2009 XZH Pasha

5.6g/90ml Yixing, Toronto filtered tap water. Fairly tippy, leading to a quite bright taste, with a chalky astringency that coats the front of mouth and lips. Higher compression than average...

2017 Theasophie Lao Banzhang

4g/60ml gaiwan, Toronto carbon-filtered tap Perfumes I, from Pale Bloom, Sarah Davachi When I first bought this in 2017, it was very green and roasty (not smoky), and initially tasted...

2016 W2T Into the Mystic

Pungent dry leaf, large chunk in original sample bag. First steep has a strange orange-green appearance. Quite sweet, and with a very nice sweet resin afteraroma. The arrival does not...