drank 2017 Bang Dong by gylxtea
167 tasting notes

Really nice tea. Bang Dong, it seems, is one of my preferred areas, and this one didn’t disappoint. Really nice herbal notes that are restrained by a mushroom savoriness and fruit and chocolate sweetness.

Great complexity and variety of flavor, and super easy to drink, especially for such a young tea.
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Leaf – peach, rock candy, fresh autumn leaves, honeysuckle, date, lemongrass. In preheated vessel – stronger fruit notes – grape, raisin, date

Smell – sweet herbal (parsley, cilantro, fresh grass), char-grilled zucchini, crab apple, mushroom, carob

Taste – mushroom, zucchini, fresh grass, slight bitter herbal / aftertaste of fresh grass, light mint, milk chocolate and carob, lemongrass, light citrus and peach notes, date, hints of fruit leather. Lingering floral note in aftertaste.

mrmopar

I like this one as well.

tanluwils

I remember some chocolate milk and citrusy notes in the 2014 YS Bangdong too — now, that’s a dense, pungent tea that’s severely gone up in price. It tastes completely different from more recent BD pressings which are much more generically vegetal.

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mrmopar

I like this one as well.

tanluwils

I remember some chocolate milk and citrusy notes in the 2014 YS Bangdong too — now, that’s a dense, pungent tea that’s severely gone up in price. It tastes completely different from more recent BD pressings which are much more generically vegetal.

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100 – I haven’t found the perfect tea yet!

92-95 – So good that I will purchase this tea again, guaranteed. Excellent flavor and value.

88-91 – A tea that I would consider purchasing again at some point. Great flavor and value.

85-87 – Tea that was worth the purchase and that I enjoyed drinking, although I probably won’t be purchasing it again any time soon. Flavor may have slight drawbacks, or the price might be a little expensive.

80-84 – A tea that has some good points, but falls a bit short on its price:quality ratio. Flavor is a bit mediocre.

No rating – I did not like this tea and would not drink it, given other options.

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