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Drank an anonymous 2010 Mao Cha which I got from Liquid Proust. Really enjoyable session. The first steep was sugary sweet, which really surprised me. After that, bitterness crept in until it reached a crescendo around steep 4. The bitterness dropped off in the subsequent couple steeps and was replaced with a leathery sweetness that remained for many more steeps. Around steep 9 or so, the bitterness returned briefly. The sweetness sometimes acquired a floral quality, but was mostly like leather and sometimes tasted in the back of the throat. Thanks for this tea, LP! :)

Flavors: Bitter, Floral, Leather, Sugar, Tobacco

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
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Yea, there’s also an 08 Mao Cha in there :) And a Wild Monk Mao Chao, though not sure that’s directly comparable. Where did these Mao Chas come from?

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Yea, there’s also an 08 Mao Cha in there :) And a Wild Monk Mao Chao, though not sure that’s directly comparable. Where did these Mao Chas come from?

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A bit about myself: 22 years old, college grad (Double major in Anthropology and History). I plan to make a career of archaeology and hopefully travel (much of) the world in my days.

I enjoy many things aside from tea, including gaming, mixing cocktails, reading, watching anime, and painting miniatures.

My favorite type of tea is sheng puerh. Particularly younger stuff, if only because I haven’t gotten the chance to taste much of anything aged. I also really like oolong (Taiwanese, Wuyi, Dancong, etc.) and Japanese Green Teas. I do also enjoy most other kinds of tea, but they aren’t what I normally buy. I’m not a huge fan of shou puerh, black tea, or flavored blends, with few exceptions.

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