Aroma starts as a very strong dried apricot, malt, light floral like rose, sherry. The liquor is very pale straw yellow, almost clear. Predominant flavors are sweet, peach/apricot, clover honey with a touch of astringency as the number of steeps increases. Eventually the aroma adds notes of dry autumn leaves and minerals, and then starts to fade around the fifth steeping. Flavors are pretty consistent throughout, adding sweetness, minerals, and a touch of vegetal something in the background. The aftertaste is almost unreal, lasting practically forever, and can make further steeps seem to lose flavor though I suspect it’s taste desensitization from the near continuous aftertaste. It’s very sweet, honey and apricots, and just lingers on.
Wonderful tea for a contemplative afternoon.
180F, 150ml Gaiwan, 30s x3, 60s xN, 5g
Flavors: Apricot, Autumn Leaf Pile, Cherry, Floral, Honey, Malt, Mineral, Peach, Rose, Vegetal
