I had a really good experience with one of YS’s purple varietal black teas, and we all know I’m a fan of Li Xiangxi’s work, so I’m very hopeful for this one.
Dry leaf: berries and hay
In the warm pot: Marshmallows, crackers, chocolate.. mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Brewing at 98C with 5 or 6 grams in my 150ml yixing teapot.
Mmm, yum! nice, whipped cream-y decadence, and kinda like cheesecake, wood, grass/hay. Bready, a nice thick feeling in the throat, chesnut/peanut, it’s quite soft, higher grape notes as well, and very tingly on the tongue. It has the same weird fruit as the 2013 aged wuyi black I drank last night, more citrus in this one though.
Oh yay! this one has that lumpy thickness in the throat that the other purple black tea I mentioned had. I like that
I also feel a little drunk, everything’s a bit heavy and slow
In the later session, it became more of a fuzzy peach, with a tingle.
I approve.
