2016 Sheng Olympics
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I was so glad that I had something like this to gift to everyone. This is a beautiful cake that is a type of tea that many have yet to try; moonlight. While it isn’t really considered a sheng, a gift is a gift!
Really looked forward to trying it after everyone said it was sweet tasting and notes of honey. I have tried this on two occasions now and the overall floral notes hit me as far too herbaceous for me to enjoy. The balance is wonderful though. Even though I don’t like the flavor, I am able to make remarks on other aspects. Visually this is one to own for sure. The scent is nice and does’t fade as much as you think it would over time. Break wise this is quite delicate and flakes easily.It is surely one to try if you are curious as I will say that the balance is nice, but if you don’t like the herb like floral taste it may not be for you.
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did you gongfu?
I really like the bai cake I tried western or cup style as well
its like a white, but then shengy goodness comes out
I did gongfu this. I also dislike aged whites. Are you suggesting to western this?
a sample of the yue gang bai (iirc?) from YS i just popped a chunk in a cup and steeped loads of times and really enjoyed it
yeah, from my review: Second time around, fresh 3g 90c grandpa style 10 minute steep, a LOT more like a sheng. Stonefruits, slight shengy astringency, I think I went slightly overboard, there is a balance somewhere – i reckon in the temperature, waiting 10 mins for it to calm down it went a bit over the top – 87.5c? Lovely huiguan, really, in fact. Big grin from that! – ‘Oh yeah, that is nice’ I just said to myself.
Yeah, the YS one doesnt have the flowers though, I’m not sure how that affects flavour, havent tried this one yet. But the other bai I tried it like I would a white and it worked.
For me I think it has to do with the floral aspect. So far the only flower I am okay with, not as a flavor but actually part of the blend/tea, is jasmine.
I would like to try a good jasmine, my only experience is cheap tea & amateur brewing years ago. No idea even what a good base is
I haven’t drank this one – but I’ve had several Moonlight teas – both in cakes and loose. None of them were floral – that could be the flowers in this one – but I have the YS and it wasn’t at all floral. If you try this (or any other moonlight) I highly recommend to gong fu it – boiling water – flash steeps. The boiling water short steeps really brings out the honey notes and the really good ones have a stone fruitiness to them (apricot…?)
It was sweeter to me Western. Ironically, I was trying to save up some for you to try on a trade. That narrows down what I was going to give you which bums me out. Most of my teas are Darjeelings, samples, and AQuartertoTea’s right now.
did you gongfu?
I really like the bai cake I tried western or cup style as well
its like a white, but then shengy goodness comes out
I did gongfu this. I also dislike aged whites. Are you suggesting to western this?
a sample of the yue gang bai (iirc?) from YS i just popped a chunk in a cup and steeped loads of times and really enjoyed it
yeah, from my review: Second time around, fresh 3g 90c grandpa style 10 minute steep, a LOT more like a sheng. Stonefruits, slight shengy astringency, I think I went slightly overboard, there is a balance somewhere – i reckon in the temperature, waiting 10 mins for it to calm down it went a bit over the top – 87.5c? Lovely huiguan, really, in fact. Big grin from that! – ‘Oh yeah, that is nice’ I just said to myself.
Yeah, the YS one doesnt have the flowers though, I’m not sure how that affects flavour, havent tried this one yet. But the other bai I tried it like I would a white and it worked.
For me I think it has to do with the floral aspect. So far the only flower I am okay with, not as a flavor but actually part of the blend/tea, is jasmine.
I would like to try a good jasmine, my only experience is cheap tea & amateur brewing years ago. No idea even what a good base is
I haven’t drank this one – but I’ve had several Moonlight teas – both in cakes and loose. None of them were floral – that could be the flowers in this one – but I have the YS and it wasn’t at all floral. If you try this (or any other moonlight) I highly recommend to gong fu it – boiling water – flash steeps. The boiling water short steeps really brings out the honey notes and the really good ones have a stone fruitiness to them (apricot…?)
It was sweeter to me Western. Ironically, I was trying to save up some for you to try on a trade. That narrows down what I was going to give you which bums me out. Most of my teas are Darjeelings, samples, and AQuartertoTea’s right now.