date created:: 2024-10-24 11:11
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Wuyi Shui Xian Oolong

Vendor:: Tea Makers of London
Type:: oolong
Source:: Fujian Province, China
Rating:: 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

Tasting notes

First brew

• Didn't take any notes
• Seaweed smell, seaweed taste
• Threw it out

Second brew

Brewing method:: Western
Brewing temperature:: 100° C
Weight:: 3 g
Volume:: 250 mi
Rinse:: 10 s
Steep time:: 10 s

• Nice deep golden liquor
• Light fragrance - seaweed scent almost dissipated
• Seaweed taste almost gone but so is any other flavour

Third brew

Based on western style brewing advice from this website

Brewing method:: Western
Brewing temperature:: 100° C
Weight:: 5 g
Volume:: 300 ml
Rinse::
Steep time:: 3 m

• Dark golden brown liquor (though possibly the green mug is deceptive)
• Earthy scent. Still some seaweed notes but less in your face
• Getting some of the earthy, mineral notes common in these rock oolongs. Some seaweed taste and I little bit of astringency in the aftertaste
• Experiencing come of the cooling properties (Yan Yun)
• Also my thumb is twitching but I don't know how related that is
• Definitely drinkable brewed like this, but I just don't see myself reaching for it

It might just be that rock oolongs aren't for me. I'll probably try a different rock oolong in the future, but for now I'm happy exploring the other oolong types.

Fourth brew

Brewing method:: Western
Brewing temperature:: ° C
Weight::3 g
Volume:: 150 ml
Rinse::
Steep time:: 3 m

• Dark golden brown liquor, almost like a black tea
• still has an earthy, lightly seaweed scent
• definitely getting a mineral taste
• there's a little bit of a seaweed taste if I burp
• need to drink it while its hot as it gets more astringent as it cools