The leaves of this oolong are rolled and very dark brown. The smell is extremely roasty with an almost coffee-like quality to it. It brews up a sienna brown color. The sip starts our fairly innocuously, but finishes with a burnt taste. Not even a burnt sugar taste, just burnt. It leaves an aftertaste that reminds me of coffee. I’ll be honest, I dumped most of this. Definitely not for me.
Flavors: Burnt, Coffee
Tea-obsessed, book worm scientist.
I love black tea, especially Chinese black tea- I’m looking at you Fujians and Yunnans! I also enjoy Indian teas, mostly first flush darjeelings (and a select few assams).
I think I’m recently starting to like oolongs better though- gasp! I’ve been cheating on my black teas with all these lovely, alluring green floral oolongs. Sorry I’m not sorry.
White tea gets a lot of love too! I am particularly fond of silver needle whites.
I can’t seem to appreciate green teas and rooibos is foul, IMO.
Other interests: Books! Board games! Nerdy entertainment like Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Sherlock, all the nature documentaries, etc etc. Also Disney!
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I thought so. Which is unfortunate for me because I can’t stand coffee. I can see a coffee lover really liking this tea though!