2003 Purple Dayi 7542

13 Jan 2017 4.4g/Novak Shibo A radically different tea from any I’ve yet had. An amazing outlier. Thank you A.H. for the sample. Delicate crispy flaky large material in loose compression....

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...

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 YQH Tejipin

Aug 2, 2016 6g/80ml gaiwan (70ml liquid) [8.3] Dry leaf has some smoke in addition to YQH house smell. Some gasoline background. Reminds me immediately of Wistaria Zipin and that...