a blast from the past. 3.9g, 70ml gaiwan.
wet leaf: super peachy in nectarine vein, less green/mint toned than standard young sheng
1. super fruity. Uncomfortable in the stomach
2. minty peachy, almost perfume like. NSV like brightness to the taste
3. bitter
I stopped there, since this hit the stomach really hard. Some hours later, was still chaotic feeling with heat and cold chills. The post-session leaves are strangely paper thin and after drying on a plate, are translucent and some have a weird shiny plastic sheen across parts of the leaf, almost like a thin layer of tape or glue was applied. I think there’s some buds that could be NSV mixed in. I’m inclined to think there’s something terribly wrong with this tea; perhaps it was scented or something. The peachiness is unnaturally potent and distinctive relative to young sheng, and the dried leaves were really weird. I’m horrified looking back on my notes from years ago and recounting that I thought it was a good idea to thermos this. This was $1/g which is very yikes in retrospect. Who knows what the hell is in here…
