Pah Ji Hue

Dipped into my stash from our Taiwan trip for my birthday! I’m really a victim of my own excess here – I brought back so much tea that we had to store it separately from the rest of my stash because there isn’t enough space, but then I don’t drink it because it’s off in a corner in a different room and when I’m poking around my tea stash to decide what to drink I forget to go look in the other room. Thankfully they’re almost all oolongs so they’re still in great shape.

I went with this one because I love rose teas and rose oolongs specifically. They’re surprisingly hard to find stateside so I made a point of picking up a few different ones while we were in Taiwan. Unfortunately, I think I may have overwatered this one! I went with a Western brew because I didn’t want to go back and forth to the kettle, and there’s so much leaf that I thought a 16 oz mug would be ok. But it came out just a wee bit lighter than I’d expect. Definitely still floral and rosy, on a lightly oxidized base. Next time I’ll try it in a smaller mug – I think that will give better results.