I’ve gotten spoiled with some of the amazing young shengs out there that do not have much (or none at all) bitterness.
I decided to try this one this morning before work instead of my usual green tea. It was just too much bitterness to me. Yes a bit of fruity apricot but I couldn’t get past the bitterness. I imagine it probably would have gotten better after quite a few steeps but I didn’t have time this morning. I usually don’t have an untried tea as my first cup and on this day I was disappointed I did. The first cup of the day has to be one I love.
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lower temp and super fast steeps, like few secs
+1 Plus it is very young let it air for a bit and if you have a full cake age it for a year or two.
I only had a sample of this but I suppose I could have lowered the temperature a little more. I was using around 85-90 C . I did do some really short steeps (under 10 sec) but it was consistently bitter.
I admit I wasn’t a fan of the 2014 version of this tea when I first opened the sample, but it’s had over a week to air out, as in flakes of leaves are separated in a ziplock bag, and now it tastes like a totally different tea. It actually reminds me of a Lao Man’E I had in Beijing last summer. I’m plan to write a tasting note on it tonight.
lower temp and super fast steeps, like few secs
+1 Plus it is very young let it air for a bit and if you have a full cake age it for a year or two.
I only had a sample of this but I suppose I could have lowered the temperature a little more. I was using around 85-90 C . I did do some really short steeps (under 10 sec) but it was consistently bitter.
I admit I wasn’t a fan of the 2014 version of this tea when I first opened the sample, but it’s had over a week to air out, as in flakes of leaves are separated in a ziplock bag, and now it tastes like a totally different tea. It actually reminds me of a Lao Man’E I had in Beijing last summer. I’m plan to write a tasting note on it tonight.