Another sample from aisling of tea‘s amazing bottomless cupboard! Also, this was oolong #2 on today’s oolong journey.
I followed the steeping instructions provided on my sample: 1 tsp for 8 oz of water, 70°C, for 3-4 minutes. The liquor was a nice pale yellow and it did smell of mint.
However, something about it tasted off. Perhaps I didn’t rinse my metal infuser thoroughly enough to remove all the traces of soap. But there was an undeniable, weird, almost acid-like taste on the edges of my tongue when I drank this. I’m not sure what caused it, but this blend didn’t do much for me. I finished off my cup, and even tried making a second infusion to see if that would change things, but that one tasted equally weird. I ended up pouring the second cup down the drain after a few sips.
There are still a few spoonfuls of the leaf left. Perhaps I will make a big pot of it all so I can finish off the remaining leaf.
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If you ever find that you haven’t gotten around to finishing this one and don’t want to, I’d be happy to take it off your hands sometime. But I know you’ve hit the hold button on swaps for a while so no pressure!
That would be great, keychange! Let me see if I can get a few more sipdowns done, and then we can arrange something?
Oh yeah, take your time. The great thing about steepster is that we’re all ok with one another being slow to get around to sip downs and swaps, so absolutely no pressure at all :D.
If you ever find that you haven’t gotten around to finishing this one and don’t want to, I’d be happy to take it off your hands sometime. But I know you’ve hit the hold button on swaps for a while so no pressure!
That would be great, keychange! Let me see if I can get a few more sipdowns done, and then we can arrange something?
Oh yeah, take your time. The great thing about steepster is that we’re all ok with one another being slow to get around to sip downs and swaps, so absolutely no pressure at all :D.