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2016 Sheng Olympics sampler. This tea is really, really good. It had little bitterness and an apricoty sweetness from the beginning. It was very smooth. The only thing I wonder about this tea is why they bothered to lie about it’s age. Even if in reality it is from 40 or 50 year old trees it is good enough to stand on it’s own. They weren’t using the age claim to charge a premium so why did they bother. This is certainly among the best young sheng I have ever drank. It is right up there at the top. I gave this tea fourteen steeps in a 60ml gaiwan. If I wasn’t at my caffeine limit I bet it would have gone twenty steeps. Again, I wonder why they didn’t just let this tea stand on it’s own.

I steeped this tea fourteen times in a 60ml gaiwan with 3.1g leaf and boiling water. I gave it a 10 second rinse. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, 30 sec, 45 sec, 1 min, 1.5 min, 2 min, 2.5 min and 3 min. Again if I wasn’t at my caffeine limit this tea would have easily gone twenty steeps. I seriously wonder why they felt the need to lie about it’s age. But there is little doubt in my mind that this is not from an 1800 year old tree. I think the thread on Transparency in the Tea Industry proved that.

Flavors: Apricot, Stonefruit, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 3 g 2 OZ / 60 ML
Rasseru

After all that drama it was a good tea. Very weird – they could have had really good reviews here and none of the bad image they ended up with. Strange

AllanK

It was an excellent tea filled with sweet notes. I would buy one despite the controversy if they still had it in stock.

JC

Probably the reason is the price, difficult to say it is worth that they claimed if they didn’t tell the story. But I don’t know why the need, there are plenty of good and cheap tea out there so they had a good market to begin with.

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Rasseru

After all that drama it was a good tea. Very weird – they could have had really good reviews here and none of the bad image they ended up with. Strange

AllanK

It was an excellent tea filled with sweet notes. I would buy one despite the controversy if they still had it in stock.

JC

Probably the reason is the price, difficult to say it is worth that they claimed if they didn’t tell the story. But I don’t know why the need, there are plenty of good and cheap tea out there so they had a good market to begin with.

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I am Allan. I live and work in Long Island, New York. I have been amassing a tea collection for nearly two years and have spent way too much money. I now try to buy mostly Puerh as I like it most and it lasts nearly forever. Black tea has a habit of going bad. If anyone is interested in tea swaps I am open to ideas and have quite a cupboard.

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