Gongfu Sipdown (705)!
A freebie, in coin form, from my last W2T order. It looks like most people got Dangerfield coins, but I’m guessing I received this one instead since I had actually ordered a Dangerfield sample. I’m glad it wasn’t another Turtle Dove coin – definitely don’t need more of those in my life. This is an interesting one; probably not something I’d have picked for myself – which makes it the perfect thing to sample/explore.
Soft to start, evolving into something with a smooth, silky top note and slight sweetness and more of a herbaceous and green body & finish w/ a pleasant astringency and mild bitter note. Hard to describe this one; it’s different than what I usually lean towards in a raw pu’erh but still enjoyable…
Side note – I’ve seen my review style go through a lot of changes over the last seven years, and it definitely feels like I’ve hit a place, especially w/ Gongfu tea, where I’m just REALLY casual/vague in describing them!? I’ve been thinking about that a lot this week, and I think it’s because I’m drinking something Gongfu practically every day now but, even a year and a half ago, I only had the time to have a proper Gongfu session MAYBE once a week – if I was lucky. So I don’t want to say that Gongfu has become ‘less special’ to me because that’s not true – but with it being more of normal occurance I feel less of a need hyper document everything like I used to…
Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zSz_-gzRq/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_gN3HgjxYo
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I’m down to 1 or 2 gongfu sessions a week compared to the 1 or 2 a day when I first signed up for Steepster a year ago. I say we’re flip-flopped the flippie the flippie to the flip flip flop and we don’t stop. Needless to say, I’m not moving through teas as quickly as I used to. I feel like my reviews are changing, too, though how, I’m not sure. Like most things, the evolution will become apparent with time.
Same. Back then I was describing colours, but now? Sometimes. Maybe we are more busy, more bored with describing the tea? I do not know. But it is certainly different. As well gong-fu"ing" teas. Back then I was hyped to do it. Now, it is rather too time consuming and I am not really in mood writing them.
I hope I will return to my “standards”, because last few reviews were really meh. Boring. Nothing well described. Just it itastes like this. Maybe that. That is all. BOOO!
I’m down to 1 or 2 gongfu sessions a week compared to the 1 or 2 a day when I first signed up for Steepster a year ago. I say we’re flip-flopped the flippie the flippie to the flip flip flop and we don’t stop. Needless to say, I’m not moving through teas as quickly as I used to. I feel like my reviews are changing, too, though how, I’m not sure. Like most things, the evolution will become apparent with time.
Same. Back then I was describing colours, but now? Sometimes. Maybe we are more busy, more bored with describing the tea? I do not know. But it is certainly different. As well gong-fu"ing" teas. Back then I was hyped to do it. Now, it is rather too time consuming and I am not really in mood writing them.
I hope I will return to my “standards”, because last few reviews were really meh. Boring. Nothing well described. Just it itastes like this. Maybe that. That is all. BOOO!