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“I’ve wanted to try this one for years, and this is easily one of the most decadent Taiwanese Black teas I’ve had yet. This is what I thought Sugar Glider would taste like. I expected it to be sweet...” Read full tasting note
Oolong cultivar from a feral mountain garden processed into nectar-sweet black tea.
Tasting Notes:
Madagascar bourbon vanilla • Sandalwood • Caramelized sugar
Type:
Black
Variety:
Qing Xin
Region:
Mt Hehuan, Ren’ai Township, Taiwan
Elevation:
1700 meters
Harvest:
June, 2023
Producer:
Mr. Ting
Caffeine Level:
High
In Taiwan’s esteemed tea county of Nantou, Mr. Ting’s farm spans across the western foothills of Mount Hehuan, settled in the sprawling acres of Huisun. Though Nantou is famous for its high mountain oolongs, experiments in black tea production bred promising dynamic, intensely sweet flavors over the past decade. Mr. Ting’s harvests, like many high mountain tea fields, produce a small micro lot due to the mountains’ challenging terroir; adding patience to seasonality, he waits 28 days from spring’s harvest to begin plucking this special summer harvest. Though Qing Xin is a hearty cultivar, and renowned for its sweetness, Mr. Ting’s slow, careful rolling of the leaves intensifies its rock candy notes into a plush, dessert-like cup.
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I’ve wanted to try this one for years, and this is easily one of the most decadent Taiwanese Black teas I’ve had yet. This is what I thought Sugar Glider would taste like.
I expected it to be sweet for sure, and maybe fruity like Nectar from Whispering Pines, but this stuff….is like a Lishan Black. Funnel Cake notes come up. It’s sooo sweet that I thought I added brown sugar to it. It’s what people want their vanilla blacks to taste like because it’s soo smooth and sooooo sweet, even though there’s no vanilla in it. It’s a sugar flavor bomb, and weirdly, it’s not fruity. Their notes do it justice. It’s like a vanilla extract sugar water concoction. I got 4 brews out of it western before it got more woody. The sandalwood, I can kinda see. Sometimes, I got kinda a bamboo feel in some of the wood notes. Malty though, a touch astringent, but barely. This one had no tannin in the taste.
I got a little tea drunk from this one after the Jin Jun Mei. I’m a light weight.
Flavors: Bamboo, Brown Sugar, Cake, Caramelized Sugar, Incense, Malt, Oak, Sugar, Sweet, Vanilla
Wow! You really sold this tea!
Yeah, I’m biased. It’s not super complex, but it’s fricking rich.