2 Tasting Notes
2017 Old Reliable
Over-brewed tastes of caramelized sugar and mulch/wet wood. Even flash steeps on the 6th infusion have a complex flavor.
Tasting notes
Batch Year:
Eyes Dry Leaf
Score: 8 of 10
Dark brown with lighter yellow leaves. A mix of colors. Pretty light compressions.
Nose Dry Leaf
Score: 8 of 10
Quite strong smell with a stewed fruit and woody earthy smell
Eyes Liquor
Score: 8 of 10
Rinse is a clear amber, first steep is much darker and less clear but not cloudy or murky. More of a brown whiskey. Over-brewing leads to a near opaque black. Later infusions go back to amber.
Nose Wet Leaf
Score: 8 of 10
Chocolate cake, mulch, and vanilla extract
Mouth Texture
Score: 7 of 10
Thinner than the color would predict. A smooth dryness that coats the entire mouth. More infusions are more lubricating with a medium body. Over-brewing gives some exciting bite.
Mouth Taste *
Score: 8 of 10
Over-brewed tastes of caramelized sugar and mulch/wet wood. Even flash steeps on the 6th infusion have a complex flavor.
Nose Empty Cup
Score: 9 of 10
Bourbon glaze put on a wood fire salmon or steak. This is the smell of a high priced meal I wish I were eating. Some fruit wood smoke to it (apple wood or sweet hickory).
Mouth Finish
Score: 8 of 10
Unexpectedly coats the mouth in a mild lubricating sweetness contrasting the earthiness of the tea, especially that of the first infusions.
Eyes Wet Leaf
Score: 8 of 10
A variety of dark colors. 10 infusions in and the 6 g’s are still very folded/rolled and not yet expanding.
Body Sensation
Score: 8 of 10
The body weightlessness and tingling of a high with a cool calming sensation. Caffeine attentiveness
Brewing Notes
6g:100 mL. 95 C. Flash steeps until 15. 12s + _s after that.
Infusion Notes
From 1st to 10th, tea moved from a tasty thin drink to a heavy hitting tank with a depth and complexity. Built up to a complex tea and eases back down. Great experience tea.
Overall Impression
A delicious tea that I wish I had more of. Considering a tong (but not until a few purchases from YS).
Preparation
Sweet ashy flavor
Tasting notes
Batch Year:
Eyes Dry Leaf
Score: 7 of 10
Large twisted black and golden yellow leaves.
Nose Dry Leaf
Score: 7 of 10
Woodsy with some ash
Eyes Liquor
Score: 7 of 10
Deep red/brown and very clear
Nose Wet Leaf
Score: 7 of 10
Fruit wood smoke, a little bit of pears
Mouth Texture
Score: 7 of 10
Thin and refreshing
Mouth Taste *
Score: 7 of 10
Sweet ashy flavor
Nose Empty Cup
Score: 7 of 10
faint peppermint cooling smell
Mouth Finish
Score: 8 of 10
Short lubricating sweetness that cuts to a refreshing coolness and saliva production with a subtle grip deep in the throat
Eyes Wet Leaf
Score: 7 of 10
Still quite twisted and long but a uniform dark green/brown
Body Sensation
Score: 7 of 10
Relaxing and regenerative feeling
Brewing Notes
5g:100ml. 95C. 10s+3s.
Infusion Notes
Relatively constant
Overall Impression
Quite good. Very enjoyable and easy to brew, encountered no bad flavors or bitterness.
