The dry leaves are long and twisted with golden tips. The liquor is an orange-reddish color. It started off with the Yunnan black tea notes, the malt, baked bread, freshly baked bread, sweetness, particularly the sweet potatoes. Very nice smooth and mellow beginning, fragrant. The mouthfeel was soft, there was some honey, sugar-cane sweetness that traveled down my throat, lingering there. In the beginning, it was toasty, malty, sweet potatoes, wood, cocoa notes, and a couple of infusions down the road, there were some nutty notes.
As I continued through the infusions, stonefruits and dried fruits came out. In the end, it transformed into something different. It was complex, and it did remind me of an aged raw pu’er as some other reviews mentioned, perhaps because of the astringency but also because of the mouthfeel and throat-feel, new fruit notes.
For $9.90 for 3.5 oz, this is a bargain for such a good tea.
Gaiwan, 194°F, 110ml, 8 steeps: rinse, 5s, 7s, 9s, 12s, 18s, 28s, 35s, 45s (I kind of sorta followed TeaVivre recommendation. I lost it at the end though lol).
Flavors: Apricot, Bread, Honey, Molasses, Roasted Nuts, Stonefruit, Sugarcane, Sweet, Sweet Potatoes, Toasty, Yams
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Yes yes yes. This tea.
You described it perfectly in your review, ashmanra :D.
I really liked that one too! I think it’s the best of Teavivre’s Yunnan blacks
tperez, I am glad I finally got to try it :D. I think their tea is underrated. I suppose because they are also loved for their teaware,
Thank you, Kawaii433. I have a deep love for Teavivre!
Yes yes yes. This tea.
You described it perfectly in your review, ashmanra :D.
I really liked that one too! I think it’s the best of Teavivre’s Yunnan blacks
tperez, I am glad I finally got to try it :D. I think their tea is underrated. I suppose because they are also loved for their teaware,
Thank you, Kawaii433. I have a deep love for Teavivre!