This past week in the mail the tea table I ordered arrived. I had been very much looking forward to getting a tea table, as I love how they look, and they basically act as a basin to catch any spills and drips which are sure to happen in the preparation of tea.
Tie Luo Han is also known as Iron warrior monk or Iron Ahart. It is a Wuyi Yancha (rock tea from the wuyi mountain), and is one of the four famous tea bushes of that area.
Prepared in a Zini Yixing pot, over 1/2 full of leaves.
1: Boiling, 20 seconds.
Nose: Mango's, banana's and oranges, along with cloves and possible some cinnamon, very fresh, and vibrant.
Palate: Slight hints of the fruits, but a very heavy spicyness is there with a slight astringency. Almost like a Rou Gui in terms of cinnamon, but it has other spices such as pepper. Slight hints of charcoal from roasting.
Finish: Lingering hints of astringency, and just the fading away of the spices, with a hint of dry toast.
2: Boiling, 20 seconds.
Nose: Still lots of tropical fruits, with hints of roasting comming forth.
Palate: Spices and astringency came in later, but before they came in its reminds me of an unsweetend rasberry iced tea, with perhaps a hint of peach. Also the spices were very much less pronounced this time.
Finish: Peach, and toast, which lasts for quite some time.
3: Boiling, 30 seconds.
Nose: less fruits, and more toasted notes, but still very plesant, maybe a slight peach.
Palate: Really reminds me of a fruit tea, with hints of other spices.
Finish: The fruits seemed to have left nose and arrived in the finish.
A great tea, with hints of roasting, but still rather fruity, not floral or weak, but rather pronounced fruits.
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