DenmarkA lemony experience to enjoy
An interesting tea with flavours in the lemon/citrus, saline, light sugary spectrum. Successive steeps shifts the focus between these notes, and slowly shift the tea between brightness, light bitter and slight sweetness. Such an interesting combination. The tea opens up with lemon / citrons rind fragrance of the dry leaves on the nose. Upon hydration the tea reveals pretty whole leaves, with the wet leaves pulling the citrus fragrance back but pushing a fragrance of light flowers forward. The soup starts yellow, then deepens a bit to a very light yellow/amber before eventually returning to clear yellow with successive steeps. The tea soup itself opens with a Yellow broth, ope showing bright bitterness with a hint of saline. The lemon notes from the nose comes back in later steeps sneaking back in to the tasting profile, but more tempered and balanced. With further steeps both lemony notes and rock sugar notes pull back, leaving a slight salinity and a pleasant dryness on the palate. Overall a very nice tea that I will enjoy coming back to again and again, and….
DenmarkA lemony little treasure
This tea offers an interplay of flavours within the lemon/citrus, saline, and lightly sweet spectrum. Successive steeps shift the focus among these notes, gradually transitioning the tea between bright, mildly bitter, and subtly sweet profiles. The dry leaves exude a captivating lemon/citron rind aroma. Upon hydration, the tea unfurls into beautiful whole leaves, with the wet leaves drawing back the citrus fragrance while simultaneously introducing a delicate floral note. The tea liquor initially presents as a bright yellow infusion, gradually deepening to a light amber before returning to a clear yellow with subsequent steeps. The initial taste is a vibrant, slightly bitter broth with a hint of salinity. As the steeping progresses, the lemony notes from the aroma reemerge, more tempered and balanced. With further steeps, both the lemony and sugary notes recede, leaving a pleasant, slightly saline and dry finish. Overall, this is a delightful tea that I'll certainly return to again and again.
United StatesGood stuff
Almost lemony notes from the dry leaf, washed leaves have a similar aroma, maybe more of a lemon rind also a hint of herbaceousness. First steep is great, some wonderful minerally flavors and long lasting notes with some bitterness. The flavors linger in the mouth and are really pleasant. Def some qi here too. Never too bitter even at longer steeps, sometimes right before the bitterness kicks in I get a hint of something almost floral, very nice. I like this one more than Hummingbird 2023 Kuashan, definitely less sweet but feels deeper/more complex. This would be my favorite 2024 puer release from ORT if it wasn't for New Kicks (but that one is twice the price...)