It seems I have had very good karma that I should be blessed with another high quality Taiwanese high mountain tea. This is
Eco-Cha's Shan LinXi high Mountain Oolong. My head is light, the after-taste is long-lasting and sweet, the fragrance is charming beyond compare and the tastes? Oh my. So pale, so light those first three steeps, one wouldn't expect much taste, but the strong aroma lets you know as you bring it to your lips that there is more there than you are expecting. As the steeps progress and the leaves awaken I watch them open up, come alive, unfold themselves and I am a fan. I am finding this tea to be intensely interesting and it is clearing my head! I could drink this all day. It isn't as floral as it is crisply fruity and it has a sweet bite to it that is a perfect finish. One wonders how many times one can steep this, how many incarnations and voices this pale tea has to show. I am the One who wonders, and luckily for me I am the One who gets to find out.
More soon as I steep this 'til there is no more pleasure to be found. A truly high quality, subtle tea that I would not waste on buffoons, oh no! This one will be for a few special people I have in mind who I am certain will do as I have just done; roll their eyes, make little happy noises and then hug the hell out of me.
You know who you are. Come on, Portland, I have something
really nice to share with you.
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| My other teas from Eco-Cha that I cannot wait to experience! |
