Wet Leaves: musty old books, leather, dried apricots, camphor, baking spices. Nothing smells quite like a middle-aged sheng <3.
Early Steeps: Brews up a bright orange, surprising bitterness develops into a fruity, leathery flavor that is already lingering on my tongue.
Middle Steeps: Flavors deepen, brews becoming more astringent. Fruitiness is starting to dissipate.
Tail End: Flavors faded pretty quick. by steep 7 or so there wasn’t much left but bitter water.
Verdict: Tasty middle-aged sheng that peters out relatively quickly. I’m biased to sheng of this age, but I still feel like this is the strongest cake in the basics set.
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I liked the in order that you did these. Nice notes and most do one at a time.
Thanks :), I’ve been drinking sheng for a little while now, but I decided to start logging all my samples. I received this basics set as part of a trade, so I thought comparing them all in one big session would be interesting.
I’ll be reviewing lots of young sheng samples from YS very soon.
Awesome! Looking forward to your notes.
I liked the in order that you did these. Nice notes and most do one at a time.
Thanks :), I’ve been drinking sheng for a little while now, but I decided to start logging all my samples. I received this basics set as part of a trade, so I thought comparing them all in one big session would be interesting.
I’ll be reviewing lots of young sheng samples from YS very soon.
Awesome! Looking forward to your notes.