Recommended
SEASON
Summer 2016 (June)
CULTIVAR
Chin Xin
ORIGIN
Hsinchu, Taiwan
PICKING & PROCESSING
Bud and one or two leaves
ELEVATION
500m
Was going to have a silver needle tea, but since I have just had a curry I thought a more robust tea would be better.
1st Steep
Light brown tea. Aroma is tannin, some spice and earth. Taste is earth, tannin, wet wood and some hints of honey.
2nd Steep
Less Earth in the aroma, more green leaf. Taste is a little more mellow, less tannin with some stronger sweet notes. More floral notes and in whole it’s a little more rounded. Refreshing.
3rd Steep
Morefloral notes in the aroma. Taste is more sweeter and improved in my opinion. More balanced and less tannic.
Overall good Tea that develops through the steepings.
