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The dry leaf is intact, attractive, and has a candy-like fragrance. The wet leaf is especially fragrant, reminding me of a wild orchid and sweet ripe plum (hence the name of the mountain where it’s from). The brew is pale bright yellow, pure in flavor, crisp, smooth buttery texture, very flowery, and sweet like candy-cane. I can walk away from this tea now and still taste it in my entire mouth and in my throat. Makes me wonder why people purchase expensive oolongs when you can get much more complexity and superior aftertaste from quality sheng like this one.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 0 min, 15 sec 10 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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My ever expanding list of obsessions, passions, and hobbies:

Tea, cooking, hiking, plants, East Asian ceramics, fine art, Chinese and Central Asian history, environmental sustainability, traveling, foreign languages, meditation, health, animals, spirituality and philosophy.

I drink:
young sheng pu’er
green tea
roasted oolongs
aged sheng pu’er
heicha
shu pu’er
herbal teas (not sweetened)

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Personal brewing methods:

Use good mineral water – Filter DC’s poor-quality water, then boil it using maifan stones to reintroduce minerals。 Leaf to water ratios (depends on the tea)
- pu’er: 5-7 g for 100 ml
(I usually a gaiwan for very young sheng.)
- green tea: 2-4 g for 100 ml
- oolong: 5-7 g for 100 ml
- white tea: 2-4 g for 100 ml
- heicha: 5-6 g for 100 ml
(I occasionally boil fu cha a over stovetop for a very rich and comforting brew.)

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Washington, DC

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