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2009 Rou Gui (Cinnamon) Wuyi Rock Tea-Zheng Yan .Jas-etea.com

Tea Notes> Oolong> Dark/Roasted (for more)

Jas-etea.com (review)(product link) $4.49/0.875 oz(25g), 5.13/oz = $82/lb.

Method: eyeball

Flavor: good. tasty, pleasant. low tobacco, a “twist of tangyness”(thats the most i can describe as, maybe something like a sort of greenness), some chocolate. low harshness that increases toward the end of the many steeps= tannin + more of the “twist” towards greenness.

Re-infusionability: high

Leaf: many broken, not many large leaves.

Overall: good, i like, would buy again.

Home roasted green TGY oolong

bored… trying not to use my last yunnan golds, or the remaining 5g of good matcha, resorted to playing with things i dont drink as often…

used one of Yunnan sourcing’s green oolongs (no label, so almost 2 years later i have no idea which green wu it is.)

placed the oolong nuggets on aluminium foil, then in they went -
countertop convection oven

400F, 1 min + 1 min (1st min still looked green, so i put it another min, then it started to smell like sort of burnt hay/weeds).
Picture – top is roasted, but doesnt look as brown as i see it …

liquor sure isnt greenish anymore

flavor: muted flavors of the original green oolong, missing: flowery. not much of that green feel (some say metallic)
with …roasted feel… roasted like… when you place a vegetable on a really hot plate – roasted/burnt skin (like those roasted red peppers),
pleasant, cant feel as much astringency, some green tannin on the tongue(less than unroast),

noticeably different from being a straight green or a “real” dark oolong which i guess are also oxidized and stuff. maybe i feel some faint tobacco but its mixed with some of that burnt hay thing.

maybe next i’ll try a lower temp for longer time to even out the flavors (have the inside of the nugget done as well not just the outside – as i think happened here)

100% Organic Wuyi Oolong Tea .Rishi Tea

Found at WholeFoods 8.99$ for 1.75oz in metal tin = 5$/oz = 80$/lb
online Rishi sells it cheaper than in 2007 (see bottom of this page) 1oz 3$, 1/2lb 17.75, 1lb 31$ … nice (hopefully this is not the 2008 crop )

to be updated- missing some words from tea notes lost due to shredder malfunction
… its not supposed to shred tea notes

Leaf: its included with the nice container. smell a little green+tangy?! darjeelingish!

Smell: nutty + a little tobacco

Method: 4g, 190F, + 1cm water above the leaf

Flavor: dark oolong, some dark chocolate, nutty/buttery? (and in aroma), some tobacco (aroma)
~3g? 4oz, 200F, ~20s : “simple” but interesting and very enjoyable, nutty/buttery aroma & flavor, no “tannin” (at least while drinking hot), some astringency(dryness in mouth)

Overall: nice, lots of nutty, i like this wuyi more than most.

need to drink some more of this because i lost my tea notes again.

- oh noes not more tea !!! -

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here’s my first rishi qilan cup from 2007:

November 4, 2007 at 12:05 am

Bai Ji Guan .TenFu

TenFu is TenRen in China.
gift from Warren, thank you.

i’ve been enjoying this tea for a while now, not much has changed in my interpretation of the tongue sensations

Leaf: light smell, some roast.  looks like a roasted or oxidized wu (shame ! i should start to learn how to differentiate these.)

Method: various.

Flavor:

3.5g/4oz/190F/ (see video below)

#1- 1 min: not watery, but a light flavor(i’d say something like grapefruit-orange diluted in water)… sort of “acidy”? in mouth, citrus-like sensations(not the flavor part)
#2- 2 min:  but more …light? delicate?. anyway, some tannin/astringency appears
#3- more green tannin to it.

4g/4oz/200F/ (another day)(infusions paused just to strain liquor to cups) wet leaf has a tobacco smell to it.

#1- 20 sec: flavor is very light, some “citrus sensations”, not really watery – there is some …”mouthfeel”?
#2- 20 sec: + some tannin, not astringent
#3- 30 sec: sort of acidy in mouth
#4- continues
#i forget: 2min: same, tannin/astringent barely makes it to a medium intensity.
another 3 min: really similar…

light aftertaste of the flavor, pleasant.

Overall: an interesting tea, very Dan-Cong-like to me in profile- like this Yu lan xiang, but: light flavor, hard to make it astringent/bad.

