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Today's tea: Jinmudan (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 4 months ago by opt@discuss.tchncs.de to c/tea@sh.itjust.works

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This is a yancha oolong from white2tea.

Brewing setup: 5g of tea in a 125ml gaiwan with 95C water.

Wet leaves aroma: very floral and tropical sweetness.

Tasting notes: super floral, juicy tropical fruits, slick mouthfeel, and some herbal notes like thyme or oregano.

Overall, this is a very tasty tea. It was a bit tricky to brew, some steeps got a bit too punchy / perfumey if I let it go just a bit too long. I ended out dropping the temp a couple degrees down to 90c to help with that.

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[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What is yancha oolong?

dropping the temp a couple degrees down to 90c

With oolongs I rather keep in 80-90 area, that 95 to me sounded like too hot from the start

[–] opt@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

Yancha is a category of oolong from the Wuyi mountains.

And yeah I’ll probably start brewing mine at lower temps now too! 95 was good for the first couple steeps, but once the leaves opened up a bit it just got to be too much.