I bought this tea as part of a three-oolong sampler in March 2017. There’s no longer any info about it on the website, but I remember that it came from San Jing Farms, that it’s organic, and that it was described as jammy (which made me want to try it). I steeped 6 g of leaf in a 120 ml teapot at 195F for 25, 20, 25, 30, 30, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, and 240 seconds.
“Jammy” is a good descriptor for this tea. The first steep has tangy notes of blackberries, raspberries, and cranberries, with a base of grass and faint florals. The second gets even more intense, with cream and maybe a bit of vanilla complementing the jammy raspberry profile. In the next couple steeps, a GABA-like funkiness creeps in, though this isn’t a GABA tea; still, it’s very tasty and has no astringency. The jam fades into faint raspberry and grass after the seventh steep.
Though it faded a bit too quickly for my liking, the profusion of berries made this tea very enjoyable. One caveat is that you do have to use a good amount of leaf, as 4-5 g isn’t enough for its jammy character to fully emerge. As someone who loves fruity oolongs, I’ll have no problem finishing the 10 g or so I have left.
Flavors: Berries, Blackberry, Cranberry, Cream, Floral, Grass, Jam, Pleasantly Sour, Raspberry, Tangy, Vanilla
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A green oolong that tastes jammy and has some tang and funk? and that kind of longevity? It sounds like a gaba to me. derk shrugs Sounds good :)
Would you say it tastes like any oolong you’ve had before?
The jam and funk do remind me of a GABA tea, and it’s possible it was mislabelled. It came as part of a set with red and purple oolongs, though as far as I know, none of the three teas underwent nitrogen processing. The fruity character also only came out with a lot of leaf. I’ll have to try the others and see if either of them is greener.
A green oolong that tastes jammy and has some tang and funk? and that kind of longevity? It sounds like a gaba to me. derk shrugs Sounds good :)
Would you say it tastes like any oolong you’ve had before?
The jam and funk do remind me of a GABA tea, and it’s possible it was mislabelled. It came as part of a set with red and purple oolongs, though as far as I know, none of the three teas underwent nitrogen processing. The fruity character also only came out with a lot of leaf. I’ll have to try the others and see if either of them is greener.