2023 Thai Giant (1300 y.o.) Single Tree Wild Tea Loose-leaf, Oolong Style

This is one of the most interesting teas from my recent order with tea-side, being assamica (or adjacent) material processed as Oolong. This was the last of my sample.
Texturally, this tea feels like a young sheng. It is sweet in a similar manner. It, however, lacks any astringency or bitterness akin to young sheng, even if pushed very hard.
It seems to processed adjacent to a Dancong, but can stand up to far harder steeping without even a hint of flaw - 12g/600ml or so, which produces a pretty unpalatable astringent soup with standard Dancongs. It doesn't have any acidity as you might get from a high roast tea, also. It's quite delicious, and well suited to both high and low ratio brewing. It has decent longevity, too, and a nice calming effect alongside a strong sheng-like floral aftertaste. I enjoyed this session a lot.

This oolong is one of a kind! Nothing like what I had! I love the Cha qi! For this one the Cha qi is similar to 2016 Wild Pu-erh Tea “Lord of the Forest” 1000-year-old trees Myanmar. Its Cha qi is even stronger than some of my aged old tree pu-erh. Flavor wise it's fruity and floral, a little mild, elegant.. and actually I think this tea tasted like a combination Junshan silver needles, sheng pu-erh and ruan zhi oolong.

I've tasted this a while ago, and I remember it to be mostly fruity (couldn't find my notes).
And the way I brewed it a second time, more recently, it was noticeably more floral (wild flowers and a bit of rose), also honey, caramel, and a bit of pumpernickel.
It is pleasant to drink, and the reason I am not giving it maximum rating is because it's a bit too mild for me.

I liked the tea very much extremely unusual. It is difficult to describe the exact taste sensations, but the palette subjectively gravitated towards fruits (conditionally peach or apricot), dried fruits (apricots) and a little bit like dried mushrooms in the smell of dry tea (like chanterelles). It is very conditional because it was difficult to "catch" the associations, but I liked the tea very much - it was not like anything else and the flavor was very "voluminous". The state from it is a little "drunk", but pleasant.

When brewing in a teapot, the tea was a little lost - became similar in taste and aroma to shen puer. That is, it was still tasty and pleasant, but all its richness was better revealed in the gaiwan.

The tea is extremely good, deep and interesting, but not for every day).

“Old trees, wild trees.” That’s something Treebeard the Ent says in Lord of the Rings. And it’s what excited me about trying this wild tea along with the other wild teas. Giant is similar to Purple Joy but milder. The flavor profile shares a fruitiness and acidic notes that develop more strongly with the second cup, but Giant Single Tree is just less weird. Would definitely have this again.