“I have a feeling this tea is asleep, or maybe still in transit shock… it’s all whispers and promises. I opened up the envelope and put it in my sheng crock. I’ll check back in on it in a few months.” Read full tasting note
“Brick sample. Low aroma, but heavily-compressed, early steeps are incredibly sweet. As the compression lets go, the floral bitterness, pleasant, intensifies. Brewing carefully, it stays in check...” Read full tasting note
“Barbecue meets Dark Forest meets Darjeeling meets Dark Chocolate! Bouquet: Everything starts with steaming mist of smoked cranberry ham followed by flavorful waves of Worcestershire and hints of...” Read full tasting note
“A sample via Dex from the April tea box! My piece was like a rock. A rectangular rock. So I rinsed it long, twice. And let it sit a while between the rinses. Then I tried a 15 second steep....” Read full tasting note
Early Spring Wild Arbor tea cake!
An early production from Hai Lang Hao. The nei fei bears the name of his shop (Ming Xiang Ya Yuan), which was used on his 2002 to 2005 productions. The Big Snow mountain brick is produced from the 大雪山 mao cha of Lincang and is entirely Spring 2004 material. It produces a heady pungent brew with nutty flavors, and strong thick and sweet after-taste. A powerful tea, hand-processed in small batches. Only 300 kilograms produced in total!
This is produced from high quality material than the brick tea of the same year.
Produced by Ming Xiang Ya Yuan tea house
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