Yunnan Early spring bi luo Chun Green Autumn 2015

Sipdown.

Ubacat gave me some of this in a swap last summer, and I’ve been slowly drinking it down. However, I’ve never noted it until now. Weird.

This definitely has a green, vegetal taste, but there’s an earthiness to it underneath that reminds me of moss. I have to admit that I’m not as big a fan of green tea as I used to be, and nutty, beany teas like this one are part of that shift.

The best part is that I was able to take the tin I stored this in and re-use it towards housing that big-ass bag of Golden Monkey Black Tea that I got from Teavivre earlier this week. :D

I wonder why this tea has the name early spring in it but it’s an autumn tea? Hmmm

Anyway this was in the monthly pkg for November. Brewed some up today (just in my mug and infuser – no gong fu). This is sooo good. I haven’t had a decent bi luo chun for all of 2015. I don’t know why. I had amazing ones in 2014 but 2015 there was nothing that I really loved. I wouldn’t say this one is the best compared to 2014 but it’s the best I’ve tried for 2015!

It has a warm chestnut flavour with a little bit of the mossy notes. It’s the aroma that I love more than anything. Slightly floral & chestnutty.