I received one of these as a gift from CLT (they are quite generous)
Brewed it up today after some 90’s HK from W2T. What a perfect transition that way. A dark soupy sheng for the morning to wonderfully light sheng that opens up as the session continues.
My experience with smaller compressed raw material is that they are always strong when opened up. Thankfully, this one kept it’s calm/light taste throughout the session. Though it was a bit stronger during the ending steeps, this continued to stay pure and to my liking. This makes me curious of the material prior to pressing. I’ve yet to have a non bitter maocha. Now that I’ve drank it, I feel a little upset because I don’t have another. Most of my sheng is wild or darker. The only two raw from CLT I’ve had were light and reminded me of the pureness that a Japanee tea gives off. Looking forward to the two Bai Ying cakes… they looked so beautiful before I broke them up.
I’m glad you got to try this one. It’s one of my favorites. It will brew entirely different from Bai Ying Shan though.