The tea at the moment is 2 years old. The wet leaves smell like fruits, leather, light smoke, sour plums. Not very intense but I find it delicious.
1
Liquor: stewed vegetables, flowers. Medium thin body. Very delicate aftertaste. Heartbeat accelerates, something slows down and makes my head heavy.
2
Aroma: fruity/floral/dark chocolate. Now I’m thinking of black tea. The liquor is still thin, I get some chocolate feeling, spiciness and cooling/tingling aftertaste. My heart goes fast. My head feels pressurized. The rest of my body feels normal.
3
Black tea feeling, oxidation. Fruity-chocolate. Vegetal. Now the liquor is medium thick, sweeter and more satysfing. Leaves a butter sensation on the lips. Lingering dark chocolate aftertaste.
4 5
Stewed vegetables/chocolate/fruits/malt. Liquor has a pleasant astringency. Heartbeat is back to normal.
6
lighter, a beginning of bitterness.
After this I stopped taking notes. It was less interesting.
Generally speaking this tea doesn’t have the intensity of other more high end teas, it’s a more-than-nice daily drinker.
I found it to be very stimulating, maybe too much. Other people may get different effects. Also I guess it depends on the day, the mood, etc.
Edit: I tried this tea again with a stronger leaf/water ratio and it was a completely different experience. Flavours and huigan were much more intense and interesting.
Flavors: Fruity, Leather, Malt, Spicy, Vegetal
