This is a cool looking tea. The leaves are super soft and bright gold with long thin tendrils. The aroma is quite nice with Sweet honey and yellow fruits. I feel that this scent reminds me of jignmai puer; except this has a lot higher intensity of scents. I warm up my gaiwan and slip some inside. I brewed this normal at first, then I increased to rather heavy. The warmed gold threads give off a hearty bbq ribs aroma with some high savory notes. I can also hint at some burnt sugar. I washed the leaves once and prepared for brewing. The taste begins soft and woody. I can pick up some light astringency. The body is fairly thick with a decent hearty sweetness. The flavor is lasting and a long sweet aftertaste. The brew goes down quite easily, and it is a nice smooth drinker. However, the brew does get quite stale bitter after about four steeps. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it!
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Flavors: Apricot, Burnt Sugar, Floral, Honey, Nectar, Smoke, Smooth, Sweet, Wood
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maybe avoid the wash and brew it like long jing. my understanding is yellow teas don’t tend to have the longevity of 10+ steeps like puerh…even though it says so on website
I wash out of habit, and I believe it washes any funk off the leaves.
I also believe that yellow teas don’t last that long. I have a few, and I get two steeps tops.
It also states on the site that it will be sweeter if brewed with lower temp, but I prefer to use hot water.
I like to rinse most teas as well – with something this delicate, a super quick flash rinse. I got about 6 excellent steeps out of this tea, but I was brewing at a cooler temp.
maybe avoid the wash and brew it like long jing. my understanding is yellow teas don’t tend to have the longevity of 10+ steeps like puerh…even though it says so on website
I wash out of habit, and I believe it washes any funk off the leaves.
I also believe that yellow teas don’t last that long. I have a few, and I get two steeps tops.
It also states on the site that it will be sweeter if brewed with lower temp, but I prefer to use hot water.
I like to rinse most teas as well – with something this delicate, a super quick flash rinse. I got about 6 excellent steeps out of this tea, but I was brewing at a cooler temp.