Am running a little tea demo course and ordered teas from YS due to a very limited budget and bc I didn’t want to gamble with Verdant again lol. Anyway, have 6 teas, which I ran through today with a friend (more beginner to tea) over the course of 4 hours, and so these are quick impressions and transcribed from notes, and are somewhat haphazardly done.
August 2021 batch, YS US.
2.2g, 60 mL gaiwan (really like it, but warning that practical volume is less), Brita filtered tap, 212f, quick rinse.
dry leaves: roasted green smell.
wet leaves: roast.
Not very strong, quite bland, some hint of sugar and roast in taste, w/ slight minty aspect. Slight bitter roasted aspect when steeped longer, along w/ dry woodiness. quite dull and unexciting. Stopped after 4 steeps. My friend thought it was bitter, but I just thought it tasted bland, so YMMV.
0.22c/g. Neither of us liked this one, for separate reasons. Pass.
