What Oolong Are You Drinking

[Ethan Kurland]

Nepal Bouquet Oolong Jun Chiyabari BIO - https://www.hotsoup.nl/nl/herkomst/nepa ... i-bio.html

I ordered this because I was amazed by Jun Chiyabari White tea. But this was okay.

Jun Chiyabari has some wonderful teas sometimes. Tea from Nepal has a lot more variance for quality than many places. I have had the most
luck w/ white tea but some years had found none. I rely on a source who lets me know when he found one he believes I will like. The latest one
I do indeed like (full of darjeeling/nepali flavor but still thin bodied) though it is different than previous white tea that I have liked from Nepal.

It's good to know one's absolute necessities. I don't want my mouth to get very dry form what I drink. I don't like assiduous or or acrid drinks.

[Andrew S]

Some morning dancong - YouHuaXiang from DaAn, brewed gently. It has a very nice elegant and delicate floral character to it overall, but it also has a gentle and relaxing feeling for me. I think gentle brewing is the way to go for me with dancong (unlike with yancha), but I'll keep experimenting as I try some more.

Some strongly-brewed yancha in a tiny pot may well follow this session, though.

Andrew

[debunix]

I think gentle brewing is the way to go for me with dancong (unlike with yancha)

I definitely prefer these teas with a very low leaf to water ratio to bring out the floral character and minimize the bitterness. Is that what you mean by "gentle" brewing?

[Andrew S]

I definitely prefer these teas with a very low leaf to water ratio to bring out the floral character and minimize the bitterness. Is that what you mean by "gentle" brewing?

Yes - I'm using only 4g per 120mL (whereas my yancha ratio is at least 1g per 10mL, and even my 'normal tea' ratio is 10g per 160mL).

Someone mentioned to me that I might want to treat dancong like young raw puer, which makes a lot of sense to me instinctively, since I've often noticed a young raw puer character with dancong.

That said, though, I have not yet tried any heavily-roasted dancong, which might be more my kind of tea. I think Hojo offers some in that style, but it'll take me a while to get through my current teas, let alone any more orders...

Andrew

[debunix]

I understand they need to work through what you have before ordering more… Now more than ever. Because I'm currently trying to be very cautious about evening caffeine, I'm not drinking a lot of tea, and I have a lot of it. Unfortunately, I recently discovered that Dancong does not hold up so well to a few years' storage, unlike other traditionally roasted Hong that generally do just fine. I will be ordering them more sparingly in the future and waiting until I really run out before I get more. so you were definitely correct to finish off what you have before you order more, even the traditionally roasted version.