I finally have been giving the chance to try some the budz!! I am most grateful for this opportunity. This is by far the best Dianhong I’ve ever had. These is beautiful tea in both aesthetic value and brew quality. The buds are long bright golden strands that are chaotically intertwined. This tea is velvety smooth and soft to the touch. They give off a thick and pure cacao scent. I placed a bunch in my gaiwan and shook it up. The scent deepened to something like coco puffs. I could take in oats, chocolate, raisins, and an underlying leather scent. I washed these beauties once and began my brewing. The initial sip was incredibly full bodied. This brew gives a thick and complex mouth-feel. I took in a sweet honey taste that was mixed with chocolate cacao dust. The brew then grew deeper in color and broadened in flavor. This sweet liquid gold moved to a fresh wood tone. This was unlike other wood tones. This flavor was in the background and complimented the sweet and light malt of the drink, rather than an over- powering bark taste. Also, this brew gave a light and alert qi feeling. I’ve only felt noticeable qi from pu-erh. It was a unique experience to feel qi from a red tea. The best part of this tea is that it held up very well against multiple steeping. Usually, dianhong falters off at about the fourth steeping. This brew just kept going. The brew grew ever sweeter and smoother with each subsequent steeping. I am so happy to have finally tried this wonderful brew! Thank you again!
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Flavors: Cacao, Honey, Malt, Oak, Raisins, Sweet
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You gave me advice for YUNOMI’s gyokuro and I told you this is on my top list for a reason. It’s your turn again :P
Would you like the assignment of oolong or shou?
Both are really hard to advise someone that either is a ‘100’
You gave me advice for YUNOMI’s gyokuro and I told you this is on my top list for a reason. It’s your turn again :P
hahahah okay xP
Would you like the assignment of oolong or shou?
Both are really hard to advise someone that either is a ‘100’
I’m leaning towards the Shou. I have one to do later tonight, and I think I should just keep rolling with it.