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).

  • INeedMana@piefed.zipEnglish
    3·
    20 days ago

    roasted white tea

    Damn, I don’t think I’ve seen those in my shops. Sounds like my vibe, I need to look around

    • opt@discuss.tchncs.deOP
      5·
      20 days ago

      Yeah W2T does a bunch of interesting experimental/hybrid styles that I haven’t really seen any other tea producers do. Another roasted white tea from them that I really liked was the Jonia, which gave me big chocolate Ovaltine vibes.

    • opt@discuss.tchncs.deOP
      1·
      20 days ago

      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!