This is an oolong that may appeal to lovers of light flavoured Tieguanyin and those who like sweet lightly floral Oolong's. It lacks that biting ting that I appreciate in floral green Oolong's, but it does leave a warming tingling sensation in the mouth from its spice notes.
The dry leaves are small tight nuggets that range in colour from a medium sage green to spruce green.
I covered the bottom of my 150ml Gaiwan with leaf and started with about85°C water. I ended up getting 9 steeps out of this tea.
Earlier steeps of this tea had a green floral lilac scent mixed with honey, peach, cream and cinnamon. In later steeps a savoury vegetal note appeared and the floral spice slowly wained.
Flavour notes I found in this tea included: lilac, cream, peach,honey, cinnamon, mint,vanilla, mineral notes, artichoke, spinach and stevia.
The floral tone in this tea is not overpowering and the cinnamon tone is quite nice. It retains a good mix of sweet, vanilla, fruit cream tones and spice for the majority of it steeps, and maintained a creamy body into the last steep. I prefer a brighter and sharper green oolong but this is quite pleasant and cleansing.
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