Quite a nice yancha! I got this tea from my recent OWT order, and I think this is the best tea from them I’ve had thus far. Beautiful big leaves with a very nice dry and wet leaf aroma that is rich yet nuanced, decent liquor with a decent flavour that encompasses warmth and richness, yet bringing about a nice nuance paired with delicate creaminess. Decently medium-thick texture with a nice permeating astringency, paired with an okay-ish to decent character. The aftertaste is quite nice and present, with a slight juicy finish. The tea also has relatively excellent steep longevity. The one main thing this tea lacks is cha-qi, having almost none of it at all. The flavour could’ve been more potent and complex, and the session in and of itself is quite simplistic and one-dimensional, lacking variability between steeps. Overall, a nice tea that I don’t mind drinking more of (I just saw it went out of stock :/), but it’d need to step up a notch to really get to the ‘high-end/top tier’ teas.
Flavors: Apricot, Astringent, Caramel, Chocolate, Cream, Juicy, Malt, Marine, Marshmallow, Marzipan, Mineral, Pastries, Plum, Roasted, Wet Rocks
