Eager to sample this tea, I couldn’t wait any longer. I use about 5 grams in my 85 mL 1970s Dai Cao Qing Factory 1 teapot – reserved for teas with age, A >=20 years. The wet leaves produce an aroma that brings spices, wet wood and some chocolate to mind – slightly different from the 60s GYG. The soup can be a little thicker in the mouth but offers a very nice hui gan and pleasant sweetness that is accompanied by notes of earth, wood and perhaps black licorice? Nice qi that seems to be bringing me into a state of bliss. Pretty nice tea.
Flavors: Earth, Licorice, Spices, Wood
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Nice!
I’m drinking this right now. My first impression was ‘Oh my, this thing is really old. It smells like church and the taste follows.’ I’m on about my 15th steep and I used less than one gram. It’s beginning to show raw beetroot like White2tea’s 90s Hong Kong.
Nice!
I’m drinking this right now. My first impression was ‘Oh my, this thing is really old. It smells like church and the taste follows.’ I’m on about my 15th steep and I used less than one gram. It’s beginning to show raw beetroot like White2tea’s 90s Hong Kong.