QiLan Wuyi Oolong Tea .amazing-green-tea.com

Amazing-green-tea.com (review)(product link)
review sample courtesy of Julian @ amazing-green-tea.

pkg……………………..dry leaves…………..go!…………………….2min…………………and drink it

and 3min…………….drinked……………..another 3min……….4min………………..drunk & curious
pics a bit blurry, having jello hands lately… just a couple marginally white balanced, sorry, i’m kinda out of it.

Leaf: opened package & receive a strong smell like “dark chocolate“, ~8g leaf.

Method: 4g, ~4oz water, ~80-90C in cup, ~ 2min, 3, 3, 4. Other 3.5g went for ~3oz or less & 3min, 4, 4.

Taste: nice strong flavor, roasted dark oolong (not to the point of charcoal flavors), maybe i’d say burnt sugar?(speculating) , i didnt quite sense chocolate + some “green oolong” flavors = nice mix. I cant really define the flavors but i enjoyed the balance. The “green” tannins come out when steeped longer, makes for some astringency. Not really “green”, but …a hint of greenness… like adding pepper to food. With the longer infusions, you get the astringency & tannins, but also a nice, pretty long lasting sweet aftertaste everytime – take that you fickle pu-erhs…. A bit less “rounded” than i imagined from my first time with qilan, did not find the “silk” i remember – then again, i may have not found the optimum infusion parameters, and i’m not sure the notes from my first qilan were completely right.

Overall: ok but the variegated flavor keeps it exciting.

WordPress editor can be quite irritating especially when not in the mood for its crap. I asked them why there’s no button for changing font size and i got some nonsense answers…so you have to go in the html editing mode and add some silly script that changed from last year… ok? … but theres a friggin “insert more” <-wtf is this for & a stupid “quote button” ; the underline button is not next to the other style buttons. there’s a stupid erase formatting button, when they could’ve put that in the formating dropbox. yah dont get me started mmkay…

2007 Winter FengHuang WuDong Old Bush DanCong “Huang Jing” .HouDeAsianArt.com

HouDeAsianArt.com(review)(product link). 19.5/2oz or 117/1lb

i got this because i was the pretty leaf  tho i cant find the link now (on Phyll‘s blog maybe).

Leaf: big, whole leaf, pretty brown-yellow colors. some are very twisted and dark(roast?)

Taste:
#1 5g 40C 4oz 1-1.5min poured in 1oz cups,
waited for liquor to cool down
drinking a cup then breathing out thru the nose
ooooooooooh so pretty
on the tongue this fruity-flowery sensation (sorry cant say which fruit)
the 4th oz tasted a little towards roastedness

#2 reinfused 4oz 60C ~40sec, waited for liquor to cool (cant enjoy this when hot)
some very tiny tannin…. still so pretty
the 3rd oz cup oh so flowery (breathing out thru nose)
some tannin now left on tongue but just feels like roughness in touch not flavor.
#3 reinfused 4oz 46C
a little more tiny tannin/astringent (yes little tiny tannin), less of the fruity-flowery, but still pretty.
#4 reinfused 4oz 90C ~1min
mild-med tannin but without much “tannin flavor” except if i played with the liquor on the tip of the tongue can then feel medium tannin. medium-low of the fruity-flower flavors/aroma.

other note: seems tasting these little cups over and over leads to alot of air being inhaled, if you dont just sip the liquor, gave me a sensation of being tired, i can see from a rapid succession of drinking lots of many little cups can lead to  dizziness from “increased breathing rate”.

Overall: the tastiest nicest & prettiest dancong i’ve had so far.

Superior Grade Rock Oolong Tea .Puerhshop.com

Puerhshop.com (review)(product link) . $4.99/50g/1.7oz = ~46$/lb.

Its nice and hot today, 93F inside,
…and here i am drinking hot tea… addiction sure does it to yah

Leaf: dark. smells like a dark oolong.

the pictures are of the entire 5g of tea.

Method: 5g in 4oz + 180F water x ~ 40sec. then 40s, then 1min. or something like that. i didnt take notes.

