87 Tasting Notes

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Stopped off at Lung Dech tea, which is approximately 1 hour north-west of Chiang Mai. Very attractive and peaceful surroundings. They also cook food dishes, many of which incorporate tea in them.

Picked up 50g of white tea there for 300thb (i think). Certainly much more, than other local teas, but quality seemed high

All buds with aromas of peach, white chocolate, orange zest, flowers honeydew and a little wood and vanilla.
Palate is sweet and medium+ body. rather creamy with more peach and orange.

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drank Wen Shan Baozhong by Lin Mao Sen
87 tasting notes

Drinking this side by side with another wenshan baozhong.

This one has a nuttier dry aroma, not as floral as other.
Wet leaf has sweet corn aroma, vegetal
Palate is round and slight creaminess. touch of nutmeg

when pushed, the tea held up well.

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Dry leaf is typically dan cong aromatic with honeysuckle, dried hay, mint, marijuana and almonds
very vibrant palate with good concentration and minerality.
slight bitter astringency, but overall well balanced and enjoyable

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Dry leaf is grassy and hay-like.
steeped leaf vastly different. floral, peachy and slightly earthy

medium+ body with very slight astringency at tip of tongue. sweet round and complete. long finish. highly satisfying
I typically use hotter water than most people suggest for my whites. approx a minute off the boil

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C

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84

might as well brew this with its homeland clay…in chaozhou pot.

dry leaf does indeed have pomelo-esque aromas, certainly citrus.
roasted grain, fried butter and mineral with gripping astringency on the finish at tip of tongue.
almost saline mid-palate

good dancong

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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This is a “40-year” aged baozhong purchased from a tea vendor in Pinglin, Taiwan. I highly doubt it’s been aged 40 years, but that’s the claim, so that’s how I’m writing it here.

Anyway….the leaves look rather dull and give a faint dusty earthy smell.

Wet leaves and liquor have similar aroma: farm, mushroom and boiled peanuts. In fact, I can’t shake this boiled peanut reference. it tastes like it, it smells like it.
Multiple infusions and the profile doesn’t change, but it does last throughout it all.
It lacks concentration and complexity.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec

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Spring 2016 leaves.

end of my bag so a lot of finer leaves in here. using shorter steep times than normal to offset.
wet leaves have rather fruity aromas of expected apricot and unexpected gooseberry underneath. roasted notes are not overwhelming. nicely balanced with marzipan roasted almonds.

This tea unfolds gently starting with a surprising sweet malty medium-dark chocolate component on palate, which is later balanced with roasted notes and slight bitterness at tip of tongue on finish. I don’t recall this bitterness from earlier tastings with this tea, so could be due to the fine leaves.
Later steeps bring out cooked celery and more nuttiness.

Interesting take on da hong pao, which may not be for everyone.
Quite pleasant

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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85

Initial aroma of leather and raspberries, which becomes more malty with later infusion. Honey yes. figgy. lots of dark colours
medium bodied and brisk with mild sweetness, but nothing as intensely sweet as say some yunnan blacks. earth and malt on palate
very pleasant

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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Always appreciate the savoury qualities of these teas.

The 2017 seems slightly less intense than in previous years.

Slight malty nose filled out with marzipan, roses and earth. Palate is still light with coriander seed slight bitterness but low astringency. marzipan comes through again on the finish.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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Have been drinking this over past year or so. Nice valued pu’er.

Honey apricot smoke and wood in opening steeps
Astringency is there, but not coarse. Quite bitter on tip of tongue with gentle sweetness at back of throat

later steeps bring out burnt caramel and lots of damp hay

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