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Lovely aged white leaves. Gave it a rinse, had a whiff. Porridge! yummy oats & milk fly up my nose from the gaiwan. Then a sharp apricot aroma hit… lovely smell. After a ten minute wait the sharpness has a freshness/menthol alongside it. its cool apricots. YUM.

I dont usually gaiwan my whites but i’m following the guide for this one.

First taste, subtle. nice aroma up into my head, this apricot turning into medicinal. Lightly floral as well.

Second & the aroma is more deeper & sweet, cotton candy thing. The taste is deeper, pretty lush, sweet & hay-like but not the same as a fresh white. Evolved & heavier. Its lovely. Ever-so-slightly spicy like a Dongfang Meiren but just in the background. Dates is a good description.

Third is another deep sweet taste. Nice feel in the mouth, silky & slight tingle, with a sweet-sharp edging. I could glug a cup of this tea western style so easily, as it feels so nice in the mouth, but gongfu has been an interesting way to experience the flavours. Bit more of a date flavour, along with the evolved white peony florals & hay, actually this hay is more like the inside of a hay bale on a hot day. And ‘hot hay’ is listed here, so there you go!

Later steeps fall back to something more akin to normal white peony tea, but with a sour note coming from the leaf being steeped out. Still enjoyable, still nicely interesting, still smooth, still deep.

I do love the more complex, deeper whites. This one didnt disappoint at all.

Flavors: Cotton Candy, Dates, Floral, Hot Hay, Oats, Raisins, Sugar

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec
Daylon R Thomas

Uh oh, a highly rated white.

Rasseru

haha yes, its really nice drinking it gongfu. If you get some you must try the mengsung secret garden sheng as well. Huigan so vibrant i’m still thinking about it two days later

Daylon R Thomas

That’s lovely :) I’ve been saving the shengs and shou you sent me for the right moment.

I’ve been on an empty stomach too often the past few weeks.

andresito

how do you normally brew white tea, if not a gaiwan? just curious :)

andresito

btw I have a sample of mengsung secret garden sheng I haven’t gotten to yet, I’ll put it to the top of the rotation.

Rasseru

@Daylon, ah, i didnt send you the mengsung, I sent you some: https://shop.chadao.de/product_info.php?info=p1633_16113-2-li-gong-jin-shi-bing-2013.html its a nice yiwu

@Andresito – yes! the mengsung is really really good. Follow the brewing guidelines on the bana website, I only had the one 8g sample, used all of it in a 100ml gaiwan as guided & it was gorgeous.
& I usually do whites western but i’m going to have to go back through all of them gongfu now

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Daylon R Thomas

Uh oh, a highly rated white.

Rasseru

haha yes, its really nice drinking it gongfu. If you get some you must try the mengsung secret garden sheng as well. Huigan so vibrant i’m still thinking about it two days later

Daylon R Thomas

That’s lovely :) I’ve been saving the shengs and shou you sent me for the right moment.

I’ve been on an empty stomach too often the past few weeks.

andresito

how do you normally brew white tea, if not a gaiwan? just curious :)

andresito

btw I have a sample of mengsung secret garden sheng I haven’t gotten to yet, I’ll put it to the top of the rotation.

Rasseru

@Daylon, ah, i didnt send you the mengsung, I sent you some: https://shop.chadao.de/product_info.php?info=p1633_16113-2-li-gong-jin-shi-bing-2013.html its a nice yiwu

@Andresito – yes! the mengsung is really really good. Follow the brewing guidelines on the bana website, I only had the one 8g sample, used all of it in a 100ml gaiwan as guided & it was gorgeous.
& I usually do whites western but i’m going to have to go back through all of them gongfu now

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