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Muji porcelain teapot
2 heaped t
95-100º C;
steeped 3min
Green! ranging from white to ash green and various shades of brown. Plenty of thinly twist-rolled, hair covered leaves.
Amber liquor. Beautiful brilliant clarity. Nutty sweet aroma. Easy to drink, light, spring fills mouth.
Multiple infusions (5m, 6m, etc) until sweet water
I usually mix this tea with Adagio’s Cream Black, some half & half and a cube of sugar, Its great. This is one of those tea that at the beginning with black i thought it to be astringent. But as time has gone I’ve tried other Ear gray have return to this one and i really enjoy it. I guessed my palate has change over the years. i am on my last couple cups and i am sad to see it go.
I had high hopes for this product and I still want to like it, but I just can’t seem to find the right way to brew it. Orange flower, orange peel, almond, on an oolong base sounds like an exquisite blend and they’re just the aromas I like. However, whenever I brew it, it comes out too bitter and sharp. I tried to be careful with the tempratuer, amount of the tea I put in and everything but it didn’t work out. I’m still hoping I will like this one day.
Resteep 212F water 5 min, covered infuser. Drank this plain, just as the first steep. ‘Plain’ does not apply, though, to the liquor color, aroma and flavor, which are still quite good. And a resteep certainly wasn’t necessary in order to place this extraordinary Yunnan gold at the top of my list of self-drinking blacks.
Obviously in aroma I expected a lot of bergamot, but it’s lemon that dominates, along with slight earthy notes reminiscent of pu-erh.
The taste is also a bit earthy, but mainly bland, with only slight notes of lemon and bergamot.
They are claiming that “Lipton Amazingly Grey Tea is how Lipton does Early Grey”. Well, in that case they’re doing it wrong. The tea is barely “Grey” and definitely not “Amazing”. far from amazing, actually.
Flavors: Bergamot, Earth, Lemon
