Beautiful Taiwan Tea Co.
Dong Ding Oolong (Winter 2018)
ORIGIN: Taiwan
TYPE: Oolong
FORMAT: Gunpowder
METHOD: Infuser
WEBSITE: beautifultaiwantea.com
NOTES:
Milky & floral. A bit cloudy to the pale amber eyeballing. Noses to floral-apple bits. Some softwood behind that. Sips thickly thusly with a smooth pillowy feel. Light additions of very slight astringency and more fruit-flower stuff. White grapes come into waiting apple. A new chamomile vibe enters the dandelion & daisy type pedal melange.
Slurping offers more wood (pine) & a half-tick higher astringency -- still not 'astringent' per se -- no bite. Milky, as stated. Smooth. Lacking some in balance for lack of bitterness, but that's the intent here, achieved. Comforting. Delicate. A nap under a lovely afghan. Perhaps a big ass doily.
Nuance and finish are each surprisingly there & plus. Deep notes for such fairer things. Long legs for the same which are yes... floral af. Really a lovely cuppa, this. Also very much a throwback of a profile -- befitting of them afghan & doily references.
Feels like a trip to grandma's house. So much so, that I can almost smell grandpa's candela wrapped cigar wafting from the den.
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
ORIGIN: Taiwan
TYPE: Oolong
FORMAT: Gunpowder
METHOD: Infuser
WEBSITE: beautifultaiwantea.com
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Milky & floral. A bit cloudy to the pale amber eyeballing. Noses to floral-apple bits. Some softwood behind that. Sips thickly thusly with a smooth pillowy feel. Light additions of very slight astringency and more fruit-flower stuff. White grapes come into waiting apple. A new chamomile vibe enters the dandelion & daisy type pedal melange.
Slurping offers more wood (pine) & a half-tick higher astringency -- still not 'astringent' per se -- no bite. Milky, as stated. Smooth. Lacking some in balance for lack of bitterness, but that's the intent here, achieved. Comforting. Delicate. A nap under a lovely afghan. Perhaps a big ass doily.
Nuance and finish are each surprisingly there & plus. Deep notes for such fairer things. Long legs for the same which are yes... floral af. Really a lovely cuppa, this. Also very much a throwback of a profile -- befitting of them afghan & doily references.
Feels like a trip to grandma's house. So much so, that I can almost smell grandpa's candela wrapped cigar wafting from the den.
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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