Pure Ancient Trees – Tier 5

hat opens up - and shows how much substance there is - progressively. By the 5th or so steep the polyphenols are much more obvious yet more towards the back of the palate. The tea is smooth at entry, has no astringency, bitterness is hidden, the tea is mouth coating, leaving a long lingering flavour, and the aromatics are fruity. It’s a powerfully grounding tea, immensely calming. Meditative. Whilst the power and balance means it can be enjoyed now, and it’s an exceptional young tea, I’d personally wait a number of years for the layers of complexity to emerge as the structural elements begin to resolve.
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ho are looking for well stored 80s Shou, or the prestige of 80s tea ;D, otherwise not really economical.
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ed the tea was varied and extremely interesting. For me, immediately stony, grounding Qi from the first brew. The energy and intensity of the soup after a quick rinse, from the first steep, was really striking. A tea of great clarity, both in colour and in how composed it is. Tertiary notes of woodland floor, moss, wood and autumn hay rolls mirror the aromas. In the early brews the soup has drive, is persistent and finishes firm, whereas as the session progresses it sweetens with an underlying vein of honey, but without losing the tertiary flavour spectrum. Notwithstanding the deep, mature character, there’s an enduring and shifting complexity to the tea that gives it a sense of three dimensionality or ‘shape’.
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persistent mouthwatering response. Up-front and indeed with some rough edges, as described. Cooling throat. Extremely good value. Wonderfully relaxing. I shall follow Paolo's advice and tuck away for a bit, though worth saying it's satisfying already.
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sting. The name Spring Dew describes it quite well if you can imagine that clean fresh environment where the trees grow. Good storage, as with all of these teas, has only enhanced good material. Very happy with this one.
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lean storage - very good.
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