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“5.7g, 90 mL, 212f nice complex wet leaf aroma: sweet, BBQ, sour, medicinal, woody 1st: medicinal, cherry, almost cola like sweetness. a bit stilling 2nd: good texture, some bitterness after...” Read full tasting note
We obtained this from a private collector in Malaysia who held it since 2004. Overflowing with resinous pungency, rich sweetness, and sweet-dark woody incense, this is a wonderful example of long-term dry Malaysian storage.
357g cake
Note the wrappers for this cake may be damaged, with rips along the edges.
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nice complex wet leaf aroma: sweet, BBQ, sour, medicinal, woody
1st: medicinal, cherry, almost cola like sweetness. a bit stilling
2nd: good texture, some bitterness after oversteeping a bit. Some acidic sourness with a fruity finish. Sits on tongue, but only a bit in throat.
3rd: brassy? sour and woody with some mushroom in aftertaste
Steeped a few more times, but didn’t take specific notes on this after. Very tasty and dies out fairly elegantly. Overall a comforting and slightly quieting tea, would be good to do work with. Did not find it particularly heating as other online reviews have mentioned, but will need to finish the rest of my sample and re-evaluate. It’s not a tea I ever got around to purchasing I think since it’s just pricey enough where there’s a bunch of solid options (and also someone(s?) kept buying it out every time I ordered from TWL…), but first impression here is positive, if not necessarily astounding.
