1992 CNNP 8582
31 Dec 2016, 5g/100ml gaiwan -> 90 ml Yixing after 5 steeps Thanks to @steanze and @pwcosmos for the opportunity to try this remarkable tea. I prepared for this tasting by...
2003 CNNP 8582
29 Dec 2016 4.4g/80ml Novak Shibo [6.0] From a cake with a odd-looking CNNP wrapper– it could be a fake Zhongcha. Dry: Sweet aromatic slight smoke, quite pungent resin Wash:...
1994 CNNP 8582
30 Dec 2016 4.7g/90ml gaiwan, sample from KJW The dry leaves have no discernible aroma, as far as I can tell. Wet: there is a telltale storage aroma, wet storage,...
2006 YQH Qixiang
2006 Yangqinghao Qixiang Gushu Chawang 3.9g/70ml Novak shibo [7.6] The dry leaf has the typical sweet minty/camphor YQH house aroma, the damp leaf has some fatty soap, and the wet...
1999 Xiaguan Iron cake
16 Dec, 2016. I’m very grateful for this sample from Stefano. 5.5g/100ml gaiwan [4.8] The sample consisted of several fairly thin chunks of highly compressed cake, brown with lighter and...
2009 Dayi 7542
7542-903 from Wilson, 4.7g/85ml Novák pot Annoying small broken dry leaf, like 0622. Dry aroma is sweet oily strength, no off aroma. Wet: strength, pungent, medicinal Wash is thick, slight...
2004 YQH Zhencang Chawang USA stored
Left hand side is the 400g taiwan stored, right hand side is 500g USA stored. Consecutive tastings of 400g cake stored in Taiwan till 2016 and a USA stored 500g...
2007 CYH Yiwu Ziwang
26 Nov 2016, 3.5g/60ml gaiwan [8.7] First taste from new cake. Medium-high compression. Strong and clear tobacco note on dry leaf, very pungent tobacco notes which sustain into the damp...
2013 Zhenren Yufeng 2013
23 Nov 2016, 3.5g/65ml gaiwan. [7,9] A remarkable experience with this new cake from Wistaria: the 2013 Zhenren Yufeng. The cake is beautiful, with large unbroken leaves, loose pliable compression,...
2008 Tao Tea Leaf Lao Banzhang
Tao Wu is the proprietor of my local Toronto tea shop, Tao Tea Leaf. He is very active in tea education in the area: he is the main organizer of the...