I ordered a bunch of W2T samples and have been going through them trying to figure out which cakes we wanna buy. Today we tried the Charing Cross. This is a roasted white tea.
Started with a 20s rinse and waited a few minutes for the ball to open up since it’s quite dense.
10s steep - fig jam aromas, just as promised
15s steep - more fig jam, slightly stronger
25s steep - rich roasted fruits, gonna dial it back a bit
15s steep - figgy, fruity, floral
15s steep - more of the same. Smelling the wet leaves now and I can sniff these all day; getting strong tropical fruit punch and floral notes.
30s steep - getting more floral perfumey notes now
60s steep - violets, cedar
120s steep - violets, blueberry, cedar
Overall a very tasty tea. It feels like it has similarities to white teas, oolongs, and black teas all at once. We’ll probably order a brick of this one. We’re finding we like white teas and the hybrid white teas (W2T Blood Moon was also one of our favorites so far).
Oooo very fun review!! Thanks for sharing!!
Of course! I just found this community and was actually inspired by some of your posts here to start sharing my thoughts on the teas I’ve been drinking lately! So thanks for sharing your reviews too!
For sure! It's cool that I inspired you! I ought to review some of the teas I got recently.
Please do! I’d like to see what you’ve been drinking lately.