OOTD- oolong of the day

[shah8]

yesterday, finished off '09 Rougui from Houde. Good, not as durable as the aged Shui Xian, but more overtly delicious, with the best part being a deep pervasive cherry taste in the throat in one of the middle brews. No cinnamon.

[P_K]

2011 Spring Alishan from FL -

This is the last bit of this one....and it has been tasty. This will be reordered.

[arghblech]

'09 Taiwan Wuyi from Floating Leaves brewed Westerly. It was just fine but I prefer it from a gaiwan.

[P_K]

2011 Spring Taiwan Pin-Lin "Shui Xian" Hand-Harvested from Hou De -

The overt florals on this tea have mellowed a bit...giving it a nice rounded flavor profile. Enjoying this one.

[P_K]

2011 Taiwan Wuyi from FL -

Cinnamon hints in the dried and brewed leaf....that actually made it into the tea. An accompanying bit of florals in the finish. Things are looking up for this one.

[nff]

woo im back with a pic dump..


1st infusion. 85c 2 min: color: pale green aroma: light vegital and toasted bread taste: lightly grassy no astringancy slight tingle



2nd infusion 1:30s color medium pale green taste: astringant grassyness with hints of nuts



3rd infusion 90c 1m color pale green taste: light astringancy and nutty



4th infusion 1:30s nuttyness has dominated.



nice leaves


and my current setup.

yes its a parker 51

[nff]

well i just had a craving for tea at 2AM so here i am. i dident feel like something that would require much work so i brought out the ol' 250ml yixing and poured in the a-li-shan


had to dig out the old gyoukuro cups (i think thats what they are) to fit the larger volume


nope hasent changed since i last tried it. still ligtly astringant grassy and lightly toasted nuts.


love how every one of them is 2 leaves and a bud.

[ChrisD]

Very nice photo's, looks like it was a great session!

[nff]

weh-shan bao-zhong #11-16 formosa


1st 30s 85c: aroma: fruity floral aroma Taste: floral and lightly nutty



2nd 45s: lightly dry floral and nutty



3rd 1m: toasted nuttyness has come to the front



4th 2m: even more pronounced toasted nuts


5th 4m: florals reapear



6th 8m: mostly toasted but weak flavor.

[ChrisD]

Wow, lots of leaf! Looks like quite a tasty Tea

[nff]

they were rather large. i did use more than normal though

[arghblech]

I've been working on the last 2 oz. of last year's Alishan Din Hu from Floating Leaves. A new order has arrived and I need to clear some space.

[surfingrob]

Wow. I just stumbled on this. For you purists - who also likes the aged Oolong? Just found this at a local tea shop and depending on age/quality it can be pretty amazing! I bought a couple oz of inexpensive 3-5 year and they are trying to get some higher quality.

It's at home so don't have all the info. Where do you guys get your oolong? local or online?

thx!

rob

[nff]

Wow. I just stumbled on this. For you purists - who also likes the aged Oolong? Just found this at a local tea shop and depending on age/quality it can be pretty amazing! I bought a couple oz of inexpensive 3-5 year and they are trying to get some higher quality.

It's at home so don't have all the info. Where do you guys get your oolong? local or online?

thx!

rob

both theres a nice tea shop a few hours away that have a nice selection of green white oolong black and sometimes yellow. but for pu-erh its basically online only since the shop only has Shu (good shu but im not a fan of shu) in my reviews if you see a bag saying "its about tea" then it was bought locally.

[P_K]

2010 ED Milan Dancong from Jing -

This is quite lovely now. Roast and florals are in perfect harmony with nice mouthfeel. Yum. I see that Jing has done away with their everyday teas which is a shame....perhaps it is represented as Milan Dancong A now.

[P_K]

I've been working on the last 2 oz. of last year's Alishan Din Hu from Floating Leaves. A new order has arrived and I need to clear some space.

I thought that Alishan was pretty tasty from last year. What did you get in your new order?

[arghblech]

Winter Farmer's Choice Baozhong
Winter ShanLinXi
Winter Charcoal Roasted ShanLinXi
Winter DaYuLing
and some Silver Needles.

[arghblech]

Today's tea is some Li Shan Cui Luan from Floating leaves. I think this is from 2010 but I forgot to label it.

[nff]

guess you havent seen this in a long time!



ok 1 rinse

1st 10s: toasted oolong flavor no arstingantcy or bitterness very plesant.



2nd 15s: similar to above but the roasting is more promenent.


3rd: 30s suprisingly well mannered given its rep.



4th 40s: tongue is tingling slightly metalic taste.



5th 50s: miniralls are showing through




6th 120: my tounge is shot theres still life in this tea but i cant taste anything any more so ill leave off here and just enjoy it

[nff]

wen shan bao zhong


1st 30s verry floral no astringancy.



2nd 45s: floral has deminished nutty finish.



3rd 1m: small amounts of roastedness but still floral



4th 1.5m nuttyness becomes the main focus.


5th 2.5m slightly green flavored.


6th 5m lovely nutty and floral finish