Official what Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

[David R.]

Deep fired Dong Ding from Hojo. Like a sweet candy.

[Ambrose]

2010 Winter Baozhong-Honorable Mention

[wyardley]

2010 Winter Lishan from FLT. A little more vegetal than the Dayuling, and less aftertaste, at least based on tasting each once. But my taste buds are acting a little funky this morning, so reserving judgement. My tasting companion thought it was too vegetal.

Pulling more sweetness and thickness out of this one at work. I think using better water, probably a slight temperature drop from using a metal electric kettle (vs. earthenware), and a slightly smaller brewing vessel all played a roll. Still a little vegetal, but I'm getting more of the sweeter / caramelized flavors today and yesterday.

[BioHorn]

Osmanthus Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong brought to me from China by a friend:
Drank this a while ago, but want to get it off my introduction post. I do not know what year it is from. It has a lovely complex pungent floral smell and does well with very short brew times.

[Herb_Master]

Osmanthus Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong brought to me from China by a friend:
.......... It has a lovely complex pungent floral smell and does well with very short brew times.

does the pungent smell reflect on the tastebuds, any pronounced bite or astringency ?

[edkrueger]

Highly disappointed with the Taiwanese milk oolong tea I had this morning. You can't win all the time. Never again from that vendor, anyway.

Was it one of those that has milk powder in it? Or the ones flavored with something like movie theater popcorn oil?

[Nenugal]

I'm drinking Tie Luo Han from TeaSpring.

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[TwoPynts]

I'm drinking whatever's in this red tin.

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[dsebs]

Trying the wuyi oolong from rishi.

[BioHorn]

Osmanthus Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong brought to me from China by a friend:
.......... It has a lovely complex pungent floral smell and does well with very short brew times.

does the pungent smell reflect on the tastebuds, any pronounced bite or astringency ?

I brewed this tea again tonight. It has a nice balance of floral and bite. Pretty complex. Have been able to adjust times and water temp to pull many different flavors. Nice to have a tea you can tweak according to your mood. Super short steepings still bring out a complex tea. After about 6-7 steepings a sort of raw flavor comes out that I really do not like. I have found this in a number of Phoenix DC's. Any ideas?

[debunix]

Trying the wuyi oolong from rishi.

I enjoyed that one very much. It was hard to find reliably in my local whole foods, unfortunately. What do you think of it?

[Herb_Master]

After about 6-7 steepings a sort of raw flavor comes out that I really do not like. I have found this in a number of Phoenix DC's. Any ideas?

I have never encountered that, I can't imagine what it is.

I have heard that Cheaper (added scent) Dcs often run out of scent to leave the raw tea but I believe that that would normally happen after 3 infusions.

Young trees may not have sufficient root system to fully load the leaves but I would expect the leaves to be spent not throw up new tastes.

Some prefer to have really hot water for the first 2 infusions and then lower the temperature as the infusions progress - were you keeping the temp high for all 7 infusions?

Maybe someone will have a better idea!

[NOESIS]

Summer 2010 Bai Hao from Hou De.

[Tadpole]

Fu Shou Shan, Spring 2010. Still quite thick and buttery, balanced with strong floral and vegetal notes. This tea always makes me feel hungry, even if I have just eaten a huge meal. Anybody else get hungry drinking Formosa oolongs?

[debunix]

Anybody else get hungry drinking Formosa oolongs?

Last night I was getting very hungry drinking a lovely Alishan oolong from Norbu, but it was also getting late and I needed dinner!

Today started the day with some SeaDyke red label TKY. It's a busy day without time for gongfu cha, so it's was a thermos full, and will move on next to another 'thermos'-able tea.