So a few weeks back I purchased Modern
Tea from Chapters, written by Lisa Boalt Richardson. I have been
reading it through section by section and while I already had a
pretty good knowledge about tea production, I learned quite a few new
things from Richardson. For example, I learned more about oolong tea
and that there is so many different ways to process it. In fact, it's
the type of tea that has the most variation in its process which
yields that widest range of flavours.
With this in
mind, I purchased Oolong Supreme from David's Tea. My last David's
review wasn't so positive, and in general I'm biased against their
flavoured teas. Their straight teas, however, I'm very eager to try
and on this trip, I made the girl pull down all four of their
oolongs. While they were all very tempting, I of course had to take
home the most expensive of the bunch.
Type: Oolong
Ingredients: Dang
Cong Oolong
Brewing
Time: 2 minutes for the first steep and 3 minutes for the second steep
Brewing
Method: Cast iron
Smell:
Complex, rich
Flavour: Complex
and beautiful, the first steep is so light and ever so slightly
astringent. The best way I can describe it is a roasted-floral tone.
(My brand new bun mug! Thanks Teavana)
Overall
rating: 1 2 3 4
5
My first sip was just such a wonderful
experience. I think I'm going to try all my first sips from glass to
allow for a pure flavour because doing so this time around did the
tea such justice. It was amazingly refreshing, gorgeous, and so damn
good. When I finished its first steep, I noticed the leaves had more
to give, so I resteeped them a second time, adding another minute.
I'm so glad I did, it yielded another beautiful pot of tea which I
enjoyed for the rest of the night. The other thing I loved about this
tea is, while it is $19.50 per 50g, it's so fluffy so 50 grams of
this tea looks like 100 grams of most other teas. The person helping
me actually grabbed the next bag size up to get the tea to fit. The
volume of the tea, its quality, and its ability for resteeps make
this tea such a winner value-wise. So far, this is my favourite
oolong, and I can't wait to try their others!
