Czajownia

A rainy summer day calls for a tea like this. Its profile is like a mix of hei cha and sucond flush Darjeeling. I also like the buttery and coating mouthfeel that makes the liquor full bodied.

The aroma reminds me of peanut butter, hibiscus and muscatel. Taste is sour, sweet and woody, while the aftertaste is cooling and herbaceous with notes of maple syrup, peach, sesame seeds, and bog.

I visited Wroclaw recently and was pleasantly surprised to find the superb “Czajownia” tea house in the town. After spending a few hours there, I also brought back a couple of Korean teas.

This one is a high quality green tea with very tender leaves. The taste is smooth and pungent with enough complexity. Its flavour profile ranges from vegetal to grassy, but it has lots of other stuff going on which makes it a very engaging brew – you can find marine, fruity and floral notes for sure, with a pleasant nutty, citrusy and almost spicy aftertaste.

It is not cheap, but also not crazy expensive for Korean standards, I can definitely recommend it.