Received sample from a friend. The dry storage on this is excellent, the tea has lost none of its original scent and flavor. Highly floral, still rather green. Brewed up about 7 grams.
Very sweet honey aftertaste, bitter edge but not terribly astringent.
I’m drinking this 10 years into the life of the leaf and it is in the process of changing from a young tea to a teenage tea. The tea is a dark yellow. In fact the tea is slightly cloudy and I smell and taste a malty ferment. The smoky char is also changing. This tea is in flux, which a good sign. I’d be pulling out this cake come summer and let it get full-on humidity.
Flavors: Apricot, Honey, Malt
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Interesting. I had a couple sessions from this (straight from YS) and hated it. It made me feel ill. Curious if I was just wrong or if the storage on it is magic. You’re notes at least intrigue me enough to want to try it again..
I only drank one cup. It is just not yet in a drinkable state, but is coming along.
Think there’s any chance this tea has been compromised by pesticides or something of the like? I get the strongest cha qi from it I have from almost any tea, after only a few cups
Interesting. I had a couple sessions from this (straight from YS) and hated it. It made me feel ill. Curious if I was just wrong or if the storage on it is magic. You’re notes at least intrigue me enough to want to try it again..
I only drank one cup. It is just not yet in a drinkable state, but is coming along.
Think there’s any chance this tea has been compromised by pesticides or something of the like? I get the strongest cha qi from it I have from almost any tea, after only a few cups