chamomile

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Pronounced "kæməmil"


Large sheep the size of a small sheep! Likes tea, DIY, and nerd stuff. Sysadmin, release engineer and programmer by trade.


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and so I'm trying it out today! I picked up an oolong tea for the first time a little while ago, which is actually how I found out. This one has a nice smoky, woody aroma. Very different than other teas I've had, which I like! I've heard oolongs vary a lot in notes, so I'm interested to see what other ones are out there.

On the second steep, the smokiness is much more subtle which does help the tea flavor come through more. I'm not getting too much else to be honest, but it's still an interesting change, and still enjoyable. It's not too astringent still, so maybe I'll experiment with steep times a bit.


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in reply to @chamomile's post:

you can actually do this with a LOT of kinds of loose-leaf tea (and for some, a ton of small steepings is the way to go). if you're having fun playing around with it, the good news is there's a lot more to explore!

the being style is called "gongfu," and it uses a lot of leaf, not much water, and fast steeping times. it's definitely less convenient overall, but the tradeoff is that you get to explore how the flavor of the tea changes with time in much greater depth

as an example, for a tea I make I use 5gm leaves in a 90ml teapot, and I start out steeping just a few seconds at a time. the tradeoff is that I steep it maybe 15 times before it's done. oolongs generally won't go quite that many but you can get at least a few steeps prob!