Thanks to Wymm tea for sending me this sample. I feel bad that it’s taken me so long to try what they sent me but I haven’t been around at home that much to be drinking any shengs during the day. I was surprised a bit by the bitterness of this one. I don’t think it’s a good tea to drink on an empty stomach, I had to go grab a banana to eat with it and that’s kind of a nice combination. This has some very nice floral notes but I think it could benefit from some further aging as it seems pretty rough to me at this time. Some of the other tasters mentioned sweet notes which I am not getting at all but perhaps it’s a matter of individual palettes? Not sure how to rate this one.

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Kirkoneill1988

may i ask why its not best to drink on empty stomach?

TeaBrat

Well, shengs can be really bitter so they make me nauseated :p

Kirkoneill1988

doesn’t do that to me :/

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Kirkoneill1988

may i ask why its not best to drink on empty stomach?

TeaBrat

Well, shengs can be really bitter so they make me nauseated :p

Kirkoneill1988

doesn’t do that to me :/

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