Auspicious Seahorse
Dry leaf: super perfumy. Rinsed leaf: skagenröra? Taste, first infusion: rose syrup. Second: more fruity cocoa notes and drier but still some rose. Rest: mostly cocoa and dark/malt syrup. Calming
January 27, 2023Rose and Black tea is a classic pairing as the sweet rose aroma sits perfectly within the warmer aroma profiles of a black tea (I never understood rose and Green tea unless it is a very zesty rose variety).
Some people make this blend using a floral Black like a Keemun but we prefer using a more warming and chocolatey tea like this Fujian Gongfu Black. This produces a more luscious brew and has that delicious turkish delight satisfaction.
| Gong Fu Brewing | Western Brewing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Temp |
Amountg per 100ml | 1st Infusionseconds | + Infusionsseconds | Number of Infusions |
Amountg per 100ml | 1st Infusionseconds | + Infusionsseconds | Number of Infusions |
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90°c
195F |
4.5 | 10 | +5 | 8 | 0.8 | 120 | +60 | 4 |
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Luxury, fine picked and hand rolled Tong Mu Black Jin Jun Mei. Cocoa cookies, rose, cherries and warm malted milk.
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Remarkably fruity and sweet Black from the Wuyi mountains. Peach candy, palmier, guava jam, and wood lacquer.
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An unsmoked Lapsang that shows the true depth of flavour of this famous tea. Dark cocoa, charred bourbon casks and rambutan.
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Organic Oolong processed in low oxygen to increase GABA to 200mg per 100g. Summer rain, apricot jam, wet wood and chestnut honey.
