My tour of Yunnan is heading north for a change of taste – er, pace.
Region 2/4: Lincang. Location 1/2: Yong De (Qing Mei Shan)
Wow. What a great experience. Complex flavors throughout, but they all play nice with each other. Dynamic session that offers a different experience with every cup.
The flavors were great – I couldn’t pin down individual notes because they all came through like a musical chord – harmonious and inseparable. How’s that for a pretentious metaphor! Seriously though, things like “apple butter”, “fruitcake”, “Dragon Well” all described the experience much better than “nutty”, “apple”, etc.
This will be purchased (whole cake) again, guaranteed. Unique and solid session.
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Dry leaf: sweet, notes of citrus, honeysuckle, wildflower honey, apricot, mint, dewy grass. In preheated vessel: fruity and sweet, apricot and strawberry preserves, some candy grape notes
Smell: floral, woody, baked apple, apple butter (cooked apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves), sweet nuttiness like green tea (Bi Luo Chun)
Taste: sweet/savory base similar to green tea (Bi Luo Chun and Dragon Well), fruity and rich notes like apple butter and fruitcake. Other notes include clove, muted mint notes, apricot preserves, chestnut, and hints of maraschino cherry. Some tingly sensations akin to clove, mint, and menthol. Long-lasting aftertaste – some white pepper notes.
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I just read others’ reviews of this tea. I always wait so that I’m not influenced by other perceptions, but I also am currently drinking a cup of this tea right now. Most noted a mushroom flavor. There could be a bit of a sweet mushroom flavor – depends on how your palate interprets the sweet/savory combo. It’s certainly not the first thing that jumps to my mind when I taste it, though. My palate honed in on the sweetness immediately. But who knows – for some people, the snozzberries taste like snozzberries, and for others, they don’t!
I love the Spring version of this one.
I just read others’ reviews of this tea. I always wait so that I’m not influenced by other perceptions, but I also am currently drinking a cup of this tea right now. Most noted a mushroom flavor. There could be a bit of a sweet mushroom flavor – depends on how your palate interprets the sweet/savory combo. It’s certainly not the first thing that jumps to my mind when I taste it, though. My palate honed in on the sweetness immediately. But who knows – for some people, the snozzberries taste like snozzberries, and for others, they don’t!
I love the Spring version of this one.