5.6g/95ml Yixing pot, Toronto filtered tap. Light orange brew, clear liquor, still firmly semi-aged. Tippy characteristics up front, refreshing and with a slight sharpness. Remarkably viscous and thick. Superb empty...
3.5g/60ml identical gaiwans, Toronto filtered tap. 2003 CYH Youle vs 2005 CYH SZCQ. Medium grind for testing. Dry leaf is dark/black for the Youle and dark brown for the SZCQ....
3.5g/60ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap. Slightly clearer liquor on the Yiwu. Also a bit darker in appearance. Yiwu has dark leathery profile, sweet, oily. The taste is much more forward...
5.2g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap. Yeasty aged aroma on dry leaf, fermented fruit aroma. Wet leaf has a rich sweet woody fruity aroma. There is a tippy or brassy aroma...
Apr 4, 2022 5g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap. 4 years @ 32C storage in Mylar. Wood smoke on dry leaf and wash, but not in the wet leaf. Pleasant, rich/sweet...
Small leaf grade, aggressive Malaysian storage, dark leaves. Medicinal aroma, rich deep wood rosin. Classic aged puerh flavours, a bit of soft sweet cereal aroma, oily woody sweet broth, almost...
thick cake, very strong compression, and small leaf grade. mild resin wood on dry leaf Light wash, clear, and thick. Wet leaf has mild aroma. Maybe some apricot Strong plummy...
Dry leaf is a bit pungent! cat pee! resin. raisin wet leaf, sweet jam and wood. sweet aftertaste, a bit roasty, and a quick uplift, tippy and alerting but very...
Teas We Like tasting panel evaluation 5g/85ml gaiwan, toronto filtered tap Dry leaf is tippy, with strong compression. Dark brown, golden, black. Wet leaf has pungent resin, and is high...
5g/85ml Geneva tap water The dry leaf is a bit darker than I would expect. Small leaf blend. Aroma has some fresh sheng sweetness, with a floral background which I...