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“EDIT: Remembered that I tried a shu pu in here a few weeks ago (December 11th, so awhile back) for the first time that had a slight fishiness (Huang Chen Hao LME Shu that LP was carrying a while...” Read full tasting note
This is one of the most requested yancha we’ve had in a while. We included it in the Masters Tasting Set, and also in a recent teaclub parcel. It’s not particularly fancy, actually one of the cheaper yancha that we have, but it’s in a style which is less and less common in the market these days.
This is a tea that Zhang Hui Chun makes for his old customers from Chaozhou and S.E. Asia – people who’ve been drinking yancha for years and appreciate this traditional style strong roast tea.
He puts the tea through multiple charcoal roasts over 2 years before releasing for sale. This kind of roasting takes a lot of skill – it’s so easy to go a little over and burn the leaves, or not roast enough to reach the clear rich flavours that are prized in this style of tea. Consequently, there are less and less people willing to make this style of tea these days.
In the cup, it’s strong, rich and chocolatey. Put the whole bag in a small pot and brew it strong for a coffee-like kick, the way the old-timers do it!
(The original purchase we made of this tea was packed in plain green bags. This one is packed in his branded bags, but is from the same batch of tea)
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EDIT: Remembered that I tried a shu pu in here a few weeks ago (December 11th, so awhile back) for the first time that had a slight fishiness (Huang Chen Hao LME Shu that LP was carrying a while back). I’m surprised it stuck out here though, since initially I thought it might’ve been the Vesper Chan branded 2017 樟香春韵 (also LP sold a while back as the Vesper Chan Camphor Flavor) I also had in it a few days ago that definitely doesn’t have any fishiness to it. Guess keeping a spreadsheet was useful! It’s odd to me that it could’ve affected the tea so much later though I haven’t used it much recently.
Review:
8g pack in a 100 mL duanni pot. A lovely tea for the price, and would probably pick up a much larger quantity if I had a place to store it. It had a milky creaminess to it along with the woody medicinal taste and a touch of coffee-like taste that a friend and I both really enjoyed. Very easy drinking; probably hard to mess this one up. The initial cup/rinse had a slight fishiness to it that I was confused by, but the rest was fine. Not too strong of aftertaste on this one, maybe some fleeting sweetness occasionally. Was scared off by the strong roast in the name, since I’ve definitely tried roasts that killed off the tea taste, but I’m glad that the note from a Teaforum member who’d tried it before when I placed the order swung me to try it.
