Recommended
Decent Oriental Beauty! I got the 2022 harvest of this tea from my recent order with CS. Beautiful leaves with a great proportion of buds, rich rich aroma in the dry and wet leaf that is complex and nuanced to the max. Liquor is a vibrant orangey red. Flavour is decent, lacking a bit of potency and nuance. Texture is juicy with a slight astringency, but really nice. Character is mediocre, the session was pretty unidimensional. Finish & aftertaste was decent, great lingering muscatel and spice note with a nice airy finish. Cha-qi is almost non-existent, and steep longevity is mediocre to decent, topping out at steep 8.
Flavors: Acidic, Elderflower, Fennel, Fig, Floral, Fruity, Mineral, Muscatel, Spices, Stonefruit
Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C
0 min, 30 sec
7 g
5 OZ / 140 ML