GABA "Prunes" from Tea Mail "AAA", 200g, Taiwan.

Meet the elegant new product of 2025 - GABA Oolong from Alishan in the editorial office of Tea Mail. The rich color of the neat 200-gram pancake is immediately noticeable – this is due to deeper oxygen-free fermentation. Following this, the intense aroma of black royal raisins is captured. In the heated Gaiwan, a whole counter of dried fruits from the eastern bazaar on a hot afternoon and dry apple peels are simultaneously fragrant. The aroma of a summer garden is present. The color of the infusion, on the contrary, is very light, velvety lemon. The tea opens up slowly, the taste is in no hurry to compete with the dry aroma. White currants are clearly felt, probably dates and dried persimmons. The transition from sweet serenity to severity begins to appear in the form of cherry pits, acorns and nettles. In a slightly astringent, dizzying whirlwind, raspberry and bird cherry leaves merge with an armful of fragrant meadow herbs. In anticipation of the thrill of the fourth pour, we let the tea sit in the water longer. In such conditions, the high tones fade into the background, and the shades of old housing and hawthorn stand out, and a more expressive oiliness appears. The alluring velvet texture is replaced by the slightly rough bitterness of a drugstore. Nevertheless, the persistence of the sour notes must be given credit, especially since the promised Prunes can be heard more and more clearly in them. This Oolong gently combines the freshness of a forest stream and the dying embers of a nearby fire. An atmosphere of Chekhovian surrealism reigns – and the garden is a character here; and the man is developed, reads books, but nevertheless carries a revolver with him; and autumnal warmth and the awareness that everyone has their own oddities, and intoxicating hope and the howling of dogs in the suburbs, near the slaughterhouse. Against the backdrop of this picture comes a wild and free feeling.. A brazen calm and concentration sets in. There is no After – there is only Now.