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I bought this tea some years ago, and at first, I wasn’t very much into it. The tea was ok, but nothing remarkable.
I put it away and forgot about it.
Recently I’ve been in the mood for white teas, and I have been trying a lot of my stack.
Today I had a session of 2018 Jangmai Moonlight, and I was impressed by the brew.
It’s much sweeter and thicker, as I remember it, and it keeps going.

I did 18 steeps in total (5gr in a 126ml white Yixing teapot I only use for (aged) whites). 10-15-20-25-30-35-40-50-60-80-120-150-180-240-300-330-360-400 seconds.
It kept on going; I could have had more steeps; next time, I have to start drinking this tea earlier in the morning, so I can keep going all day.

Too bad it sold out. Otherwise, I would have bought a tong of this.
I’ll try the 2021 version soon (I hope the .fr website will get some stock soon), but it will probably also take a couple of years to develop fully.

Last year I just bought 1 cake of the snoozefest. This year 1 decided to go for 1 tong + 1 cake.

The tong and the cake are stored in a mylar bag with a bovida pack, and the first thing I notice when opening the bag is a very strong apricot smell.

I don’t know what it is with this tea, but it became my daily drinker ever since it arrived.
I usually drink it grand pa style, just 2 or 3 grams in a mug and keep on adding water.