Taste: first i smelled a nice “nutty” oolong then tasted it as well + some roasted sensations on the palate/tongue. Almost no astringency detectable in this infusion. There is no tobacco leaf/no heavy roasted-charcoal (shui-xian)/no green feel.
The first dark oolong i like… aside from that Qilan i keep re-dreaming about… one day, oh yes, one day ALL YOUR QILAN ARE BELONG TO ME.
By the 3rd infusion or hotter water i get some astringency and some present aftertaste but its not bad.

Overall: like it !

Fairies Tears (TM) (Shui Xian Cha) (Wu Yi Oolong) .Zhong Guo Cha

Zhong Guo Cha O-2-8-3 Fairies Tears (TM) (Shui Xian Cha) (Wu Yi Shan Cha) * sample
50g /$7 = 3.97/oz = 63.5/lb

leaf looks like a wuyi, maybe smaller than the shui xian from WHF, but lighter/varied-green+brown in color.

steeped smells of some roasted wuyi, taste: roasted like the xiao hong pao, but not completely charcoaled like this other Shui Xian(from WHF) i had, today maybe my mouth was not clean but there might have been some sour? there was also a tendency toward some sort of smooth-silkyness -small and not the predominant sensation… it still reminded me of qi lan yes i am obsessed… i luv qilan….*there i said it*

again, as i like to repeat myself like a broken record or a drunken monkey: roasted oolong tasting toasted not on my tongue to be tasted. like that? sounds like one of those tongue twisters ….its the 3:25am side of the brain.

*intl tongue twisters*
bian³ dan⁴ chang², ban³ deng⁴ kuan¹, bian³ dan⁴ bi³ ban³ deng⁴ chang²,
ban³ deng⁴ bi³ bian³ dan⁴ kuan¹, bian³ dan⁴ bang³ zai⁴ le(light tone)
ban³ deng⁴ shang⁴, ban³ deng⁴ bu² rang⁴ bian³ dan⁴ bang³ zai⁴ ban³
deng⁴ shang⁴, bian³ dan⁴ fei¹ yao⁴ bang³ zai⁴ ban³ deng⁴ shang⁴.

i dare you to say that fast 3 times…. i double dare you…

Xiao Hong Pao Cha (Wu Yi Oolong) .Zhong Guo Cha

Zhong Guo Cha O-2-3-2 Xiao Hong Pao Cha (Wu Yi Shan Cha) * sample
50g /$10 = 5.68/oz = 68.2/lb

leaf looks like a wuyi, maybe smaller than shui xian, but lighter in color

as soon as i put it in water a familiar smell came about: it was the roasted vapors as i remember from ShuiXian Wuyi.WHF

taste was a little better- the roastedness seemed to have some more complexity, didnot taste like charcoal, so its not as badly roasted as the shuixian. but i feel no sweetness or softness/silkyness as the qi lan

dont have much to use here, so i hope i infused it good…

concluzjn: roasted tasteing teas are not my flavor yet, … except the qilan man i got to get me some of that…

Organic Wuyi oolong (Qilan).Rishi Tea

had this at whole foods market, as always didnt take pic of tea leaf, so heres some area pics instead of Columbus Circle’s Time Warner Center,

cup 12oz $1.6

it was called “organic” …pass on that, and “wuyi oolong” …nice and…generic name,
for which reason i almost didnt buy- due to my previous experience with a wuyi (shui xian) oolong,
but it turned out alot different…

Flavor:
a deep smooth/silky/satin feeling, with a flavor i cant describe, pretty long lasting silky aftertaste
the astringency (not much) had notes of chocolate,
there was some minor roasted flavor,
didnt taste any green feels.

the leaf was about 1 cm cuts, mostly dark green mixed with brown

very good i liked it alot.

got home and internet-vestigated
i think its from rishi tea because ipot (the other sold in WF) doesnt have wuyi oolongs

Rishi says this “organic wuyi oolong” is the Qi Lan WuYi Oolong
www.rishi-tea.com/store/product.php?productid=5028&cat=23&page=1

Babelcarp says: qilan = Wuyi oolong, literally Rare Orchid (奇兰 or 奇蘭)

online rishi doesnt sell too expensive 4$/oz, 22/.5LB
…cant find anyone else selling this except rishi … !!!

