2004 Yangqing Hao Tejipin

The 2004 YQH Tejipin is a tea I’ve tasted many times, and my opinion of it often changes. I haven’t reread my first review of it and will only do...

Yangqing Hao 2012 Yeh Gu

This is a “wild tree” 2012 production by Yangqing Hao from a “protected state forest”. It’s over 1$/g and is not usually available, due to very small inventory. This tea...

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...

2006 YQH Qixiang

2006 Yangqinghao Qixiang Gushu Chawang 3.9g/70ml Novak shibo [7.6] The dry leaf has the typical sweet minty/camphor YQH house aroma, the damp leaf has some fatty soap, and the wet...

2004 YQH Zhencang Chawang USA stored

Left hand side is the 400g taiwan stored, right hand side is 500g USA stored. Consecutive tastings of 400g cake stored in Taiwan till 2016 and a USA stored 500g...

2012 YQH 666 Teigung

31 Oct, 2016, 4.7g/85ml Novak pot This was a single-session sample from EG. Damp leaf: Very sharp pungent tomatoey fumes. Very pure — no storage. Wet leaf: Deep perfume, rich...

1999 YQH Cangmi

Sep 23, 2016, 4.6g/70ml gaiwan. [7.1] Dry leaf is a dry version of the YQH smell, slightly grainy on the damp leaf. The wash and the first steep are sweet,...

2006 YQH Tianxiang Baopin

Sept 22, 2016 4.2g/70ml gaiwan [5.0] Dry leaf: not as minty/sweet and full as usual YQH. This is more dry, woody, furniture polish. Wet leaf is consistent with this and...

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...

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