2019 Biyun Hao Yiwu Shengtai
5.5g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap. Light initial steep, it takes a few steeps to get going. Very active, plenty of high floral notes, herbal notes, and darker savoury notes. Clearly...
2021 Farmerleaf Lao Wu Gushu
5g/85ml porcelain pot, Geneva tap water Two great things about drinking tea in Switzerland: 230V outlets and high quality tap water. I am drinking through some Farmerleaf samples and so...
2007 Xizi Hao Xishangmeishao: 40C storage outcome
Xizi Hao lists this tea as a 2007 spring Kuzhu mountain (Jinggu, Simao) production, although people seem to believe it’s an autumn production. We can find an early tasting of...
2011 Gold Dayi in 2018
The famous 2011 Gold Dayi has tripled in price in the last two years. Good luck finding it at less than 400$ today. I’ve tried two versions, a Korean stored...
2016 W2T Last Thoughts
I’m writing this review without re-reading my previous review of this tea. 5 June, 2018. 3.5g/60ml gaiwan Wash is very light with high sweet notes. The wet leaf has a...
2000 Essence of Tea Green Peacock
4 May 2017, 5.5g/100ml gaiwan [6.2] Dry leaf has a mineral/plastic smell and the damp leaf has some warehouse, but no geosmin or fermentation funk. When wet, the aroma is...
1998 CNNP Red Label
25 March 2017, 5.5g/100ml gaiwan [6.2] Generous sample from Mike Pong Tight compression, small leaves. Dry leaf has some smokiness and pungency, with some medicinal herbs aroma. Wet leaf smells...
2003 Wistaria Qingteng
Aug 23, 2016, 5.2g/90ml gaiwan. [6.2] The dry leaf has a very unique pungent floral smell. Not urine but a kind of fragrant perfumy ammonia. The damp leaf has...
2016 W2T Last Thoughts
Sept 2 2016, 3.6g/60ml gaiwan. [6.2] Retaste after a Wistaria flight. Clean, fresh, proper taste, with a good body effect. Dancong or oolong effect is much diminished this time. It has...