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“This was an excellent sheng with very little bitterness at all. It had a nice sweet note to it. I think the classic profile of apricots and stonefruits fits this one. I had heard this tea was...” Read full tasting note
This classic recipe from Menghai needs no introduction! It is the first production of 2017 (1701). This is an average blend of 4th grade material from 2015-2017.
If you order 7 cakes you will get them in a bamboo leaf tong like in the pictures.
Date: 2017 (1701)
Net Weight: 357 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf stack)
Ingredients: 2015-2017 Menghai blended material
Produced by Menghai Tea Factory (TaeTea)
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Menghai Tea Factory (Tuocha Tea)This was an excellent sheng with very little bitterness at all. It had a nice sweet note to it. I think the classic profile of apricots and stonefruits fits this one. I had heard this tea was somewhat bitter, maybe it was because I used a lower brewing temperature but I really didn’t get any bitterness or astringency. This was good stuff.
I steeped this eight times in a 120ml Yixing teapot with 8.4g leaf and 190 degree water. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, and 30 seconds.
Flavors: Apricot, Stonefruit, Sweet
I’ve heard that Dayi and other factories are making their teas more accessible so people could drink them while they’re young. Do you think this tea still has the strength to age as well as the 7542s of old?