I’m surprised not to see a note for this tea. Wang generously sent me a sample in my mega 2021 order, and I’m getting to it in preparation for my mega order in 2022. (Those Black Friday sales are dangerous, especially with all the new award-winning teas on the site!) I steeped 5 g of my 10 g sample in 120 ml of boiling water for 60, 50, 65, 90, 120, 150, 200, and 240 seconds, plus steeps of 5, 8, and 10 minutes.
The dry aroma is of linden, peach, orchid, and grass. I’ve never had the pleasure of smelling peach blossom, but I can believe the vendor’s claim that the tea has that aroma. The first steep opens with grassy, orchid notes, and then reveals white sugar, peach, grass, mung beans, orchids, and spring flowers. The next steep is quite peachy, with vegetal, grassy, orchid, and sweet flavours and a lovely, lingering aftertaste. The vegetal aspect detracts somewhat from the ethereal florals and stonefruit, but not enough for me to care. Steep three has a lovely combination of peach, orchid, sugar, lettuce, grass, and egg yolk, which I wouldn’t have identified if the vendor hadn’t pointed it out. The tea is both very sweet and very vegetal, with a peachy aftertaste. The next few steeps have lots of peach, cream, and florals, plus lettuce, spinach, grass, and beans. The tea never gets harsh, though it does gradually become more grassy. The peach hangs on until the end of the session, though only as an attenuated sweetness.
This is a stellar tea that I had to buy more of. It’s a bit more vegetal than the Da Yu Ling, but the peach won me over. It also has great longevity. I highly recommend this tea for anyone who likes sweet, fruity high mountain oolongs.
Flavors: Cream, Egg, Floral, Grass, Lettuce, Linden, Mung Bean, Orchid, Peach, Spinach, Sugar, Sweet, Vegetal
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Mega orders are fun once in a while!
True, though this was the year of the mega order. My cupboard is fuller than ever!
Egg yoke! That’s a new one.
Yes, it was for me, too! I probably wouldn’t have identified it as such if the vendor hadn’t included it in their description.
The flavor profile of this teais intriguing, especially the peach. On my list of teas to order next time from Wang.
I fall hard for peach teas! :)
The peachy flavors were fairly prominent. There were times were I preferred this one over the Dayuling they sold if I wanted something fruitier. The trade off was that it could be more vegetal if I added too much time or leaves, but it was less finicky. I also realised I did not write my review of this one. That will be heck of a backlog.
Mega orders are fun once in a while!
True, though this was the year of the mega order. My cupboard is fuller than ever!
Egg yoke! That’s a new one.
Yes, it was for me, too! I probably wouldn’t have identified it as such if the vendor hadn’t included it in their description.
The flavor profile of this teais intriguing, especially the peach. On my list of teas to order next time from Wang.
I fall hard for peach teas! :)
The peachy flavors were fairly prominent. There were times were I preferred this one over the Dayuling they sold if I wanted something fruitier. The trade off was that it could be more vegetal if I added too much time or leaves, but it was less finicky. I also realised I did not write my review of this one. That will be heck of a backlog.