Came back to this after 5 years. Really enjoying it, more than any sheng I’ve had recently. Surprisingly with my laissez-faire storage, it has changed for the better. I’ll add another note on the tastes and other characteristics, but this note is about the mood.
Excellent essence that melds seamlessly with and enhances my own energy for the better. Flows through my body and mind like spring water. This tea is perfect for starting in the late morning, going about the day (gym was very smooth and productive) and then finishing before midnight while lying on the rug in dim lighting with the local jazz station KJZY… Jazzy generating warm and light-hearted sounds through the crisp air of this summer night.
Too bad this cake is sold out. At least it’s a good reminder to not forget about Tea Urchin as a vendor of quality sheng.
Addendum:
It’s so much like a Yueguangbai but with clear sheng character that is alkaline and has a savory olive oil type depth. Clear and clean liquor, bright orange. Lots of soft and floral cinnamon, pastry, milky oat seed, hay, pollen, cooked apricot. Soft, diffuse bitterness in mouth becomes stronger in tonsils, which leads to instantaneous and expansive huigan with first cup. Very cooling in throat and chest, feels like energy pathways open up. Florals evaporate from savory aftertaste in the back of mouth and into sinuses, reverberating. Final steeps fade into florals, first the powdery bittersweetness of purple iris, then something light and evocative like a citrusy rose.
Flavors: Alkaline, Apricot, Bittersweet, Cinnamon, Clean, Clear, Creamy, Floral, Honey, Iris, Meadow, Menthol, Oats, Olive Oil, Pollen, Powdery, Resin, Rose, Sand, Savory, Soft, Spicy, Stewed Fruits, Sunflower Seed, Sweet, Tangy, Violet
