Best Jin Jun Mei?

I’ve made a friend in Wuyi Shan who’s family produces good and affordable jin jun Mei.
I’ve sadly only compared it against 2 others.
Teasource’s Jin Jin Mei and Yunnan sourcings 2013 offering.
If anyone wants to do any swaps for Jin jun Mei I would be willing.

Argh, The Finest Brew sale was a mistake — they had already sold out by the time I paid for it. The company fixed it, and actually sent me more another tea that I like plus an additional 100 g bag of another black tea, which cost more than what I paid to start with. BUT… Back to the drawing board now, I guess. I saw that Teasenz has some really good reviews for their Jin Jun Mei, which is not at all expensive. Maybe I’ll try it out… I can’t afford to get used to ONLY the expensive version of every tea all the time.

And I see Yunnan’s international site has a couple of jin jun meis available at fairly reasonable prices. Maybe I’ll try one of those.

My absolute favourite is from a closed aliexpress seller. The finest brew one comes the closest to that one. I keep on intending to try this one. http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipping-Tong-Mu-Xingcu-Star-Village-golden-eyebow-specail-grade-150-grams-in-tea-bags/407327_557085037.html

Outside of sweet potato notes what other notes are you looking for in Jjm? I’ve had ones that range from tasting like corn syrup, to being very malty.

I just reviewed a Jin Jun Mei from a Wuyishan producer that I liked, from Wuyi Origin, which I tend to review lots of teas from (from Cindy Chen, if that rings a bell). This post mentions a review of a half dozen types posted on Reddit recently, with this same tea (probably the same) his favorite version. The website price is definitely on the low side, a theme mentioned in this discussion: http://teaintheancientworld.blogspot.com/2017/09/wuyi-origin-jin-jun-mei-and-bit-of.html

I love the Jin Jun Mei from WuYi Origins https://www.wuyiorigin.com/
Cindy Chen and family are the growers and you buy direct from them. They are big growers of the famous WuYi Rock oolongs, but also have Jin Jun Mei. I ordered some with my last order to them and loved the triad of flavors that coat the tongue from the beginning.

There is a dimension to the subject of the JJM type that I only introduced in that post, that I really didn’t do justice to. I dismissed it there, but the original version was made of buds only, a certain type of very small bud, not the same bud version that is what silver needle tea is made from, per my understanding. I’m really not going to do the subject justice, perhaps even if I research it further, but the type isn’t as much one simple thing as it may seem, and there is something to the claims that some versions aren’t as authentic as others. I’m not saying any of it is fake tea; to be clear I’m not concluding anything that’s simple or conclusive, I’m just raising the issue that there is probably some validity to that extra dimension of complexity, even though I more or less just did wave it off in that post. If you read closely that wasn’t a judgement or dismissal, I just said I don’t fully accept that some versions are real and others aren’t legitimate (that I “don’t buy” such claims myself).