April 2015 harvest
Right. okay, so this is my fourth session with this tea since I got it a few weeks ago. Basically it reminded me of a laoshan green that was thicker, fuller and lasted longer in the first 2 sessions. Amazing, right, but the third one tasted super like stale, but moreover, the whole bag has since smelled like.. club soda? Pretty much no smell now. I don’t know what happened ):
Anyways, okay, so it’s not very sweet, but i can taste some of that laoshan soybeany roastiness, there’s bits of lime, a bit creamy, some carrots, spinach. The astringency is pretty heavy for such early steeps. Okay, maybe I just messed up in the third session I did, I think my temperature was too low, cause I’ve got all that delicious laoshan greenness up in here (greenness is a wonderful word)
Yes! I heated the water to about 90 C, and now it’s bringing out what I want. It’s actually gotten a bit sweet, lots of roasty soybeans, edamame, cooked asparagus, very vegetal, there is a looot of astringency, but it mostly resides low in the throat, it’s also quite tart, ooh there’s even pear notes.
Okay, I love this, I admit it. It is quite similar to laoshan greens, but it’s still very distinctly its own. Like, it’s darker, less creamy/buttery, fruitier and more astringent, it actually is starting to make me think of key lime pie in these late steeps. I’m sorry but oh my god. the last time a tea made me feel this good was Menghai tea factory’s 2016 Year of the monkey sheng, which I had on an empty stomach.. wait, I have an empty stomach now! oh dear, maybe this is a thing..
Okay, I’m tea drunk and i’m watching the matrix for the first time, so I’m gonna go focus on that.
Buy this.
I’ll be trying to resist starving myself in search of tea highs.
Flavors: Asparagus, Astringent, Carrot, Cream, Creamy, Fruity, Lime, Pear, Roasted, Soybean, Spinach, Tart
