2007 DTH Yiwu
Oct 3, 2016 3.5g/64ml gaiwan [7.4] Dry: Quite sweet syrupy-minty taste Damp: Compelling, clean, YQH-like, very sweet, minty camphor, no dankness Wet: Aged but nor basement – dark fruits, wood,...
2009 DTH Yiwu
October 1, 2016, 3.5g/64ml gaiwan [6.6] Dry leaf: sweet slight mint, similar to YQH, slight camphor, material looks nicer than 2008. Wet leaf: some biter strength, ripe fruits, no funk....
2008 DTH Yiwu
Oct 1, 2016, 3.5g/64ml gaiwan [7.1] Dry leaf: sweet herbs, mint, no funk Damp: Minty, fruity, touch of baking spices/grain Wet: Familiar fruity smell, possibly grapes. Very perfumed, rich natural...
2005 Xiaguan FT 8653 Non-Iron
Sept 30, 2016, 3.1g in new Yixing pot 56.5ml [7.1] Damp leaf: Flinty smoke, gunpowder. Wash: Clean, sweet, thick, nice texture. Some good smoke and salivation Wet leaf: Sweet dark...
2007 Wistaria Lanyin (Blue Mark)
Sep 28, 2016, 3.9g/70ml Novak shibo [8.3] Nice cake, large leaves, loose compression, less breakage than Hongyin. Damp leaf: Fruity with strength aroma Wet leaf: Raisins, dried fruits Wash: Somewhat...
1999 YQH Cangmi
Sep 23, 2016, 4.6g/70ml gaiwan. [7.1] Dry leaf is a dry version of the YQH smell, slightly grainy on the damp leaf. The wash and the first steep are sweet,...
2006 DTH Yiwu
Sept 25, 2016, 4.7g in 80ml Novak pot [8.2] Damp leaf: fireplace, spicy sweet furniture polish, no off-notes, very nice. no graininess. Wash: strength feeling, medium thickness, some sweetness and...
2006 YQH Tianxiang Baopin
Sept 22, 2016 4.2g/70ml gaiwan [5.0] Dry leaf: not as minty/sweet and full as usual YQH. This is more dry, woody, furniture polish. Wet leaf is consistent with this and...
2005 YQH Yuanshi Senlin Huangshan Cha
Sept 21, 2016, 4.6g/80ml glazed pot, [8.3] Dry leaf: older, drier, more old-furniture version of the YQH smell. Not as minty or fruity but more woody and dry. Wash is...
2004 DTH Yiwu
Sept 19, 2016, 4.7g/85ml unglazed pot. [8.0] This was a small session from the loose leaves which came off the 2004 cake. It was my first taste of the Dragon...