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Oh dear!! Did not expect this at all. Shhhhhhhhh be very very quiet, I’m drinking WuYi nectar of the immortals. This is my first time with this varietal, been scoping it out for at least 5 years but hey there is soooo much tea out there to drink and I like my favorite WuYis in my cupboard. I decided to try it because of its source WuYi Origin. All of the teas from this company have been super tasty and reasonably affordable. The first thing when opening the bag is you get a big whiff of cocoa and turbino. The leaves are deep black, plump, thick, long, velvety. The name of the tea is suggestive that this will taste like BaiYe, BaiJi & RuiGui and it does and doesn’t. First off there is the sweet floral nature of the Bai then the backbone stonefruit of the Rui, but then it morphs into a DaHongPoa but without the over smokey roastiness with creamy peach honey flavors. Super smooth and supple on the tongue with a chew. After a few steeps the rock comes in along the sides of the tongue as a slight mineral astringency but still smooth. Later the sweetness gives way to the gentle roast and some orange rind. Used gaiwan GongFu brewed out to 10 steeps. 5/10/15/20/30/45/60/90/150/300. The longer steeps at the end did not offer up any bitterness at all. West and wewaxation at wast!

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 4 OZ / 110 ML
Rasseru

damn. I just made an order with them, this sounds nice.. Oh well – got some fenghuang to try as well as some rou gui fruity

Terri HarpLady

I guess I’ll have to add them to my list… for future reference!

tanluwils

This sounds superb. There were so many choices that this one slipped my mind…dang nabbit!!! Have you tried their 2017 Ming Qian Advanced Bai Mu Dan?

BigDaddy

No. Gives me reason to go back

tanluwils

I don’t remember whether you were into white tea or not, but this one is the level of what I had at Shunan’s.

Rasseru

I forgot to buy some of the white from my first order. damnit I will have to make another

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Rasseru

damn. I just made an order with them, this sounds nice.. Oh well – got some fenghuang to try as well as some rou gui fruity

Terri HarpLady

I guess I’ll have to add them to my list… for future reference!

tanluwils

This sounds superb. There were so many choices that this one slipped my mind…dang nabbit!!! Have you tried their 2017 Ming Qian Advanced Bai Mu Dan?

BigDaddy

No. Gives me reason to go back

tanluwils

I don’t remember whether you were into white tea or not, but this one is the level of what I had at Shunan’s.

Rasseru

I forgot to buy some of the white from my first order. damnit I will have to make another

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