Seven Essence

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Notes: Honey, florals (up front), and a mild lingering astringency.

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Notes: Honey, floral, and light malt.

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What I’ve noted on the tiniest sticky note is: Floral heavy and dried apricot.

Dry Leaf: Sun tea & citrus

Wet Leaf: Malt, lemon, & dandelion.

Flavor: I can imagine this being much better as a sun and/or cold brewed tea. I can imagine the citrus, florals, and sun ‘essence’ (sunflowers or dandelions?).

Sample

I’ll note that I’m not too impressed with Darjeeling too often due to poor experiences in the past. However, Seven Essence has changed my mind completely. I sipped on this yesterday in the mid-afternoon. The tea lasted 4-5 infusions + Western brewed for 20 minutes after the gongfu session was finished. I thought that this tea was extremely complex and layered, beyond any Darjeeling tasted in the past! There were strong florals on the nose (lilacs & lavender) and a little touch of vanilla in the flavor. While these flavors remained throughout the session, I felt that it gave more uniqueness to the tea than previous experiences. The Western brewed method was muddled and not as fully flavored, but there was a slight taste of the florals in the mug.

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