Formosa Oolong Spring Dragon
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Commercial Description
A lightly fermented leaf which releases a delicate, flowery liquor. The sweet and refreshing taste is enhanced by the fragrance of lilacs. A truly exquisite tea.
Brewing Instructions: (from Upton Tea Imports)
2¼ g/cup, 180º F, 3 min.
Ratings & Reviews
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40 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 2/5 Value: 1/5Trailesque (143 reviews) on Feb. 26th, 2021
Are my taste buds missing something here? This is an expensive oolong, and Alex Z. gave it a good review. But it really did not do much for me, sorry to say. There is a little floral aroma, and it tasted light and fairly simple. Nothing to get excited over. Maybe I did not get a good bag of it for some reason or other.
80 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5Alex Zorach (1448 reviews) on Feb. 12th, 2010
Aroma is light and floral; it's almost impossible to tell where the tea ends and the lilac begins: the two fragrances blend seamlessly. This tea does have a hint of the soapy quality that I find plagues some Tung Tings, in contrast to TT86, which wasn't my favorite tea, but lacked this soapiness.
I was disappointed with this tea in that I was not able to use it for multiple infusions. Brewing for 3 minutes at 180, the second cup was bland and only weakly aromatic, even if brewed with slightly warmer water and for a long time. I settled on brewing this one a single 10-minute infusion at 190.
This yielded a more powerful tea, with more depth: it had a strong floral aroma, but much more bitterness, which I liked.
I really like this tea, but I find it expensive given that the leaves only are really good for one infusion, and you need to use a generous portion of leaf in order to get a full-bodied cup.
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