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So I’ve had a cake of this 9 year old sheng for over a year and not had a chance to try it. When I opened the humidor I immediately noticed the incredibly pleasant aroma of tobacco leaf, and was eager to brew it up. On my second steeping now (5 grams in 7oz boiling spring water) and the leaves have fully expanded and are large & quite green. I don’t taste the apricot or honey others have reported, but it’s definitely young, bright, fragrant and tasty. Not astringent or fishy. Reminiscent of Tie Guan Yin to me. I think this cake will be an extended adventure.

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Left-coast reared (on Bigelow’s Constant Comment and Twinings’ Earl Grey) and right-coast educated, I’ve used this moniker (and Email) since the glory days of AOL in the 90’s, reflecting two of my lifelong loves—tea and ‘Trek. Now a midwestern science guy (right down to the Hawaiian shirts), I’m finally broadening the scope of my sippage and getting into all sorts of Assamicas, from mainstream Assam CTCs to Taiwan blacks & TRES varietals, to varied Pu’erhs. With some other stuff tossed in for fun. Love reading other folks’ tasting notes (thank you), I’ve lurked here from time to time and am now adding a few notes of my own to better appreciate the experience. You can keep the rooibos LoL!
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