My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined. This was one of my favorite Yunnans after I tried it for the first time about 7 months ago: rich smell, deep and distinct malty, ashy and chocolaty taste…
I reordered another 100g of it – supposedly, the same harvest. There is no smell whatsoever and only the faintest, sickly sugary taste. Even after I crammed in 3 times as many leaves as I usually do the tea was almost tasteless and undrinkable. The generic Lipton bags are way better.
I don’t know how it had happened. Maybe it’s because they stored it into some horrible conditions? Maybe it is a harvest from, like, 4 years ago? I had to throw out all the remaining 90g – and this is the first for me. If anyone thinks about buying the 2018 Spring harvest of it consider yourself warned.
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That’s horrible! I liked this tea as well when I bought it several years ago. More knowledgeable people than I am might know what caused this, and you might consider contacting Scott and asking what’s up.
That would be my guess, if it is supposedly the same harvest, that they changed how they were storing it. Or maybe they keep it in mass storage and then only fill their silver 100g pouches when they are ordered? I think I had this problem too when I intentionally ordered the exact same year of a tea that I already tried from YS. Even though it was years old it tasted completely different from the stock that I still had around of the same tea, the same year. But I didn’t want to make too much of a big deal of it when I intentionally ordered a tea that was older anyway. I just expected the same leaves.
I’m still awaiting a Dec. 2, 2017 shipment from them before making any new orders. Thank you for the heads up on this, Bluegreen.
I don’t know. My experience with Yunnan Sourcing was very positive until now, Their teas are always seemed to me well-packed and fragrant. I will probably still try the 2019 harvest of this tea, though. This tea when fresh has some unique character.
I think others have had similar experiences to yours lately though.
Wow, good to know.
That’s horrible! I liked this tea as well when I bought it several years ago. More knowledgeable people than I am might know what caused this, and you might consider contacting Scott and asking what’s up.
That would be my guess, if it is supposedly the same harvest, that they changed how they were storing it. Or maybe they keep it in mass storage and then only fill their silver 100g pouches when they are ordered? I think I had this problem too when I intentionally ordered the exact same year of a tea that I already tried from YS. Even though it was years old it tasted completely different from the stock that I still had around of the same tea, the same year. But I didn’t want to make too much of a big deal of it when I intentionally ordered a tea that was older anyway. I just expected the same leaves.
I’m still awaiting a Dec. 2, 2017 shipment from them before making any new orders. Thank you for the heads up on this, Bluegreen.
I don’t know. My experience with Yunnan Sourcing was very positive until now, Their teas are always seemed to me well-packed and fragrant. I will probably still try the 2019 harvest of this tea, though. This tea when fresh has some unique character.
I think others have had similar experiences to yours lately though.
Wow, good to know.