2004 Yao’an Fuyuanchang

Malaysian natural dry storage 5.5g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap Wonderful sweet woody incense aroma on warmed dry leaf. Clear liquor, dark orange, concentrated. Concentrated flavour, woody incense, bittersweet, lots of...

2019 vs 2020 Biyunhao Yiwu Shengtai

Biyunhao’s Yiwu shengtai cake is from certain 30-50 year old plantations on Yiwu mountain which have, over the past decade or so, been allowed to grow taller, to around 3...

2013 Teaside Unicorn

Sweet and pungent dry leaf, with no off notes, no storage notes, very good and very clean.  5g/100ml gaiwan.  Very good wet leaf smell, very clean, reminds me of a...

2009 Yangqing Hao 888 Gongpin Yu Cang

  Thanks to Patrick for the chance to taste a younger Yangqing Hao cake.  The initial steep is quite a bit lighter and yellow-beige than the norm for my mid-2000s...

2003 Red Dayi 7542-301

Aug 26, 2017 6g in 85ml Yixing [6.4] Damp: Active spicy herbal sweet aroma Wash: Immediately savoury. Plum floral blossom aroma on wet leaf. Slick texture is noticeable right away....

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....