This is really smoky. I actually like smoky teas, and thought this one was pretty good in a smoky/woody style. Got a little bitter in the later steeps, but the early steeps were very approachable (did I mention the smoke?). I liked it , but others might not.
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I have intentionally left this one out after the vendor description mentioned the smoke. It will subside in a year or two I think.
Chawangshop says “slightly smoky”. I’d hate to try their version of “very smoky”.
I learned this from one of their previous productions.
This production is one Chawangshop gets with and without the wood smoke. The smoked one is the wood fire, and is cheaper than the cake made without. I have a smoked one of these from a few years ago. The smoke airs out for the most part. I can hardly detect it now,
agree with cwyn. smoke in 2015 is already fading into deeper flavors of complexity, but doesn’t taste like ash. I expect a few more years it will be barely noticeable.
I liked the smoked and unsmoked versions equally, but they’re different teas IMO
I have intentionally left this one out after the vendor description mentioned the smoke. It will subside in a year or two I think.
Chawangshop says “slightly smoky”. I’d hate to try their version of “very smoky”.
I learned this from one of their previous productions.
This production is one Chawangshop gets with and without the wood smoke. The smoked one is the wood fire, and is cheaper than the cake made without. I have a smoked one of these from a few years ago. The smoke airs out for the most part. I can hardly detect it now,
agree with cwyn. smoke in 2015 is already fading into deeper flavors of complexity, but doesn’t taste like ash. I expect a few more years it will be barely noticeable.
I liked the smoked and unsmoked versions equally, but they’re different teas IMO