Tea: Zealong Pure
Type: Oolong Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Chicago Tea Garden
Purchase: Here
Description: Sweet, fresh-tasting leaves are unroasted, bringing out the pure, natural flavor of the tea.
Zealong is grown naturally without chemical sprays, fertilizers, additives and other contaminants. Additionally, a strict quality assurance system has been implemented that meets the ISO22000 standard. It is tended and picked by hand and processed to the world’s most stringent food safety standards.
For more information, see our Zealong page.
Steep Information:
Amount: ~6g
Water: 150ml boiling filtered water
Tool: Adagio IngenuiTEA 16 oz
Steep Time: a little over 1:30 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: vegetal
Steeped Tea Smell: honey, sweet, floral, vegetal
Flavor: buttery sweet
Body: Light
Aftertaste: vegetal
Liquor: translucent pale yellow-green
Sweet, buttery, delicious - but not as good as the Zealong Aromatic.
An excellent oolong.
Resteep (2) Information: 150ml, boiling, 1:30 - sweet, vegetal, a little nutty
Resteep (3) Information: 200ml, boiling, 2:00, vegetal, a little nutty, a little bitter
Resteep (4) Information: 200ml, boiling, 2:00, vegetal, a little nutty, a little bitter
Resteep (5) Information: 200ml, boiling, 2:00, vegetal, a little nutty, bitter
Rating: 4/4 leaves
Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing
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