This tea is now sold out unfortunately, but if it comes back in stock, I would highly recommend it. With the inflated prices of Oriental Beauty in recent years, it is hard to come around such a great example at this price.
The tea has a lot of depth and complexity and is more robust than some of the Taiwanese high grades. The dry leaf aroma is super sweet with notes of flowers, nectar, beeswax, and maple syrup. Wet leaves then smell very perfumy. There are notes of petrichor, soap, rose, and forest floor.
The taste is generally very sweet. Floral and woody notes dominate, with fruity ones in close succession. There is, however, also a sort of mineral, savoury undercurrent, as well as mild bitterness, which helps to keep it a thoroughly engaging session. Some specific flavours I noticed include peach, charcoal, and sugarcane. The aftertaste is very long, a bit drying and refreshing.
The tea has a medium body and a pretty soft mouthfeel, it is not super thick, but very pleasant to drink.
Flavors: Beeswax, Bitter, Charcoal, Drying, Floral, Flowers, Forest Floor, Fruity, Maple Syrup, Mineral, Nectar, Peach, Perfume, Petrichor, Pungent, Rose, Soap, Soft, Sugarcane, Sweet, Wood
