aroma of steamed leaves in warmed teapot were very soothing, blend between young sheng turning corner into a semi-aged sheng. no aroma from brewed tea. liquor was too thin and watery for the price of this tea that’s advertised as “thick”. however it was smooth in the throat with no catch. flavor was green/vegetable not complex and weak/light flavor. No huigan, no kuwei, no calming, chaotic chi. whatever blend was used doesn’t seem cohesive. The energy is just as disjointed and chaotic. It was pushing my stomach into my solar plexus, and causing a discomfort, like when you have that feeling of a pit in your stomach, but it was moving upwards. Not much flavor or sweetness. Not my cup of tea. Objectively, its also not worth the current price of $249/200g. Its not so much of a flawed tea, just didn’t deliver. W2T seems to randomly/arbitrarily increase prices every year but sometimes you have to ask why isn’t the price going down, like on a tea like this? Maybe its at a weird transitional spot, is all I can think of if I wanted to be an optimist

derk

Sorry to hear you were disappointed but reviews like this do a great service. So thanks :)

mrmopar

Trying something is all we can do in the quest. Sometimes we find jewels and sometimes not. I had wondered about this one and now I can mark it off.

andresito

yea this isn’t worth a sample imo. if you’re looking at W2T higher priced teas I’d recommend “I am” and “unicorn”, both I enjoyed and bought cakes (before the prices increased). Now the prices are insane on those two so not sure I’d still recommend them for that reason alone

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derk

Sorry to hear you were disappointed but reviews like this do a great service. So thanks :)

mrmopar

Trying something is all we can do in the quest. Sometimes we find jewels and sometimes not. I had wondered about this one and now I can mark it off.

andresito

yea this isn’t worth a sample imo. if you’re looking at W2T higher priced teas I’d recommend “I am” and “unicorn”, both I enjoyed and bought cakes (before the prices increased). Now the prices are insane on those two so not sure I’d still recommend them for that reason alone

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I like all teas but mostly drink sheng and Taiwan oolong.

My tea notes are just thoughts that come to mind as I drink, so I jot them down. There’s no format to them, just what I want to remember from the experience.

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