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Nick M. –
Solid depth, very clean, mature profile. There’s no imprint of processing on this brick, leaving an enveloping savoury warmth and a feel good state of mind. Excellent persistence and patience. The ageing is really excellent, whilst the wet sheng leaves are pillowy soft in the pot throughout the session. Nixe. It’s not the most complex tea ever, for sure, that’s not what it gets 5 stars for – whereas it is a comforting, impeccably processed benchmark value tea, perfectly stored and aged, that isn’t easy to find. There’s one minor cosmetic fault which is that the soup is a little opaque. Just look at the value price ratio for this age of tea, however. It’s a buy.
Guillaume C. (verified owner) –
It’s impossible to be disappointed with this tea. It feels quite young still (there’s a certain level of astringency and bitterness, the soup retains a noticeable complexity) but also feels like it will age in a beautiful way. I recommend quite short brews in the beginning of the (long, durable) session, unless you like it punchy. Last but not least: at this price it’s obviously 5-stars.
Timothy P. (verified owner) –
A very cleanly stored tea kept surprisingly (for its age) youthful by the compression of the iron cake (though it is now easy to extract leaves. One of my favourite “daily drinkers”.
Timothy P. (verified owner) –
An intriguing and very durable shou with an unusual liu bao-like betel nut fragrance, along with dry cocoa flavours, turning sweet later in the session.
Timothy P. (verified owner) –
A delightfully dainty (I was so convinced I’d received a smaller size by mistake that I measured it, and yes, really 120ml!) pot which brews excellently, particularly for teas which don’t want to be “overheated”, since the walls are thin enough to allow heat to dissipate a little (compared to my other pots). As a guide – loaded with tea, this steeps about 80-85ml.