2016 Midas Touch from Crimson Lotus Tea

2016 Midas Touch

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
Pu Erh Tea
Flavors
Citrus Zest, Floral, Green, Herbs, Sweet, Warm Grass, Creamy, Fruity, Honey, Lemon Zest, Sweet, Bitter, Apple, Citrus, Lemon, Smooth, Almond, Blackberry, Dark Wood, Flowers, Nectar, Smoke, Grass, Kale, Alcohol, Dark Bittersweet, Sage, Thick
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Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Rob
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 8 g 4 oz / 119 ml

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  • “Beautiful tea, nice leaves, taste starts a bit bitter even with flash steeps, then it turns sweet and stays like that until the last steep. Strong Qi, kind of agressive if pushed too far, long...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Midas Touch Sheng Olympiad 2017 A few of these notes will intermesh with notes taken from my friends who had sampled this with me. I had shared this tea with a couple of friends yesterday. I was...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Ooooooh yeah. I’m really liking this tea tonight. Got this tea in the Sheng Olympiad. I had heard there was a lot of cha qi in this and it does not disappoint. It’s more of a calming effect though...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Brewed in a zisha at boiling. This tea opened up with lots of tropical fruits on the nose which slowly became an interesting savory herbalness. The brew is a thick golden color. Lots of honey...” Read full tasting note
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From Crimson Lotus Tea

This tea is strong despite the young age. It has the beginnings of the honey aroma Jingmai is known for. This tea brews both gentle and strong at the same time. It can surprise you. Stick this on a shelf for 10 years and you will have a truly amazing tea!

Prefecture: Lancang
Elevation: 1300+m
Wood Fired
Hand Rolled
Indoor Sun Dried

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This tea has settled down beautifully over the past year.

Midas Touch is excellent. Although I don’t have last year’s to compare it to, I thought this years was fantastic! This tea had a brassy base, with a sweet finish. Midas Touch definitely had a bliss point after I hit the 1 minute steeping mark, and was all very relaxing.

I wrote a better in-depth review here…

https://www.theoolongdrunk.com/single-post/2017/05/01/The-Legend-of-Midas-Touch-Lives-On
Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
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67 tasting notes

really pleasant aroma of dry leaves like tart fresh apricots and green apples.

After two rinses, aroma changed to rich fried sugary treats, like funnel cake.

Flavor was similar to the tart fresh apricots, green apple, a bit of sugar and honey in there, a wild taste I couldn’t put my finger on that is like sour twang but not really sour, and a malty undertone. Tiny bit of astringency on the finish. not bitter at all. nice longevity, lasted about 15 steeps before it faded. Didn’t get huigan, kuwei, or chi.
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I’m not normally a jingmai person – it’s nice and all, but I tend to prefer dancong for my gentle floral aroma. That doesn’t seem like what sheng is for, you know? But this stuff, this stuff totally floats my boat. Thick and honey and vibrant, layers of subtle shifting sweetness and than this wild, raw weirdness. It reminds me like tide pools or sea urchin roe or something, and it’s totally unhinged. Love this stuff.
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