One of the earliest teas from this year is this fabulous Taiwanese green tea. It wonderfully blends the profiles of green Baozhong oolongs and Laoshan green teas.
The dry leaf aroma is crisp with hints of grass, dry soil, and apples. Later, it gets very vegetal and a little floral. In the gaiwan, I can smell peas, burdock, and fern.
The liquor has a smooth, creamy mouthfel and a pungent, green and buttery taste at first. There is also a decent umami and flavours of asparagus and peas, as well as some sweet wood, almost licorice, in the aftertaste. Later steeps get more, nutty, bitter and sour, which is a nice evolution to observe.
Flavors: Apple, Asparagus, Bitter, Burdock, Butter, Creamy, Floral, Grass, Green, Licorice Root, Nutty, Peas, Pungent, Smooth, Soil, Sour, Umami, Vegetal