Taiwan Oriental Beauty Oolong .In Pursuit Of Tea

had this at the Whole Foods Market in Union Square, Manhattan. friend mended his cold with an over the counter cough syrup/glue/white “tea”…

no pics of the tea. heres a dry substitute:

$1.40 12oz hot drink. 1 minute prepared. take that $2.5+extra/12oz/5minutes at …t…tagalong…taveron…teavaonon… anywhay

i wasnt expecting anything good. but it is not bad

felt on a green side of roasted oolong, not really flowery, not really nutty… not much astringency, had a good aftertaste (again, on the side of green), not very long aftertaste, but ~1-2minute.
i was real thirsty so i just drowned myself with this, but i will buy it again to better sample the flavor.

Tie Guan Yin * Iron Goddess of Mercy * Fujian varietal .Yunnan Sourcing LLC

Yunnan Sourcing LLC
their details:
“Tie Guan Yin * Taiwanese Grown Oolong Tea * Iron Goddess of Mercy * Fujian varietal * Spring 2007
hand picked…hand roasted just enough to dry…
low oxidization level (just 25%) preserves the flowery and fruity notes…”

a tgy, Didnt know what i was tasting since the package was not labeled in english , but i opened it and a familial smell struck me,
oy, i should know by now what i like, but this was another roasted oolong.

Really tiny oolong nuggets (some smaller than 4mm)! dark/shade of green…

liquor is obviously dark from too much stuff, but for easier infusions imagine a lighter shade of orange.

1 tbsp black scoop + 4oz 180F + 3min =

smell is flowery,
taste: roasted/little toasty & tobaccoish, astringency yes probably from the green side of things. didnt detect any floweryness,
pretty long aftertaste.

will have to retry- since i messed up the first time. — still the same impression.

wet leaf : very super nice …very :
most are entire leaf plus some little stem, but the leaf is greenish, silky soft, very tender & tears very easily when handled, i have no idea how they twisted the leaf in those little nuggets.

dark(roasted) oolongs are not my thing, i dont know why i keep buying them

Phoenix Oolong (Dan Cong) Yu Lan Xiang Cha .Zhong Guo Cha

Zhong Guo Cha
O-8-3-3 Phoenix Oolong (Dan Cong Yu Lan Xiang Cha) (Chao Zhou Oolong)
$6.25/50g = $3.55/oz = 56.8/lb
Winter plucked Oolong
“offers Guang Dong Oolong taste and pleasure” <– i have no idea what that means.

real nice looking leaf. (in the dancong family like the really good Mi Lan Xiang @ZGC)

Method: very good with: about 1/2 roomtemp water + 1/2 194F = 144F in cup = almost perfect balance,
not sure exact quantity i put in pot… but self-note on the temp config.must be careful with temps, as 190 seems to burn the leaf a bit too much, or pulls out more astringency.

Taste: flowery citrusy? + melon?fruity complex flavor in a nice mini-astringency package, very wonderful,
pretty similar to phoenix oolong. touch of sweetness feeling in taste.

Overall: ah so fabulous! definite re-stock as with the DC mi lan xiang.

Green Mountain Ti Kuan Yin .Atlantic Trading

Yes i bought it because of the box, silly me. and because i was hoping there is some good loose leaf inside.

it is loose leaf . its an oolong… looks like a …dark …oolong.

wet leaf looks un-appetizing. its rough, has a gray-ish hue. me no like. lots of little pieces.
liquor: brown-red.

flavor: eh. confusing concoction, reminds me of something i had before but cant remember which it was.
flavor: eh. WELL roasted, some bitterness, charcoal i think its charcoal taste. something like that anyway.

i dont like this tea. whatever. tea, …meet …trash. Hi !

ps. imageshack is starting to imagesuck being so imageslow in the last year.

WuyiShan Dong Ding Tie Guan Yin .Lip On Trading Ltd

$3.9 /bag = cheap & nasty. found it at Hong Kong supermarket, Flushing ny.

180F 6oz 3 min: hello? watery, tiny roasted flavor, astringency mild-med.

200F 4oz 3 min: awww shit : astringency teabag taste, nasty.

wtf was that???

something i wont buy again obviously. NO.
if see this type of bag i’ll stay far far away!

Ti Kuan Yin Tea bags .TenRen Tea

7$ /50 bags

got this with its little shitty brother Tung ting on a trip to Hong Kong supermarket (has pictures of box) in Flushing chinatown. participated in the Oolong tea bag taste-off.

its about the same experience as the tung ting bags, with a different flavor (greenish oolong-like flavor), but ofcourse, being tea bags it ruins the whole thing with a shitty nasty ass teabag astringency.

disappointed.NO. wont buy this again.

