Good morning! Another lovely Yunnan Sourcing tea for me today, I actually got two samples of this one! One was from cookies and one was from my anonymous tea friend. This tea has beautiful leaves. They’re rather large and twisty, almost Taiwanese-looking, and the color is jet black. The dry leaves smell very sweet with fruity and honey notes.
The steeped cup has a sweet smell, but I also detect a sort of caraway/dill aroma along with some roastiness. Yum! This tea definitely has a unique flavor, with a mild rye bread sort of flavor along with caraway and dill seeds. However, there’s also a sweet note present, possibly honey? And there’s a distinct floral note here, though thankfully it doesn’t overpower the other flavors. I wish I were better at identifying floral notes, I’ll just say it’s not overly heady, and it’s somewhat sweet, but not quite as sweet as jasmine. Slightly perfumey but not in an entirely unpleasant way.
Overall, this is definitely a unique tea! Starts out slightly roasty with rye bread and nutty notes, but ends up quite floral with some honey accents. Very yummy! :)
Edit: As it cools, there’s more honey! Om nom nom…
Flavors: Bread, Dill, Floral, Honey, Nuts, Roasted, Rye, Sweet
