4 Tasting Notes
A high quality gyokuro at a good price. Has a sweet flavor combined with a decent level of umami. Can become overwhelming if brewed too hot or for too long. Brewed using a houhin.
Flavors: Grass, Sweet, Umami
Preparation
Brewed in a 100ml yixing gongfu pot with 5g of leaf. An excellent tea with strong character. Compared to real laobanzhang, the flavor is not quite as complex and doesn’t develop as much over time. However, the flavor of the tea is still very good, and is extremely reminiscent of true LBZ’s that I’ve tried in the past. I’d highly recommend this to anyone who likes teas which have a hearty kick, but aren’t lacking in depth.
Preparation
A solid aged sheng. The tea had a pleasant, smoky flavor which didn’t change much over the course of ~15 infusions. While the flavor was not very complex, it was pleasantly rustic with notes of wood smoke.
Flavors: Smoke, Wood
