i picked this tea at NYC Coffee and Tea Festival yesterday. i did my little homework before i came and I was going to pick this tea. I have several Golden Monkey (Teavivre, H&S) and I wanted to compare.
Dry leaves: greenish with lots of gold silver and hairy. Teavivres are black and gold.
As usual gongfu treatment
1 heaping TBS 150ml gaiwan 195F( I did the same parameters as for Teavivre’s GM, but the company suggests 212F) Maybe I’ll try it next time
rinse 5/10/15/20/30/45/1
This tea is great. Rich and malty. Not as much chocolaty as Teavivre’s. No sweet potatoes detected. But has grape notes and some slight sourness which is delightful. Some bread notes in later steeps.
To conclude, this tea is amazing. its quite different from Teavivre. And its a good thing. i wouldn’t be happy to have identical teas in my overflowing cupboard. i picked only 1oz (surprisingly they had such small amount, other vendors were pushing a lot of tea on you). When I run out of it i will definitely pick some more.
Flavors: Bread, Chocolate, Grapes, Malt
