Recommended
Xiaguan teas can be very heavy, so I decided to go for a series of short steeps with this tea. One issue: it was hard to break up. I wound up with three pieces totalling about 2.4 grams for my 2-ounce gaiwan.
It took several steeps for the chunks to dissolve. These initial steeps were light, with obvious smoky character, which I like. There are wood and straw behind the smoke. Despite the short steeps, I’m getting a nice relaxed feeling from the cha qi, helping me to ease out of my work attitude, and into my relax mode.
Not really a special tea, but a good value for 8 years old, and just what I wanted on a lovely spring day.
Flavors: Smoke
Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C
2 g
2 OZ / 59 ML
