“(drank in 2019) Very well-rounded, nice sweet and toasty flavor. The texture is the standout here: thick to the point of feeling chewy. Easy to steep, doesn’t demand attention, works well in a...” Read full tasting note
“Lightly buttery and creamy. Super smooth and clean. Faint freshly brewed coffee and distant toasted cocoa husks. Incredibly smooth and ready to drink, but not particularly complex or enduring. A...” Read full tasting note
“I like this tea quite a bit. Good complexity with the blend bringing an interesting session. This is really what I’d expect in just an everyday shou for me. The cake has a mellow aroma – hardwood...” Read full tasting note
“I am not sure how pleasant I find this tea. I think it’s less tasty for me than some other recent Scott’s shou blends. What it has going for it though, is that it’s fairly unusual. I also think it...” Read full tasting note
This tea is the result of a rather haphazard blend of ripe teas that I threw together one morning in April 2018. The result was surprisingly excellent and I tried several other ratios of the teas, but in the end the first one I blended was the best.
Lucy is featured prominently surrounded with explosions of spattered colors (illustrated by Timothy Sparling) on the wrapper of this cake. My relationship with Lucy has been one which has provided an endless reservoir of serendipitous experiences that have transformed my approach to life. Dogs live life in the moment, they never cease to be amazed by the endless variety of the world. She is an explorer and will always choose the path she has never taken, over the one she knows. Her thirst for experience and unbridled joy for living is something we can all learn from. The Chinese have a saying “狗来富”, which means literally “Dogs bring prosperity”, but can be understood as “Dogs bring joy”.
This tea is full-bodied, complex and imparts warm nurturing cha qi.
250 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)
Wrapper Design by Timothy Sparling
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