Tea bag wulong-oolong tea taste-off: TenRen vs. Yamamotoyama

OOT teabag ‘extravaganza’

PARAMETRICS: 4min -> 7oz ^ 200F

TenRen topright: smell toasty taste: watery, already minor astringency

YMY topleft: watery, mild-med astringency, greenish

TR btmright: no smell, taste:watery oolong-ish, astringent cant tell anymore.

YMY btmleft: smell minor black?#?# …taste: watery black-ish!??? wtf… some spice thing going on?!?! wtf

…ish… weird stuff…

no caffeine effect on brain, still cloudy (not enough sleep)
feel the warmth of the hot liquid, now its making me sweat.

wtf … watery and astringency, the tea bag curse.
hmmm… ill try 1bag 4min 4oz 200F but… “I’m afraid of Astringency” (the David Bowie song)

after cooled down to room temp, the teas taste pretty bland with a cruddy background bagged green tea taste.
but standing out are the TenRen tung ting and the TR tgy (top R, botm L)

disappointed by the yamamotoyamas, was rooting for them, oh well.

Tung Ting oolong tea bags .TenRen Tea

7$ /50 bags

got this with its little shitty brother Ti Kuan Yin on a trip to Hong Kong supermarket (has pictures of box) in Flushing chinatown. participated in the Oolong tea bag taste-off.

tea bags box
very mild sniff of nuttyness?…
tastes like… tea…? oolong..???. tung ting?…who knows… roasted flavor, some nutty… , and then asstringency covers up and messes up everything, but not very strong…reminds that this is a tea bag…

if steeped for little time or in more water taste is watery-faded and less astringent.

if steeped for more time or less water taste is more defined as an oolong but the damned astringency spoils this product as in all tea bags.

disappointed, .No. i would not get this again.

Feng Huang Dan Cong (Phoenix Oolong) .Dobra Tea

Dobra Tea ~$2.5 /oz

208F yielded a better infusion, somehow less green astringency. (smoking crack again)

190F, 3 min: roasted, + mild specific phoenix oolong flavor of flowery-orangey(for lack of better comparison), followed by a green-like leaf astringency…. hmmm not roasted enough it seems.

01 min wash discarded.
15 sec nut -> roasted -> flowery orangey…
30 sec same + greenish astringency
30 sec same less flavor, more greenish astringency

note: pictures not at exact same exposure, color & brightness is not accurate.

If infused less leaf same water, flavor and astringency is lower…

Id give it a 4.7/7 due to not enough flavor power(-1), astringency(-1), doesnt hold well to >2 infusions(-.3)

dry leaf looks dark enough, no smell,
after infusion the wet leaf reveals its medium-oxidized self, with many green leaves.
leaf is folded along the y axis, not hard to unwrap, not as tight as the dan cong from zhong guo cha.

Cold High (mountain?) Top Oolong.Wing Hop Fung

green oolong? doesnt look too oxidized to me.

pictures not at the same scale

Final: rebuy: …No. looking for something more exciting.

208F:
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better smell compared to lower temperature infusions.

but taste is not that much different than at 190F.
mild taste, greenish astringency/feel + roasted/tobacco. // a sensation up the nose of ‘dryness’ ?!?!?! mildly annoying.

190F:
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flavor mild, ok , aftertaste, minor astringency, roasted, bit tobaccoish,

either mixed with dark wulong or itself is oxidized. (the dry leaf seems un-evenly colored thats why i say maybe mixed.)

redo: use big scoop for this one.

Wuyi Shui Xian Oolong .Wing Hop Fung

didnt know what kinda tea i got: dark oolong or black tea, it wasnt labeled as either, just with the wuyi shui, after browsing online this looks like its a WuYi oolong.
T1156 $6.99/lb…took it cos of the nice looking long leaf… dang thing takes up alot of space.

uhm not much taste – like a really dark (baked/roasted) oolong 3/7 simple flavor… something roasted, somewhat tobacco-ish…some ‘chocolate’ but not much. not much aftertaste. Seems this is the experience with ‘double-roasted’ processing, there are posibilities to the shui xian to be less roasted and give another type of flavor (DominicT).

