Meh tea. I got this tea from my recent YS order, and it really doesn’t perform. Nice leaves albeit slightly broken, with a rich aroma in the dry and wet leaf and a vibrant red liquor. Flavour is slightly fishy with a slight storage taste, but somewhat full bodied and nuanced, texture is oily, almost a bit too oily for that matter. Character is mediocre, and finish & aftertaste is okay to decent, but not much to note of. Cha-qi is relatively noticeable, gives you a heaty sensation which was nice, but the steep longevity was poor, topping out at steep 8-9, which isn’t good by the standards of a typical 黑茶.
All in all, don’t recommend.
Flavors: Alkaline, Cardboard, Earthy, Fishy, Forest Floor, Limestone, Mineral, Oily, Rainforest, Stonefruit, Wet Earth
