A great example of veyr rich flavoured oolong tea.
Appearance
Dry leaf: Weighty, close-textured twists of deep black-brown leaf
Infusion: Thick twists of almost-black leaf
Colour of the infusion: Deep rowan-brown liquor
Aroma
Complex blend of earth, ground metal, ash and cinder.
Rooty scents of warm earth and charcoal, overlaid with a lighter meadow sweetness and ground almond richness
Taste
Thick, glycerous, tongue-coating flavours of understated richness. The flavour repertoire includes burnt almond, minerals, apricot leaf and sandalwood. The aftertaste is firmly structured, yet camouflaged by the tea’s enveloping textural richness. Finishing perfumes hint at the tea’s fresh, sappy, tea-garden origins.
Fujian Province, China