I’m not sure why this one wasn’t on Crimson Lotus’s page!
This was a sample sent to me by Glen with my mini order right before they went to China. I have been out of this tea for a bit, but was encouraged recently (but other steepsters I know) to start writing more reviews on the Crimson Lotus tea I so frequently doomcart
This was the tea that turned me on to my obsession with Changtai. It has that smokey/cowboyness that all Changtais have, but a really complex aroma of peach and minerals along with it. The color of the brew is gorgeous as well, a dark colorful orange! This is a really well done humid storage tea, where the storage added complexity rather than just drown the leaves in that weird mineral smell.
I remember the taste very vividly months later, and someday a cake will be mine! I salivated very much at the instagram photos of the giant crate Glen got of it while they were in Yunnan (bike delivered and all).
TL:DR: Very good starter example for humid storage. Very delicious fruity tea. Will start a life long changtai obsession.
Flavors: Mineral, Peach, Smoke, Wet Rocks
