaves on the ground? Oakiness.