Thank you so much for the samples, Angel! I am floored by how grassy this oolong smells. As the tea was finishing steeping, the grassy aroma morphed into buttery green vegetables.
This first steep tastes on the grassy side, but it has a smooth, buttery mouthfeel. There’s a touch of bitterness (one-minute first steep after I let the water cool for a minute or two) but overall, quite delicate.
The second steep, with the same steeping parameters (maybe under a minute, however), yields an even grassier profile in both scent and flavour. The butteriness hath faded from this one. The bitterness, on the other hand, has amplified.
I’m grateful that I was able to try this one, but I’ll refrain from rating since I don’t really care for these types of oolongs. That is, grassy/vegetal teas aren’t up my alley.
I think I have this one? Maybe time to break it out again.