“2022 Sipdown 11/365! Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge January 2022: Tea with bean notes Delicious beany/brown sugar green tea, but as I commented in my first note, the “reserve” part is lost on...” Read full tasting note
“Backlog. This was another Spring 2019 Laoshan green tea sample. The downside of buying so many samplers is when you do come across a really good tea, you don’t get to enjoy it for very long. I...” Read full tasting note
The flat-pressing process that Mr. He uses to finish this reserve spring harvest is inspired by Dragonwell green tea. In fact, Laoshan tea was originally brought to the area from Dragonwell, so for this cultivar, flat-pressing is a return to its origins. The day-long labor-intensive process to finish this delicate tea makes for beautiful leaves to brew in glass. The flavor is lighter but the aroma and sweetness more pronounced with flat-pressing. The flat-pressing technique really allows the subtle complexity of this season’s harvest to shine through. This early May reserve harvest is picked once the protective winter greenhouses are removed and the risk of frost has passed.
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