/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Session of (March?) 2023 Snow Dragon Oolong from Red Blossom Tea.
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3.8g/195F/5s

Dry leaf smells like butterscotch, some sort of berry (boysenberry?), and a hint of florality. Wet leaf brings me back to that berry note and clears up the florality to something like bergamot and rose.

Medium thickness, low bitterness, low-medium astringency. Body seems a bit milky. Multi-dimensional florality (reflective of the wet leaf aroma) both initially and in the aftertaste, which leans more green-herbal, but nothing clearly defined. Thankfully, not the kind of unpleasant florality that "balls up" in the mouth. Pushing it seems to muddy up note clarity and over-emphasize some florals, so lighter/flash infusions seem preferable. Aftertaste lasts a surprisingly long time; good.