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“Gongfu! Usually I blind cake Skinny Dip as, even though the source of the material changes frequently, it’s my favorite white tea that Bitterleaf releases. The crisp, cooling vegetal notes are a...” Read full tasting note
“This white tea has an interesting mix of tangy, tannic, savoury, and foresty flavours, as well as a hint of pastries. The aftertaste is also a bit sour, and the aroma reminds me of sawdust,...” Read full tasting note
Although the material for the tea has changed over the years, the spirit remains the same: a clean white tea that delivers a refreshing experience.
The material for this iteration uses spring Jinggu material that was oh so close to achieving organic certification. The shortcoming came in the way of the land acreage being shy of the requirements to be certified.
This material is also much more bud-heavy than previously, giving this tea a strong umami/豪香/hairy fragrance quality. Sweetness abounds in the soup and the huigan, making this a hard white tea to beat for the price, and one that we highly recommend picking up for short and long term drinking.
Picking Period: Spring 2024
Region: Simao Prefecture, Yunnan
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Usually I blind cake Skinny Dip as, even though the source of the material changes frequently, it’s my favorite white tea that Bitterleaf releases. The crisp, cooling vegetal notes are a sweet spot for me when it comes to white tea. But, I have so much white tea I need to sipdown right now that I opted for just a sample this year. I will say, the compressed leaf is beautiful and bud heavy which did make me question my decision just a bit even before my first steep. Once steeped, this tea is sweet and smooth and fully equipped to handle a bit of beating in terms of steeping. I fully let some of the infusions in this session go for close to a minute because I kept getting distracted, and this tea didn’t even bat an eye. There are some vegetal abd grassy notes but mostly I found this session channeling a brown sugar sort of sweetness that is very different from previous years of Skinny Dip. Less pulpy and cooling. It was a very good session, but so much more different that the tasting notes I personally have resonated with in previous years of this tea – so I think, ultimately, I’m happy in my choice to just sample. This will still be very easy to drink through, though!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCcUWDkSwxF/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3B_7xUJUzw&ab_channel=almostmondayVEVO
This white tea has an interesting mix of tangy, tannic, savoury, and foresty flavours, as well as a hint of pastries. The aftertaste is also a bit sour, and the aroma reminds me of sawdust, apricots, sugarcane, and allspice.
Flavors: Allspice, Apricot, Floral, Forest Floor, Fruity, Sawdust, Sour, Sugarcane, Tangy, Tannic
