Huang Jin Gui

Used my whole sample for a gong fu session with my fat horse pet!
Quick rinse- no flavor.
First steep, 20 seconds: Sweet-ish on the aftertaste, with a decent magnolia-like thick but light floral note. Not light in the Spring-y sense, but light as in not a very strong flavor. It’s quite good. If I hadn’t had amazing green oolongs, I would think this was pretty tops.
Second steep. 30 seconds: More sugary sweet, with a mineral note creeping in. Stronger flavor overall than the first steep, but the floral note is now gone.
Third steep, 45 seconds: Lost some flavor, and much greener now. Tastes really thin if I’ve recently taken a sip.
I did a fourth steep of about a minute, nothing significantly different from the third except weaker. This one is done.
It moved over the hill pretty quickly. Lingers like a decent oolong should, but I would call it more of an everyday, don’t-think-about-it-too-hard oolong.
Thanks for the sample, LiquidProust!

This might be one of the most interesting oolong sessions I have ever had. Many teas have woodsy taste to them, but this has something new I have never experienced: stoney. I was very perplexed when I first took a sip, it was like I just walked through a construction zone but without all the negative aspects… however it was semi dry. There really is a stoneness to this tea when it is brewed for the first time. The second steeping is a bit different, a little sweeter but that stone is still there. If I knew that this tea would have that taste I would not buy it, but thankfully I did not know because this was an interesting experience for me and it was enjoyable. While it is a rolled green oolong, it is not floral. Good for multiple infusions for sure.