

Key Aspects: Creamy

Nutty

Buttery

Sweet

Interesting

Dynamic

Breakdown: Astringency: Medium-

Sweetness: Medium

Intensity: Medium

Body: Medium+

Finish: Medium+

Price: $13.00 for 100g

Brew Methods: Gongfu 5g:100ml, 190F, 10s +5s.

Flavors:

Vegetal::Corn(4)

Fruit::Citrus::Lemon(3)

Nutty::Butter(3)

Sweet::Nectar(2)

Vegetal::Cut Grass(2)

Char::Toast(1)

Tasting and Thoughts: The first steeps on this tea are a light, lemon and nectar kind of opening, not much else going on. After the leaves open up and you get to steep 3, there’s this massive buttery sweet corn taste that works, quite surprisingly, well with the lemon. At full engines, steep 4 is a beautiful, balanced melange of buttery sweet corn, tangy lemon, cut grass, and just a hint of toast. The finish is quite nice as the butter corn gives way to the lemon and grass. A surprising tea considering the price.

Rating: Very Good, ★★★★☆ (if price is taken into consideration, this is a ★★★★★)

Would I Buy Again: In an instant. Fantastic tea for the price.

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