
2004 Fu Yuan Chang (Fook Yuan Chang)
22 March 2017, 5.5g/100ml gaiwan [5.3] Thank you to Mike Pong for this generous sample. Odourless when dry, but when damp gives a high vinegary and strong note. The wash...
22 March 2017, 5.5g/100ml gaiwan [5.3] Thank you to Mike Pong for this generous sample. Odourless when dry, but when damp gives a high vinegary and strong note. The wash...
18 March, 2017 5.5g/100ml gaiwan [5.1] Many thanks to Mike for this generous sample! The dry leaf is very mild, without a strong aroma. Dampened, it has a slight fruity...
A vertical tasting of Bi Yun Hao (Ziye Hao/Biyun Zhen) organized by Pedro In descending order of preference 05 Yiwu 06 MZ 04 Yiwu 06 Yiwu 05 MZ 04 MZ...
March 11, 2017 5.5g/100ml gaiwan, filtered tap water [8.0] Dry: Sweet spice, clean, no geosmin or funk. Damp: Gentle sweet grains and floral perfume Wet: Sweet but not pungent honey,...
502-7542 from 志全許/ March 9, 2017 / 6.0 3.3g/60ml Yixing pot, filtered tap water. Dry: clean, oily strength, sweet spice Damp: some perfumy herbal funk Wash: Slight funk, quite compressed,...
29 Jan 2017, 4.5g/85ml shibo [6.6] Thanks to Wooju for this sample. Dry and damp leaf has some funky fruity fermentation aroma, slight geosmin but very light. Wet leaf is...
28 Jan 2017 4.9g/Novak Shibo [7.3] Fluffy copper large leaves, sweet aged aroma. Wet leaf is fruity, stewed grapes. Wash is sweet, herbal with good aroma and some smoke. Slightly...
18 Jan 2017, 4.7g/85ml Yixing [8.2] Very grateful for this sample from Su. High sweet vinegar pungency on the dry leaf. Wash is initially sweet with a fresh floral scent....
I bought this from Horaido in Kyoto. The tetsubin is by Masamitsu Kikuchi, Yamagata prefecture, and the model is “Mozuya”. It is designed to be reminiscent of the large Kama /...
13 Jan 2017 4.4g/Novak Shibo A radically different tea from any I’ve yet had. An amazing outlier. Thank you A.H. for the sample. Delicate crispy flaky large material in loose compression....