This one kind of fell out of the pumidor so I guess it’s up tonight.
I pulled about 11 grams off and went with the easy steeper as my other brewing implements are currently occupied. Love me some vacation tea drinking time. It rained about all day here so I am sipping away waiting for a busy outside work day tomorrow.
I remember trying this when I first got it. I don;t recall thinking a lot about it as I wanted to more or less age this one. I have bad habit of picking off some leaf from each new cake and leaving it in the wrapper to see how the aging will progress, much like storing loose maocha I suppose.
I gave a quick rinse and let it sit a while.
First brew yields a nice deep gold amber. This has become thick and buttery with a medium range of bitterness for me. The aroma is a bit musty and sweet. Hard to put a note on. The tea has good strength to it. My storage may have speeded up the changes but this one is getting better by far. It is complex and mouth filling . The sweetness creeps in as the bitter slowly fades away.
Probably shouldn’t be drinking this one as late a night but I am already 4 steeps fro 2 big cups into it already. Simple musings and I will drink away. The empty cup still has the lingering floral musty aroma of this making me want another cup.

Flavors: Bitter, Butter, Floral, Musty, Sweet, Thick

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 11 g 10 OZ / 295 ML
Cwyn

Say, what happened to the Chairman?

mrmopar

Someone’s sister let the chairman out and forgot to keep an eye on her.

looseTman

Hopefully, she’ll return from her tour of the neighborhood when she’s hungry?

JC

I love this tea. I think it is underrated :)

TeaBrat

The Chairman flew the coop?

mrmopar

She was let out in December and someone kept her I am sure. JC underrated it is I think. I wasn’t much on it when I got it but seems to be aging well.

yssah

2015 is more expensive! i noticed that 2014 autumn is cheaper too. sorta puzzling coz most prefer autumn right? is there a chance of 2014 autumn getting to taste like the present 2013 ever?

mrmopar

I think Spring tea is the best but some Autumn is good as well. I think as people find out how much they can sell their tea for prices will go up. Lao Ban Zhang is a good example. Others are going as well. Na Nuo , Yiwu, and Kunlu are also rising in price.

tanluwils

I tried this as a sample, and despite my student budget, have been considering forking up the cash for the 2013 one. Unfortunately, my indecisiveness got the best of me, as it’s now $10 more.

mrmopar

tanuwils, this is a good one. Still not too pricey for a cake of this quality.

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Cwyn

Say, what happened to the Chairman?

mrmopar

Someone’s sister let the chairman out and forgot to keep an eye on her.

looseTman

Hopefully, she’ll return from her tour of the neighborhood when she’s hungry?

JC

I love this tea. I think it is underrated :)

TeaBrat

The Chairman flew the coop?

mrmopar

She was let out in December and someone kept her I am sure. JC underrated it is I think. I wasn’t much on it when I got it but seems to be aging well.

yssah

2015 is more expensive! i noticed that 2014 autumn is cheaper too. sorta puzzling coz most prefer autumn right? is there a chance of 2014 autumn getting to taste like the present 2013 ever?

mrmopar

I think Spring tea is the best but some Autumn is good as well. I think as people find out how much they can sell their tea for prices will go up. Lao Ban Zhang is a good example. Others are going as well. Na Nuo , Yiwu, and Kunlu are also rising in price.

tanluwils

I tried this as a sample, and despite my student budget, have been considering forking up the cash for the 2013 one. Unfortunately, my indecisiveness got the best of me, as it’s now $10 more.

mrmopar

tanuwils, this is a good one. Still not too pricey for a cake of this quality.

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