No.2: Lancang/Jingmai
Really enjoyed this one, it is less straight-up-fruity than the Menghai, more milky & savoury & bitter. Firstly giving off a wonderful complex almost-floral aroma. The first two steeps were so nice! Then a bitter note crept in throughout the middle of the session.
Quite bitterleaf tasting but with interesting colourful huigan (pink & green, yo). The green from the leaf & with something complex & shiny & aromatic (weird floral) over the top. But this with a milky body that I love in shengs.
Towards the end of the sesh I was left with more milky water (another thing I like in long lasting shengs) & this interesting leaf taste.
I am definitely interested in other teas from around Lancang & Jingmai if this complex floral aroma & huigan is something prevalent in them, the leaf taste was still a bit of an acquired taste but that interesting note kept me entertained. Those two first steeps though, If I can brew this one to keep in that ballpark I will seriously grow to love this one, possible 90+ score. I did use a lot of leaf, perhaps less next time.
Also nice is that the Menghai tasted ‘basic’ and this one didnt, at all, to me.
