I am currently tasting Liu an Gua Pian, and I noticed it to be very similar in taste to TGY, the leaves look the same too only smaller and softer, the tips and stalks are removed with both types of tea (at least the high end versions are).
I bought my LGP from Dragon teahouse, it is supreme grade, it brews pale green, it has a kind of spicy smell combined with TGY smell, so I kind of thoght to compare them and maybe ask your opinion about a general truth in the question: which is better a high quality chinese green or the same quality chinese green oolong.
First cryteria is oolong lasts longer it is easier to brew, no worries with thermometer and brew time, but you should use double the amount of leaves that is needed for green tea.
The price for DT top TGY and top LGP is the same, the question is which one yields more brews.
Third and most important which tastes better, I think LGP tastes like raw green TGY, it also has lingering aftertaste, which is rare for a chinese green.
Re: Liu an Gua Pian vs Tie Guan Yin, a green vs an oolong
A difficult question to answer.Oni wrote:which is better a high quality chinese green or the same quality chinese green oolong.
First cryteria is oolong lasts longer it is easier to brew, no worries with thermometer and brew time, but you should use double the amount of leaves that is needed for green tea.
The price for DT top TGY and top LGP is the same, the question is which one yields more brews.
Third and most important which tastes better, I think LGP tastes like raw green TGY, it also has lingering aftertaste, which is rare for a chinese green.
Taste is a very personal matter.
When I choose tea, I don't think about quality vs price ratio anyway. Even at 50$ per 100gr it is only 1$ per session which isn't expensive if you compare to other drinks.
I bought this year the Lu An Gua Pian from teaspring (70g tin at about 50$ per 100g), so I guess I could get some top Tie Guan Yin for the same price.
Moreover both are far less expensive than gyokuro, especially when you use 12g per session (~6$).
My answer would be: buy both and if you can't afford it or already have too many teas, buy the chinese green now when it is still fresh and the oolongs during the rest of the year.
I read on funalliance, when they had Melon Seed +, kam said that it had echo, 10-20 minutes after you drink it the taste swirls back, if I hadn`t experienced this with an oolong I would not believe such a statement, but once I experienced such a thing with a taiwanese oolong.
I guess Olivierco that you tried teasprings new high quality tinned LGP, does that have this magic effect? If not I don`t know what tea Kam had.
P.S. This was the only tea that Kam mentions to have echo, and only the melon seed + had it in the flavour category this written, but in the description of the lower grade he left the description about the echo thing.
I guess Olivierco that you tried teasprings new high quality tinned LGP, does that have this magic effect? If not I don`t know what tea Kam had.
P.S. This was the only tea that Kam mentions to have echo, and only the melon seed + had it in the flavour category this written, but in the description of the lower grade he left the description about the echo thing.
It was indeed this tea (organic by the way).Oni wrote: I guess Olivierco that you tried teasprings new high quality tinned LGP, does that have this magic effect? If not I don`t know what tea Kam had.
I don't believe in magical effects with tea since I haven't experienced such effect so far although I have been drinking thousands of cups of tea.