lasts a while, stays good over-steeped,

2nd day – 3rd infusion -same leaf from yesterday: smells better, it whiffed a little of flowers but minute, feels more watery now pretty much no aftertaste now. …i couldve left it longer.
left it longer, 20 min, 30min, same watery taste, faded, no astringency, no bitterness.

again: NO.
update: a better tasting, not burned shui xian i tried here: Fairies Tears (Shui Xian Cha) .Zhong Guo Cha

Golden Dragon Oolong .Peet’s Coffee and Tea

the ‘rare’ tea collection $3/pot (incl tax)

by the name it sounded ofcourse like a friggin less oxidized oolong, hoping for green here but what i got is again a black oolong, well oxidized,

flavor 4/7, 1st pot was strong (they use just boiling water for all teas ofcourse), quite present astringency not high but medium-low, tobacco leaf flavor was less than their TGY, also a bit chocolaty and malty, similar to an assamy + yunnan taste.

2nd pot – rebrewed the leaf (still with just boiling water, but this time less brewed- like 3min)
more pleasant taste, very low astringency, pleasant taste.

brown liquor, wet leaf is mostly full some torn, varied colors, green, brown, brown-purpleish, green with oxidated edges. most of the wet leaf has a rough feel (picked at an older age?).

pretty good, liked it better than their other oolong – the TGY

would do this one again yes.

take care to do a fast 1st brew for this tea. (1-2min, check taste, it goes astringent fast.)

Ti Kwan Yin Oolong tea .Peet’s Coffee & Tea

2.25$ incl tax for a cup.

suposedly a TGY

describble: “A “greener” oolong tea with an exotic flavor; floral, herbal and nutty, with an undercurrent of fruit.”

flavor: 3/7: to me its a “blacker” oolong. dark taste, minor tobacco-ish flavor + a hint of orange. its like the oolongs tasted from Chado tea.

again? no.

would rather drink their other oolong – golden dragon oolong (black)

Fine oolong .ChadoTea

as with the other 2: darjeeling 2nd flush oolong, fujian oolong

there isnt much green flavor …kinda black, and liquor is dark orange/brown

taste as with the other: black-ish, and a hint of tobacco.

i hope i dont pick another tasting like these, imma go out of my mind. keep? NO.

Phoenix Oolong (Dan Cong) Mi Lan Xiang .Zhong Guo Cha

Zhong Guo Cha O-8-1-1 Phoenix Oolong (Dan Cong Mi Lan Xiang)
$11.95/50g that comes to $6.79/oz ($108/lb)

2007:

oh yeah, this is sooo good, just as i remember it from 1 year ago. (also got this other very tasty Phoenix Oolong (Dan Cong) Yu Lan Xiang Cha .Zhong Guo Cha.

Comparing the present dancong to the dancong from Dobratea (3 times cheaper, but the taste is 3 times poorer):
mindless me – after the 1st infusion, forgot the zhonguocha dancong … 20 minutes in the yixing …! aye i thought i’d get astringent crap, but i’m pleased to say i still drank it with pleasure, it is strongly astringent but the astringency has the nice dancong flavor, and … its just good… the dobratea was overinfused 10 minutes and it came out with a bland cruddy astringency cheap tea bag like. — conclusion: sometimes price does matter (when you get a quality product in return that is)/ then again… at high prices i can’t stock on too much… eh…

2006:

i was starting to write this, and i smelled the infusion, oh boy…. YUM … i’m getting impatient waiting for it to cool.

Taste: the taste has the same complexity as the jade oolong .chado tea, but the flavor is different. it is kind of like when you scratch an orange peel and that mist of orange strikes your face, tho this tea is not exactly orange in flavor, it is fruity and flowery, very particular and exciting flavor 6/7. i think there’s a melon flavor but unsure. very low astringency. does pretty good in re-infusion with cold water. Others agree this tea is superb (DominicT).

As you see in the first pic leaf seems large and intact. after multiple infusions the leaf was still very tightly wrapped on the Y axis, it took me a couple minutes to delicately try to unwrap the darn thing (i also left it in water overnight and they were still wrapped). you see in the 2nd pic 2 tea leaves is what is in one of those ‘sticks’.

Overall: tea-keep-o-meter: YES YES YES!!!

Fujian Oolong .Chado Tea

some hints of tobacco

uninspiring, bland,

poor aftertaste (watery in my book)… eh as long as i took the pictures i’ll put them up.

keep? NO.