“Finally starting on my Chawangshop group buy sheng. This one was good. There was just a little bitterness but not much. I persisted for maybe six steeps. There was a fair amount of astringency to...” Read full tasting note
“From the group buy organized by Andresito. The nose is herbaceous, with hints of wood. Taste has some veggie, straw, and good mouth-feel. Very clean taste, and good clean finish. 2nd steep:...” Read full tasting note
“I was hoping this would taste like the 2015 version. Unfortunately, it is quite different. It’s not that bad, but it lacks the floral sweet nature of its 2015 brethren.” Read full tasting note
Material for this cake came from Man Nan Lao Zhai in Hekai mountain. Man Nan Lao Zhai is home of Lahu minority. There are very few small trees in the tea gardens, most of the tea trees are really old, which have lived for several hundred years. We picked out the first plucked tea in late March before the rains came.
Silver and fat buds, dark leaves, strong aroma. The taste is rich, oily and full in mouth, bitter as Hekai is, aftertaste is fast and sweet. This tea come from the same tea garden which we sold as maocha in 2013 and 2015 cakes.
Hand-made processing, sun-dried, stored well until December 2016, stone compressed in traditional way.
Production date : Early April 2016
Harvest Area : Man Nan Lao Zhai, Hekai mountain, Menghai county
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