“Well, I screwed this one up early on between oversteeping and not knocking down the temp fast enough. I started off with the suggested minute-long soak in boiling water (which produced a drinkable...” Read full tasting note
“Patience is the key word here. First, patience as the ball opens up. It takes it a while, but luckily the early infusions will have some flavor if you let the ball sit and do its thing. Second,...” Read full tasting note
“This was one of four different gushu oolong orbs I purchased within the last year. I had been toying with the idea of doing a gushu oolong shootout, but ended up reviewing two of the three oolong...” Read full tasting note
“Thank you so much Andrew! I was curious about these. I had a feeling they would be a cross between a Jing Mai Sheng and an Oriental Beauty, and they were. I played with this one starting out with...” Read full tasting note
Each Orb weighs about 6gr., enough to last you all day no problem!
Translation:
1. Jing Mai – The remote mountain in Yunnan near the border with Myanmar. Magical ancient arbor tea trees grow in the wild and in tea gardens. We visited last year. It’s amazing.
2. Gu Shu – “Ancient Tea Tree”. This tea is made exclusively from tea leaves that were harvested from old trees, some as old as 500 years! (A lot of so-called “Gushu” is mixed with leaves from younger trees… this one is not).
3. Oolong Orbs – This tea is roasted in a high temperature pan to about 70% then hand rolled into 6-7gr orbs.
This is the real deal! Obtained directly from the farmer who decided to make Oolong this year from the summer tea instead of Pu er. Think of this tea as a Sheng Pu er Black Tea!
Don’t let this small shape fool you. There is a lot of tea in each one!
Let it soak in boiling water for a few minutes and then steep like normal. 100% old arbor material from late Spring 2016. Superb daily drinker for now or let them age no problem. Drink GUSHU every day!
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