Lishan Xin Jia high mountain oolong from TWT
What Oolong Are You Drinking
First snow of the season, very quiet outside so to savor the moment I selected a special lightly roasted DaYuLing from HT Chen. Nutty brothy with lots of viscosity. Perfect.
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Having some Old Style Dong Ding from The Steeping Room. Pretty classic roasted profile-- floral, fruity, with a lingering stonefruit aftertaste! also showcasing my "Office setup."
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Fujian Hong Mu Dan Oolong 2019
Smooth and really nice oolong. Fortunately my last pack.
Smooth and really nice oolong. Fortunately my last pack.
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@Darrel Looks delicious! My first ever tea order was from Old Ways. I need to order again!
Making the most of a bit of spare time by having a little morning yancha session of my own down here; comparing two different yancha varieties, both from HuiYuanKeng and both from 2012.
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So good! They had a lucky yancha box recently so I grabbed it and am enjoying it very much.teacreacha7 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:04 am@Darrel Looks delicious! My first ever tea order was from Old Ways. I need to order again!
Not sure what harvest. Huang Mei Gui from old ways.
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@Darrel Thanks for the reccomend. I have been really enjoying saving my first steep till the end of the session with Yencha. Love how the floral and fruity notes pop out when the brew cools down! This was a session of Shui Xian, with a really mellowed out roast.
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Halfways through my (first) yancha order from Wuyi Origin. Finished (aged) Lao Cong Shui Xian 2013, Bai Ji Guan 2023, Rou Gui 2023, some more to go. Pretty good tea, esp. the first two were excellent (lots of leaf in a small porcelain teapot, brewing by feel but weighing the leaf). This is the first time I'm truly enjoying a yancha haul, but maybe I was in the process of acquiring the taste for the previous ones (from other vendors). Though, considering that the prices are reasonable and the tea is fun, I wish I did start here. The BJG was fascinatingly finnicky: either superb or meh, depending on parameters not too far apart (or, who knows, leaf variety in the pack?).
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Glad you are enjoying it! It took me a while to learn how to brew Yencha. I probably blew through an embarrassing 4 or 5 sessions before I realized flash brewing is the way to go for me. Now my philosophy is pouring the first 1-3 steeps as FAST as humanly possible to avoid bitterness and preserve the fruity, floral notes (10 second steep, max). PS - Bravo in the "other" wuyi thread.teatray wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:48 pmHalfways through my (first) yancha order from Wuyi Origin. Finished (aged) Lao Cong Shui Xian 2013, Bai Ji Guan 2023, Rou Gui 2023, some more to go. Pretty good tea, esp. the first two were excellent (lots of leaf in a small porcelain teapot, brewing by feel but weighing the leaf). This is the first time I'm truly enjoying a yancha haul, but maybe I was in the process of acquiring the taste for the previous ones (from other vendors). Though, considering that the prices are reasonable and the tea is fun, I wish I did start here. The BJG was fascinatingly finnicky: either superb or meh, depending on parameters not too far apart (or, who knows, leaf variety in the pack?).